News in Axminster

Thirty worthy projects have so far been funded by East Devon District Council's Coronavirus Community Food Fund, giving out a total of over £45,000.

This fund provides grants for any projects related to providing food to residents of East Devon who are in food poverty during the coronavirus situation.

Ray Self, the former player, manager and chairman, is back in Tiger Way, the home of Axminster Town Football.

Self oversaw the move from Sector Lane, the Tiger's iconic ground for more than a hundred years, to a £1million plus complex off Chard Road, providing some of the best footballing facilities in the West Country.

Everyone believes in fairies at the bottom of the garden - and now there's proof in Millwey Rise.

For the past year and a half the residents of Millwey Avenue have been fascinated by the creation of a fairy garden, now named "Primrose Avenue - Land of the Fairies".

Over the past few months Axminster Heritage Centre has been sharing weekly posts on social media based around the town's popular 'Axminster Heritage Blue Plaque Trail', established by the Rotary Club of Axminster.

This week, on their penultimate week, the centre has reached Number 14 on the trail, which is their own building - the Old Carpet Factory in Silver Street.

The leader of East Devon District Council (EDDC) has written to two MPs expressing disappointment that the district has not been granted anything from the government's Future High Streets Fund.

The £675million Future High Streets Fund was launched as part of the government's plans to revive local high streets in the 2018 Budget.

The latest crime figures released by police show there were 37 crimes in the wider Axminster area during January 2021.

These figures compares to 48 crimes the previous month and 49 during the same month in the previous year.

Plans are already well advanced for a double celebration when Axminster comes out of lockdown.

During the centenary of the founding of the Royal British Legion, a special parade is being organised by the Axminster branch of the Royal British Legion to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the town's War memorial on the Minster Green.

The new political leadership is "seriously mistreating" officers at East Devon District Council.

This is one of the negative comments contained in a survey of staff employed by the council, which also revealed that six per cent of respondents were "bullied at work".

Nearly half of Devon and Cornwall's adult population have now had their first COVID-19 vaccine.

The statistics, which provide the position as of February 21, show that there have been 404,574 vaccines delivered in Devon, with  391,325 of them being the first dose.

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.