News in Axminster

With the lockdown easing, at Axminster Nub News we are switching back on our What's On section and we want to help publicise your local event.

Whether it is an online concert or class, or a fundraising event for later in the year when restrictions may be eased further, we want to feature it on Axminster Nub News.

Axminster is looking forward to the reopening of the popular Community Waffle House on Wednesday, July 15th.

Opened last April as a non-profit making community interest company, the Waffle House has been a huge success with every penny made going to help the needy of Axminster, especially the isolated and lonely.

Drivers are being asked to help deliver a network of electric vehicle (EV) charging points across Devon by revealing their driving habits and attitudes towards the eco-friendly cars in an online questionnaire.

Devon County Council is working with district councils and the private sector on two projects which aims to deliver more than a 100 EV charging points across Devon.

The organisation boosting the profile of Axminster's trading community is wasting no time in making sure that empty shops in the town do not give the impression of a run-down high street.

Totally Locally Axminster, in an effort to overcome the "depressing sight" of empty shop windows, took another leap forward when they tackled the former McColls newsagents shop.

When the government decided to shut down pubs and restaurants in March, landlady Bel Polanek and her husband Lec wasted no time in making sure the Lamb Inn in Axminster was in tip-top condition when the lockdown restrictions were lifted.

When their loyal customers walked through the doors of the popular Lyme Road pub on Saturday morning, they could hardly believe their eyes. Many of them went on social media saying how much they liked the new-look Lamb.

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Axminster and Lyme Regis Cancer Support have officially opened Mary Anning's Beach Hut on Lyme Regis seafront, for exclusive use by cancer sufferers and their families.

The beach hut on the Cart Road in Lyme Regis, has been named after the town's most famous fossil hunter, Mary Anning, and is available to book by anyone going through cancer or their family members.

MORE than 80 residents from Axminster and the surrounding area gathered on the Minster Green on Saturday to stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement currently sweeping across the world.

Axminster residents staged their first peaceful, family-orientated event, inspired by the global Black Lives Matter movement with the aim of raising awareness in our local community.

Tourism businesses, public health and local authorities from across the South of England have banded together in a broad partnership to produce guidance for visitors about COVID-19.

A 'tourist charter' has been devised by the group, which is based on the experiences of the Isle of Wight's recent test and trace pilot.

FOUR skateparks and 12 multi-use games areas (MUGAs) across East Devon will be re-opening to the public today (Monday).

East Devon District Council is also working towards opening some play parks over the coming weeks as the UK gradually comes out of lockdown.