News
14 December 2024 / 14 December 2024 by colinjones
Torridge district councillors last week rejected a proposal to increase the amount of plant-based food served by the council at its internal meetings and events
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Elections
1 June 2024 / 3 June 2024 by colinjones
Elections News
18 April 2024 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
We're sad that the motion proposed by the Green Party's Cllr Huw Thomas (Bideford East) to change the voting system in English local elections to PR failed at the full council meeting of Torridge District Council in Bideford on 8 April
8 April 2024 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
TORRIDGE DISTRICT COUNCILBIDEFORD NORTH BY-ELECTION 2nd May 2024 John Puddy, your Green Party candidate, was apprenticed as an engineer with EMI and later moved to marine engineering. In 1982 he installed the first stand-alone wind turbine in England on Lundy. John was employed as the Island Agent for 14 years, helped set up the first […]
21 February 2024 / 8 April 2024 by colinjones
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18 January 2024 by colinjones
4 January 2024 / 4 January 2024 by colinjones
11 September 2023 / 11 September 2023 by colinjones
15 July 2023 / 15 July 2023 by colinjones
Newsletter
11 July 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
1 July 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
2 June 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
18 May 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
Green Party district councillor Peter Hames has been elected Mayor of Northam! Congratulation Peter.
5 May 2023 by colinjones
13 April 2023 / 13 April 2023 by colinjones
Nominations have been announced for parish and district elections and they are rather shocking. I say this as of the 61 parishes in Torridge only 3 are actually being contested which shows an alarming drop in interest/community spirit. This means that many parishes will now have to co-opt people to make up numbers, thus depriving […]
9 April 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
Article from the district council’s councillor’s magazine ‘First’.
10 March 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
In depth report from the North Devon Climate Forum The North Devon and Torridge Climate Forum has been holding quarterly meetings for over four years, working closely with North Devon and Torridge Councils from the beginning. The Forum currently has 585 members on its mailing list. Please click here to read the full report.
19 January 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
the old civic dump on Northam Burrows
7 January 2023 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
Having recently asked South West Water for its record of sewage dumps into the Torridge estuary and around the local coastline I was horrified to read that the target date to clean up the nation’s rivers and coasts has been pushed back from 2027 to 2063. The earlier date was set by the EU but […]
2 December 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
The latest research on the man-made climate crisis has looked at the effects on the cliffs at Westward Ho! Imperial College, London using some very nifty science is forecasting that the inevitable sea-level rise will see waves hammering against cliff areas not attacked before – with retreat rates up to ten times faster than today. […]
25 November 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
The planned Morocco-Alverdiscott electricity link has come a step closer with a presentation about the scheme to Torridge councillors. Basically, a massive solar and wind power generating plant in the Sahara backed up by storage batteries will deliver energy to Britain 20 hours a day and meet 8% of our energy needs. The energy will […]
26 September 2022 / 22 September 2022 by colinjones
The Green Party AGM
22 September 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
25th September 2022 from 10am to 4pm Barnstaple Pannier Market The 361 Energy Fair will take place in Barnstaple Pannier Market and will include energy saving advice, installers of renewable and energy saving technologies, electric vehicles and bikes, environmental groups, arts and crafts. The event will be opened by the Mayor of Barnstaple and will […]
