News in Dawlish

Devon businesses are being invited to become 'ambassadors' for a campaign to attract companies to relocate to the county.

The Devon Delivers campaign aims to help the county's economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic by bringing in companies from elsewhere in the UK, and around the world.

Cyclists dressed in vintage clothes and riding the kind of bikes many people remember from their schooldays will be taking to the road on Sunday, June 27.

The Dawlish Vintage Cycle Ride is back for 2021.

The efforts of the staff and volunteers have been hailed as 'incredible' as Devon's vaccination programme marks its six-month milestone.

More than 1.3 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been given locally in the six months since 81-year-old Kathleen Viney became the first person to have the vaccination in Devon.

An alternative to a planning blueprint that was described by some as a 'developers' charter' is to be put before the four local authorities involved: East Devon, Teignbridge, Exeter and Mid Devon.

The Greater Exeter Strategic Plan (GESP) was due to be the formal planning framework for development across the four council areas, but collapsed after Exeter and East Devon pulled out last summer.

With the weather getting warmer, Covid restrictions easing and events taking place again, people are rediscovering the enjoyment of planning what to do in their free time.

And to help out, every week Dawlish Nub News will be highlighting an 'Event of the Week' – something taking place in the next few days in the local area.

A new, 60-second film launched today by the Devon Wildlife Trust aims to highlight the threats facing the South West's beautiful rivers and streams and the wildlife they support.

It was shot last year on the rivers Dart and Otter, and features species including beavers and common frogs, as well as the landscapes along the rivers.

Devon is set to gain an extra MP under proposals for a shake-up of England's electoral map in 2023 – with major changes planned for other constituencies.

Across the South West, the region has been allocated 58 constituencies – an increase of three from the current number – which includes an extra seat in Devon, albeit a cross-boundary division including parts of Somerset.

A planned shake-up of England's parliamentary constituency boundaries sees only a minor tweak for this area – but big changes for other parts of Devon.

Under the proposed re-drawing of the boundary lines, the Woodland area between Denbury and Ashburton will become part of the Central Devon constituency, instead of being included in the Newton Abbot constituency. Otherwise, the borders are unchanged.

Devon MPs from both Conservative and Labour parties have called for the Government to go ahead and lift all remaining Covid restrictions on June 21.

Step 4 of the roadmap out of lockdown would remove all remaining legal limits on social contact, ease restrictions on large events and reopen premises such as nightclubs which have remained closed.

The number of people acting as carers in Devon has risen during the Covid-19 pandemic, and now stands at 130,000.

But it's thought only 21,000 of them – just one in six – are accessing vital information and support that is available to them.