Last week delivered some shocking news – and no, I’m not talking about the latest Epstein horrors or Suella Braverman’s overdue defection to Reform (nothing shocking about that…). I’m referring to news that will leave a sour taste in the mouth of many in South Devon: our water bills are going up - again . Specifically, bills are rising by an average of £33 per household from April this year, meaning the average annual bill for a South West Water customer now stands at a s

Did you know the Dutch Government recently sent a 33-page booklet on emergency preparedness to every home in the country, telling people what to do in a crisis?

What is play for? What benefits can it bring to children? And why should educational play stop at age five in England?

Back in October the Prime Minister said any area that needs a banking hub can have one. If that was right, LINK would have signed off Totnes’s banking hub by now. The truth is the government can’t demand LINK open a banking hub somewhere. But what they can do is change the rules under which a banking hub is granted. The current rules, which are way too narrow, focus solely on cash access. Our cash access is okay in Totnes. We’ve got a few ATMs – whether they are always workin

President Trump’s so-called board of peace looks like it will contain more male billionaires than women. Let that sink in. I am sure I am not alone in being deeply troubled by the lack of visibility of women on the world stage. Evidence shows that women’s participation in peace agreements increases the probability of them lasting at least two years by 20%. Yet in this uncertain world decision-making is being left to a small group of male leaders. We see this imbalance every d

The Government’s tighter guidance on smartphones is welcome, if long overdue, but giving Ofsted the power to inspect policies on phone use is the wrong approach.