News in Axminster

Axminster Heritage Centre is hoping to create a lasting record of how the town coped during the coronavirus lockdown.

As a unique period in modern history, the heritage centre wants to create a lasting record for future generations showing how the Axminster community came together to pull through the pandemic.

One of the most attractive residential farms in the Axminster area has come on the market for the first time in 50 years for £850,000.

Lower Watchcombe Farm is set in an elevated position on the edge of Watchcombe hamlet, near Shute, in an area of outstanding natural beauty with stunning views over the Umborne Valley.

A motorcyclist was taken to hospital with serious injuries yesterday evening, after colliding with a tractor on the A35 near Honiton.

The incident occurred at approximately 5.44pm at Tower Cross on the A35, affecting traffic between Axminster and Honiton.

Axminster residents are being encouraged to shop local as high streets across the country reopen for business.

Totally Locally Axminster's 'Comeback Campaign' is being well received with shops and businesses being offered a free page on their website to promote their services.

There have been no new coronavirus cases in East Devon for more than a week and no new cases have been recorded across Devon and Cornwall for two successive days.

It is the first time since March 12 that two days in a row have passed without a new case being recorded across the two counties.

A new Team Vicar has been appointed for the Axe Valley Mission Community.

She is the Reverend Nicky Davies, who is currently an Associate Priest in the Avon Valley Church Benefice.

Axminster doctors have expressed concern about a second wave of the coronavirus.

Using social media to get over their message, Dr Nicholas Hodges warned - on the day that local shops were allowed to open - that the South West has the highest rate of coronavirus spread in the UK.

LIBRARIES across Devon are preparing for a phased reopening from July 6.

Devon has 50 public libraries and four mobile libraries managed by Libraries Unlimited on behalf of the county council.

Axminster stands a real chance of moving on from the devastation of the coronavirus with growing confidence if the people of the town maintain their strong support for the town's independent traders.

That's the promise from traders' group Totally Locally Axminster as it mounts a 'comeback' campaign.

Devon County Council has awarded more than £300,000 to nearly 400 organisations across Devon working with communities affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

The COVID-19 Prompt Action Fund was rapidly launched at the start of the lockdown to help voluntary and community groups support the most vulnerable in their communities and tackle the social and economic impacts of the outbreak.