News in Honiton

Western Power Distribution (WPD) has proposed record investment and a ground-breaking network improvement plan for Devon, which promises to reduce power cuts, help vulnerable customers and support environmental targets.

However, the company is still keen to hear from customers in the region to have their say on its plans. To get involved click here.

Charitable causes operating in Honiton have again benefitted from the proceeds of a community book sale.

Books are donated and sold by customers passing through the foyer at Tesco. This time health and wellbeing was the focus, with Honiton Health Matters, Parent+ Support Hub and Honiton Carers receiving a cheque for £100.

Honiton Town Council and Honiton Community Complex (The Beehive) have reached an agreement about how service charges are calculated.

Service charges, paid by the council, contribute towards the operating of the building and ongoing maintenance. The previous system had resulted in disagreement in the way the two parties interpreted the lease agreement.

Tributes are pouring in for His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, after the announcement of his death this morning.

He passed away peacefully at Windsor Castle, aged 99.

Local planning authorities have neglected to make a decision following an application submitted by Churchill Retirement Living to redevelop the Honiton Cattle Market site on Silver Street.

Read more here from when the application was first lodged in November of last year.

People out and about in the local countryside are being asked to keep their eyes open for suspicious activity around wild birds' nests.

Devon and Cornwall Police are taking part in Operation Easter, an annual initiative to tackle the theft of birds' eggs during the nesting season, from spring to early summer.

An experienced healthcare professional, turned qualified aesthetics practitioner, is setting up a clinic on Honiton High Street.

What is challenging at the best of times has been made doubly difficult with lockdown and Covid-scare blighting new businesses.

A motorcycle mechanic from Honiton has been working for free to keep the Devon Freewheelers on the road.

Jesse Little, owner at BJS Engineering in Offwell, has waived his MOT fee for the Honiton-based charity's motorbikes for the last four years.

Arts and Culture East Devon (ACED) has launched a new survey to find out how East Devon District Council can best support the cultural/creative community in Honiton.

A link to survey can be accessed here.

As it was the UK Beaver Scouts' 35th birthday on Thursday 1 April, our Beavers were set the challenge of baking an edible lodge and creating a lodge to sleep in overnight (not in their beds) on the Friday.

We had some really good edible lodges made. One of the Beaver mums said that her son took the Beaver lodge very literally and wanted to make a home for all the Beavers in the family, complete with a lake!