News in Axminster

Axminster and Lyme Cancer Support has launched a special promotional offer on its recipe book to celebrate Mother's Day.

The charity is offering copies of its book 'Recipes with Love', along with a daffodil card and free postage for £10, which is usually the cover price of the book alone.

The family firm worked in beautiful villages, stately homes and farm estates in the area.

In WHITFORD, before my time, we built a nicely elevated bungalow for Miss Wood and Miss Jennings, two school mistresses from Axminster Secondary School. We built an extension whilst I was back with the firm – but I always took my retired grandfather with me, when I visited as they had a "soft-spot" for "Uncle George" – the name by which they knew him.

A new veterinary practice will be opening in Colyton this summer.

Jurassic Vets, based in Sidmouth, will be opening a new branch at the Colyton Town Mill site, currently being developed by Axminster Property.

Users of Devon's recycling centres are being reminded to treat staff with "courtesy and respect" following reports that key workers at more than one site were verbally abused and threatened over the weekend.

Over the weekend and continuing into this week Devon County Council's Household Waste Recycling Centres are experiencing unprecedented demand, in part due to the good weather.

WITH a deadline of March 21 just around the corner, the 2021 census is now in full swing.

Run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the census is the once-in-a-decade survey that gives the most accurate estimate of all people and households in England and Wales.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today revealed his budget in the House of Commons.

The budget aims to provide support during what will hopefully be the final stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

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Fire crews were called out in the early hours of the morning to a domestic property fire at Colston, on the outskirts of Axminster.

Axminster and Chard fire crews was called to the scene at 3am following reports of a fire in the downstairs of a private property. On arrival, they found that one man had evacuated the property and there was no one else inside.

Council taxpayers in East Devon will be paying an extra £5 – less that 10p per week - for a Band D property to secure crucial front line services for residents and businesses.

The increase means the authority's portion of the annual Council Tax bill for a Band D property will be £151.78 a year or £2.92 a week for all the services it provides. The increase, which was approved by the council on 24 February 2021 is less than 10p extra per week.