News in Honiton

Every week Honiton Nub News highlights an Event of the Week – something happening in the next few days that you might like to go to.

There are also event listings in the What's On section of the site – and anyone can add their own events, free of charge.

A five-kilometre 'buggy run' raised more than £270 for Hospiscare – and the cheque was presented at Honiton's Kings House Day Hospice.

Bev Faulkner from Sidmouth and her grandson Jesse went around Rockbeare and Cranbrook with the buggy in her latest fundraising initiative for the charity.

A man whose partner was helped by 'a kind lady' at the Ottery Garden Centre two years ago is trying to track down the lady concerned to thank her.

The man has put a handwritten card on the noticeboard of Honiton's Spar shop.

The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed across Devon and Cornwall in the last week is the highest since mid-January.

A total of 1,801 new cases were confirmed across the two counties for the second successive week – with the total since the start of the pandemic at 52,048.

A body has been found in the search for the 62-year-old man missing from Upottery, Roy Hart.

Police say the body was located on land at Upottery, near Honiton, on Sunday, June 27.

Devon food businesses are being invited to book places at one of two free webinars about important changes to food labelling legislation that take effect in October.

Currently foods which are made, packed, and sold on the same premises are not required to show ingredients or allergy information on the product label.

The Awliscombe-based sculptor Martin Staniforth - 'Morth' - currently has work on display outside, and inside, Exeter Cathedral. He told Honiton Nub News about the inspiration for his art, what it represents, and some of the events linked to the project.

"What's going on there then?" has been a frequent question as passers-by have seen me reshape bits of burnt wood outside a barn and weaving willow in the garden. It's all been in preparation for a South West Sculptors 'Density & Lightness' exhibition at the cathedral.

They've done it!

A group of students and staff from Honiton Community College sixth form have walked and run a 350-mile relay – the equivalent of the perimeter of Devon - in 24 hours.

Rubbish collections, street cleaning, litter bin emptying and grass cutting are all under strain in East Devon lately, as the district council tries to cope with extremely high demand.

East Devon District Council says the large number of visitors to public areas, beaches and green spaces is putting extra pressure on its cleaning and maintenance teams.

Vaccination centres across Devon are offering walk-in clinics this weekend, enabling adults of all ages to get their jabs without needing an appointment or an NHS number.

For East Devon, the nearest centre is at the Greendale Business Park on the A3052, and it's open from 9am to 7pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.