News in Axminster

Axminster's Yarty Party music festival will return this summer having been called off last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Residents and visitors to Axminster can look forward to a three-day programme of live music and entertainment for the whole family.

As many parts of the economy are preparing to reopen after lockdown, the team at Andrewshayes Holiday Park, near Axminsrer, have received an extra welcome boost.

This family-run holiday park, in Dalwood, learnt during an online awards ceremony that they had clinched the top spot in the Devon Tourism Awards, winning gold in the Holiday Park category.

The Devon County Council elections are due to take place on Thursday, May 6 and are an important opportunity for residents to have their say about the issues that matter to them and their local communities.

There are a number of ways to vote in the May elections including, voting by post, voting by proxy (by asking someone trusted to vote on your behalf), or voting in person at a polling station.

Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG) funding for hundreds of East Devon businesses is waiting to be claimed before the deadline at the end of March.

The Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) will remain open until further notice.

The organisation providing Devon's NHS 111 and out-of-hours GP services has been told to make urgent improvements after a watchdog found patients were at risk, and rated it 'inadequate' overall.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) found several areas of concern during an inspection of Devon Doctors in July 2020.

Colyton Parish and East Devon District Councils have both refuted claims that they breached privacy laws, after the names of those who had requested a by-election were distributed.

The parish council currently has two vacancies, with Ray Watts having recently tendered his immediate resignation.

The UK's first electric commuter flight is to take off from Exeter Airport, after it was chosen as a testing site for the shift towards greener aviation.

A programme has been launched to explore whether hybrid-electric aircraft can be used within the existing aviation system, in what's being described as 'a huge step towards transforming the future of air travel'.

Looking a new job or career path? Take a look at the Axminster Nub News Jobs section which lists current vacancies in and around the area.

Each week, we will be highlighting a local vacancy and featuring them on our website and social media.

Nub News editor Philip Evans continues his series looking back over his 55-year career in journalism, many years of which have been spent covering East Devon.

Whilst I enjoyed my early years as the Axminster and Lyme Regis district reporter for Pulman's Weekly News, gaining a thorough understanding of what community journalism was all about, I found, working from home with little day-to-day contact with my colleagues, that I missed the cut and thrust camaraderie of the newsroom.

ATTERBURY, BRIAN - A private service will be held for Brian but donations, if desired, can be made to The British Heart Foundation.

As a local online newspaper seeking to be at the heart of the Axminster community, we realise the importance of obituaries as a key part of the service.