• Andy Powell cleared of misappropriating Bideford Town Council funds

  By SWCoastLover

  Rockall2011, if you read the rules carefully, Councillors do not have to live in the town where they...

            

   

  By North Devon Journal at 07:30 on 16/05/13

  

  ALLEGATIONS that a Bideford town councillor misappropriated £500 from the council's funds have been taken no further after a council committee meeting took place on the matter. At a full council meeting last month Councillor Andy Powell was accused of misappropriating £500 after asking the council for the sum to help fund a plaque for Elizabethan explorer Sir Richard Grenville. Councillors David and Annie Brenton, who...

• VIDEO: Torrington man, 82, gains English GCSE

  By CarynL

  Well done Eric!

            

   

  By North Devon Journal at 07:30 on 17/05/13

  

  AN octogenarian from Torrington has been busy putting pen to paper to gain his English GCSE. Eric Smith, 82, decided to take a course at the Bideford Arts Centre as a way to meet new people and make friends. Since gaining his qualification, Eric has taken up creative writing and recites his own poetry to people at All Saints Church in Merton. Eric has always enjoyed English and writing and is keen to continue. He said: "It all...

• Price drop for Northam Burrows

  By joleneszwer

  This is fantastic news!

            

   

  By tinap at 10:42 on 15/05/13

  

  Visitors arriving at the entrance to Northam Burrows Country Park in their car this summer are in for a very pleasant surprise – the prices have been reduced. Members of Torridge District Council voted in favour of reducing all car fees into the popular Country Park for this season. Car drivers can buy a ticket for the whole summer period for only £35 (down from £50) or you can buy a daily ticket for only £3...

• UKIP take two seats from Conservatives in Torridge

  By accom

  This is dreadful news. Hopefully David Cameron will re-negotiate our terms with the EU so that we...

            

   

  By North Devon Journal at 07:30 on 09/05/13

  

  THE Devon County Council election results on Friday provided surprises for the Torridge wards with the UK Independence Party (UKIP) gaining two seats. Torridge's five county council seats were previously all Conservative but two went to UKIP. Sam Robinson, the former Conservative county councillor for the Bideford East ward, lost the seat to UKIP candidate Gaston Dezart, who has never been a councillor before, by 35 votes. Mr...

• UKIP: 'We'll oust more councillors'

  By Monnomdeplume

  This is a worrying trend. Worrying on two accounts. Of course, the fact that UKIP has won so many...

            

   

  By North Devon Journal at 07:30 on 09/05/13

  

  THE United Kingdom Independence Party has set its sights on taking seats on North Devon and Torridge district councils – after a strong performance in last week's local elections. The Conservatives held onto control of Devon County Council in last week's poll. But UKIP gained four seats on the authority with a 23 per cent share of the vote. Two of those were in Bideford – at the expense of Conservatives Sam Robinson and...

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