If you live or work in Kings Ash, Collaton St Mary, Foxhole or elsewhere in the western edge of Paignton that is receiving Pride in Place funding, then please consider applying to join the Board.

What is Pride in Place?   Pride in Place is a national programme, giving local communities the power to set priorities and invest up to £20 million in each neighbourhood over 10 years.   The funding aims to:   To build stronger communities  – All places should have strong relationships and a collective sense of belonging to their community. This helps bring people together to build community cohesion and resilience, helping people to feel proud of their area and safe in their

February marked the two-year anniversary of the publication of the Hughes Report, which set out clear and compassionate recommendations for redress for those affected by the sodium valproate and pelvic mesh scandals.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐧. Already the crisis has exposed how ill-suited our current systems and approaches are to the accelerating issue of coastal erosion. 𝐈𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. Funding for the repair of the A379 Slapton Li

Amid the Iran war, spiralling oil prices and various other crises happening in the world, a piece of news came and went in a flash that could have serious implications for us all. On Friday 6 th March, Baroness Louise Casey delivered her first speech on social care since the government commissioned her to conduct a review into the sector last year. That decision was heavily criticised at the time by the Liberal Democrats. This had nothing with Baroness Casey’s appointment, b

𝐘𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐫-𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧.