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8 May 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
At the last Community & Resources committee meeting of Torridge, councillors heard that the government has awarded us £1 million over the next 3 years to replace funding we used to get from the EU. Curious as to how the figures compared I asked the council officers. Unfortunately exact numbers weren’t immediately available but I […]
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5 May 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
From Councillor Peter Christie’s weekly column: Councillor Claire Hodson recently presented the ‘Motion for the Ocean’ to Torridge which passed unanimously as it is aimed at producing a ‘clean, healthy and productive ocean’ around our coastline. This is obviously a ‘good thing’ of course but we are all aware that South West Water continues to […]
29 April 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
The news that the submarine cable manufacturer XLCC has signed a contract to use British steel to make the cables linking renewable energy production in Morocco to Alverdiscott would seem to show the scheme is viable. The first of four cables, each 2361 miles long, should be in place around 2026 – great news and […]
15 April 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
So the government is going for new nuclear power stations – a rather bizarre decision given they are the only major energy technology that has actually increased in price over the last decade and have become notorious for going vastly over budget. Whenever the spectre of nuclear power is raised again I always recall how, […]
7 April 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
We learnt recently that funding the gas suppliers who have taken on customers from collapsed energy companies will be costing us, the taxpayer, the eye-watering sum of £2.4 billion for doing so. Some thirty such companies have gone bust since 2021 and it clearly highlights, yet again, the sheer stupidity and pointlessness of so many […]
1 April 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
You might not have seen a piece of ‘good news’ for our MP Geoffrey Cox.Last year the Prime Minister pledged to clamp down on MPs who had lucrative and very time-consuming second jobs, following the furore over Geoffrey’s massive income acting as a barrister whilst also nominally a full-time MP – £6 million and counting.Now, […]
19 March 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
Church congregations and incomes are in decline across much of the country yet their buildings are some of the glories our landscape. How then are they to be maintained? Here in Bideford the ‘Friends of St.Mary’s church’ has been set up with the aim of raising funds to keep the fabric of the church in […]
17 March 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
North Devon Council and Torridge District Council are excited to inform you about the launch of the new ‘People and Place’ project for northern Devon. This is a joint venture between the two Councils to review the Local Plan and will look at how the area should take shape over the next 20+ years. It […]
Plastic Free North Devon is a local environmental charity started by volunteers who want to reduce the impact of plastic pollution on the environment in North Devon and beyond. Have a look at their awareness film and support their work if you can.
14 March 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
From our District Councillor Peter Christie: With all the news about the Russian invasion of the Ukraine I was reminded of two items in my recent book ‘Bideford in the Second World War’. The first is from November 1941 when the then Mayor supported ‘Mrs.Churchill’s Appeal’ for £750 towards her ‘Aid to Russia Fund’. In […]
Local residents, businesses and community organisations are being asked for their views, via a short survey, on proposals to establish a community-led electric bike and electric car rental club for Northern Devon.To take part in the survey (before the end of March) please visit https://bit.ly/ElectricTorridge See the original post here
9 March 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
There are Green events coming up on each of the next few weekends. You are invited to go along to Extinction Rebellion’s picnic this Sunday, 13th March, and come on to the Torridge Green Party meeting at Fairlight, Torridge View, Torrington afterwards. The GP meeting starts at 3.00 pm. Extinction Rebellion Event this Sunday Extinction […]
22 October 2021 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
With the United Nations Global Climate Change Conference being held in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12, a group of Devon councils and charities are launching a new Shop4Good campaign, aimed at showing ways to shop smarter and help tackle the climate crisis. As Black Friday and Christmas are approaching, as well as the […]
18 September 2021 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
There are over 4500 community-led events planned all across the UK – including Climate Fringe Week in Scotland, an electric car tour of Wales and Northern Ireland’s first-ever Climate Festival. If that wasn’t exciting enough, more than 200 local green weeks will become hubs of climate activity in communities all over the country. It will […]
