The number 75 bus service, which serves both the Milber side of Newton Abbot and goes out to the hospital will, as from November 6th next, not be run by Country Bus. The service is being taken over by Stagecoach.I have contacted Stagecoach to find out if there are likely to be any changes They […]

I’m sure we all agree that discharging raw sewage into our rivers and seas is totally unacceptable. Water companies appear to have made no investment in infrastructure since 1992, and yet the huge salaries and bonus payments to CEOs are nothing short of obscene. Water companies claim they only discharge raw sewage ( under license) […]

Probably all councillors, I certainly do, get regular complaints about the state of our local roads. Problems with potholes are almost guaranteed to come up every week.All requests for pothole repairs can be made direct to Devon County Council via their web page. The more times residents report a problem the more likely they are […]

A Working Party of local councillors and officers is currently studying and drawing up recommendations regarding the allocation of sites for future house building within Teignbridge.This Working Party is due to report at a meeting to which all councillors are invited on September 13. Following this meeting, a final package of proposals will go to […]

Various announcements are being made around the country introducing hose pipe bans as reservoirs run short of water.I do not understand why a ban is announced for 10 days or a fortnight’s time.Surely if a ban is considered necessary (and clearly it is) then why is it delayed for so long? Why not introduce it […]

One of the clown in number 10’s great claims of success was that he beat Covid.Today the ONS announce the number of deaths from Covid passed 200,000.If that is victory I would hate to know what defeat looked like.He( the clown) has a great imagination and that coupled to his inability to stop lying has […]

I made my sixth and final visit to the by election yesterday, and was pleased to have local member Keith Walter for company.We were allocated the quite delightful village of Membury to deliver, which we managed despite the heat and distance between some of the properties.We had an exchange of views with an irate lady(?) […]

Please be warned and take suitable action.New strains of CV are gaining ground, with painful consequences for many.Despite our less than competent ( now there’s restraint for you!!) Government assuring us they conquered Covid, and the epidemic is behind us, all the signs are that is far from factual.The week ending June 11 saw recorded […]

I spent yesterday delivering and canvassing in Colyton which is a part of the parliamentary constituency of Tiverton and Honiton where a by-election is being held next Thursday. It was my 5th visit and with a colleague I spent most of the day in Colyton.It was the first time on my visits that I gat […]

The Government continues to claim success on various fronts which are simply not true.A classic example is the one about CV having ended and there being no need for the public to show any restraint. This is complete nonsense of course, as many realise. I personally know people who have gone down with the illness […]