News in Honiton

The Yellow Deli on Honiton High Street officially opened on May 27 - offering customers their signature steamed sandwiches and staying open most days from 7am - 11pm.

What used to be the Red Cow Inn, had been under construction for five years prior to opening. It was acquired in February 2014 by the Twelve Tribes religious community who own Stentwood Farm in Dunkeswell. The group live on the premises, which they run as a farm along with a cafe - also open to the public.

Devon & Cornwall Police has announced the launch of Operation Snap, a secure online portal through which members of the public can upload dashcam or otherwise filmed video and digital photographs of road traffic incidents which they have witnessed.

The facility was produced with the support of the Department for Transport (DfT)

A local Health Club recently held a Charity Ball and Auction in order to raise funds for Dementia Support Groups in Honiton and Lyme Regis. The event which was organised and hosted by B! Health & Fitness was a great success and raised £3,000.

B! Health Fitness owner, Craig Bernhardt, said "We have been overwhelmed by the support of local companies who donated prizes and their services to help the evening run smoothly. The auction prizes were superb and we can't thank our guests enough for their generosity".

The Hybrid Gallery at number 51 on Honiton's High Street is owned by Tim Woolgar and his wife Jacqueline Hollister. They co-founded the gallery in London in 1990, before relocating to East Devon in 2005.

Taken at face-value, the shop might be regarded as a rather charming, albeit fairly standard, Georgian property - an iconic emblem of Honiton's heritage. Visitors are pleasantly surprised upon entering to discover what lies beyond the 'back wall'.

Honiton Carers Support Group enjoyed a wonderful flower workshop with Debbie Eden at their last meeting on Wednesday 10, July.

Debbie was welcomed by Winnie Cameron. She introduced herself and gave a quick summary on how the workshop would be carried out.

The annual Student Awards ceremony at Honiton Town Council took place at the meeting on Monday (July 8).

Principal at Honiton Community College, Glenn Smith, presented an award to ten students who were chosen for various achievements and for excelling over the course of this academic year.

Three fire appliances from Ottery St Mary, Honiton and Middlemoor were mobilised following calls to a property fire at Fenny Bridges today (July 10) just before 1pm, after a flat roof had caught fire.

A spokesperson for Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue said: "Crews were on the scene within minutes and soon had the fire under control and contained to a small area of the roof using one hose reel jet.

Following on from events which took place on Monday evening's (July 8) Town Council meeting - which resulted in two out of the five candidates being co-opted onto the council - Town Clerk, Mark Tredwin, has issued the following statement.

"Honiton Town Council are very pleased to welcome two new councillors on to the council.

East Devon District Council is looking to realise an ambition to become a zero carbon council and will be reviewing proposals for tackling climate change.

Tomorrow (Wednesday, July 10) members of East Devon District Council's Cabinet will have the opportunity to discuss a scoping report about the council's ambition to become a zero carbon council and how it aims to respond to the Climate Change Emergency, which will involve significant organisational and business changes.

Two councillors have been co-opted onto Honiton Town Council at a meeting held yesterday evening (July 8), despite six people putting themselves forward.

Five candidates were in attendance and three of the candidates who presented at the meeting had their applications rejected; while it remains that four vacancies are currently unfilled.