Only Hope Remains in Newton Abbot

Only Hope Remains, by Simon Ruscoe

Simon Ruscoe’s sculpture Only Hope Remains is gracing Newton Abbot with its anguished majesty

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Go bats go batty! Family conservation events this half-term

Holy Trinity Church, Torbryan, Newton Abbot

A series of events promoting bat conservation will take place in Devon, and take to the wing at Holy Trinity Church in Torbryan near Newton Abbot

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3 days of Lion Fest live music in Newton Abbot to raise funds for Rowcroft

lionfest

Newton Abbot’s Lion Fest 2013 is three days of live music from local bands all raising money for Rowcroft Hospice

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Violet Tweedale & Mrs Meurig Morris: “We see dead people”

Violet Tweedale

Torquay resident Violet Tweedale was called into Newton Abbot spiritualist Mrs Meurig Morris’s battle with The Daily Mail

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Newton Abbot gets its first craft beer pub

Teign Cellars, Newton Abbot

Teign Cellars opens a brand new craft beer pub in Newton Abbot for a taste of the finest beers and ales from throughout the South West

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Newton Abbot singing groups offer free trails

Newton Gospel Group - Newton Abbot

Newton Abbot community choirs are offering a free three-week trial to tempt newcomers into the joys of community singing

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Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris to explain the 2013 Budget

Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris

Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris will be on hand to explain the 2013 budget to constituents in an event organised by Newton Abbot Senior Voice

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1,100 children in Newton Abbot constituency living in poverty and don’t get free school meals

Newton Abbot

A shockingly high figure of children living in poverty go without free school meals, in Newton Abbot the number given by the Children’s Society is 1,100.

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Equal Marriage: How did your MP Vote?

Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris

The equal marriage bill was in parliament, but how did your Devon MP vote?

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Newton Abbot Community Garden fights the slug war

Newton Abbot Community Garden, fighting the slug war with frogs

Newton Abbot Community Garden is digging in to fight the slug war, and is calling on the people to help with its natural solution to the garden pest

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Transition Newton Abbot's book group explores Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behaviour

Flight Behaviour

Transition Newton Abbot organise a book group to investigate climate change issues in literature. It starts 2013 with Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver

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Newton Abbot's MP rejects same-sex marriages

Same-sex marriages are being given the thumbs down by Newton Abbot Tory MP Anne Marie Morris, who has signed a cross-party letter opposing the move

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Take a look at Canada as seen by Canadians

Canada iceberg film

Canada, as seen by Canadians is a two minute film, complied by the Canada tourist board from

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Community project celebrates graduates of energy cost cutting initiative

Kingsteignton Transition Together

Kingsteignton Transition Together has celebrated its first graduates, who have investigated each others energy use to cut bills – new groups will be starting in the New Year, and the initiative will roll out to Newton Abbot

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