News in Honiton

Allhallows Museum in Honiton houses some impressive collections reflecting the town's interesting history. This includes Honiton lace and pottery displays, which are some of the most comprehensive in the world.

It is run by hardworking and dedicated volunteers, including Museum Curator Margaret Lewis B.E.M, who showed us around.

If you needed confirmation that Honiton is a town with a big heart, then the display set up in Tesco car park today [June 8] proved just that.

The event showcased some of the incredible services on offer in the town, which aim to improve the lives of people living in the area.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning covering the Honiton area for tonight with the rest of the weekend forecast to be a mixed bag.

A weather warning for heavy thundery showers potentially leading to flooding, interruption of power supplies, delays to public transport and damage to buildings has been issued by the Met Office.

The picture above shows East Devon Councillor Tony McCollum along with a handful of people who gathered at the Honiton War Memorial today to lay wreaths and stand in silence for two minutes as a mark of respect to all the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and United States soldiers who took part in the D-Day landings.

They showed the greatest courage imaginable as they took part in the landings 75 years ago today.

At the regular meeting of the Honiton annd District Chamber of Commerce and Industry in May the committee elected a new Vice Chairman, Paul Fudge, who has been an active and supportive member of the Chamber for over a year.

Paul has been in the profession of funeral directing for many years.

The next of the 2019 Honiton and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry events will take place on Saturday, August 31, with a coach trip to Dartmouth Regatta.

The coach leaves The Beehive Centre in Dowell Street at 12pm arriving at Dartmouth with time to visit the shops, view the regatta and have an evening meal before watching the superb firework display from the quayside at 9pm.

Eight community groups faced up to a panel of critical 'dragons' and an audience of local people at the Beehive in Honiton last month to win a share of a funding pot of £5,000 given by East Devon District Council, Devon County Council and Honiton Town Council.

The results of the event have now been announced.

Today [June 4] was the third instalment of the Textile and Brocante Fairs - held at Mackarness Hall, located just off Honiton High Street.

The events are run by Sheila Hyson, of Hyson Fairs Ltd, responsible for organising a whole host of vintage fairs, fleamarkets and Art Deco events in Devon and Southwest England.

East Devon District Council has appointed a new firm to maintain its 4,200 council homes.

Established UK property services firm Ian Williams Ltd will be contracted to carry out all aspects of the maintenance and improvements of the council's properties, which includes providing a day-to-day repairs service for tenants and fixing issues before they become a more expensive problem. The contract also includes bringing empty properties up to standard before being re-let.

The Beehive Honiton is hosting Bristol Old Vic Theatre School's touring performance of Geoffrey Chaucer's famous story, The Canterbury Tales, on Saturday 22 June at 7.30pm.

Adapted for the stage by John Hartoch, The Canterbury Tales has a colourful cast of characters who set off for Canterbury, competing to tell their tales of love, lust, adventure and chivalry.