I have always advocated supporting local business whenever and wherever possible. Interesting to note therefore that at least some of the literature coming from the Labour Party and Conservative Party locally at this election is being printed in the Netherlands! We have perfectly good printers here in Newton Abbot. We always ask them for quotes […]

Thank you to everyone that has given me such a warm welcome on the doorstep, it is appreciated. From conversations I have had recently it seems there is a bit of confusion in Bushell Ward about the 2 elections that are being held on the same day, May 4th. So just to make things a […]

Nominations for the County Elections are announced today. I have been selected as the Lib Dem candidate for Newton Abbot North, which includes the 2 District Wards of Bushell and Bradley. Many of you will know that I have been the District Councillor for Bushell Ward for the last 6 years, having been re-elected with […]

The Lib Dems are running a Devon wide petition against the Conservative Party’s ( national and local) huge cuts in schools budgets. These cuts, which vary from school to school, will without any doubt damage the quality of our school children’s education. Head Teachers are very concerned about how they are going to cope…Classroom Assistants […]

Devon County Conservatives have been a bit short on facts when talking about education funding cuts. And this week we hear they are launching their own petition against the Government’s cuts. Petitioning their own Conservative friends that is? Meanwhile they are turning a blind eye and keeping quiet about the funding cuts they themselves are […]

Conservative County Councillor for Newton Abbot North, Eve Barisic, who is still claiming her £11,000 pa allowance whilst living in France, is also still claiming that she “lives in and loves” Newton Abbot, according to her Twitter profile!! Clearly she should have resigned from her post when her circumstances changed, but the local Conservative Party […]

Devon County Council elections will be held on Thursday May 4th. If you are already on the electoral register at your current address you need  do no more, and you will receive a polling card nearer the time. However if you have moved house or have not previously been registered then you have until April […]

News that more money is being pumped into adult social care services by the Government is welcome and shows that we have been right to campaign for a better deal for Devon. The extra £15 million for Devon in the next 12 months will help to ease the pressures, followed by a further £10 million […]

What a pity that the litter bins in Newton Abbot were largely full and over flowing before the Great British Spring Clean had even begun. On late Friday I noticed several bins in Queen Street and elsewhere were very nearly full to the brim. I assumed that they would be surely emptied, but no, they […]

Apologies to the editorial team if “revamped” isn’t quite the right word. Some of you will know of the monthly Highweek Herald Parish Magazine. It has recently been renamed the Highweek Community Magazine and the production team wants to reach out to a larger geographical area, which would include Bushell, Abbotsbury and Orleigh areas, as […]