From Torridge Council: Torridge District Council is busily preparing for the next stages in the Governments’ pandemic roadmap aimed at easing the Country towards a less restrictive way of life in the coming months. From Monday 29th March people will be able to meet outside in groups of up to six […]

From Torridge Council: The pandemic has changed many things, maybe in some cases, forever. From social distancing to mask wearing and working from home, Zoom to sanitiser, our habits are very, very different from a year ago. But what will life be like in a year’s time? Will you be […]

Fire control received a call from a member of the public regarding a serious property fire in Holsworthy, yesterday afternoon. 1 Fire engine from Holsworthy, 1 Fire engine from Hatherleigh and 2 Fire engines from Bude (Cornwall Fire Service) attended the incident alongside Officers. On arrival the ground floor of the property […]

From the Police alert system: Devon and Cornwall Police are investigating the report of theft of a Toyota Hilux from the Holsworthy area of North Devon. The vehicle was stolen between 1pm- 1.30pm on Wednesday the 3rd of February 2021 and is described as a deep red Toyota Hilux double […]

Deer Park Care Home is a residential care home providing personal care to people aged 55 and over, which was inspected in recent times. On the first day of inspection there were 47 people living at the home. The service can support up to 56 people in a purpose-built building […]

From the Ruby Country Medical Group website: We are delighted to inform our patients that we are planning a COVID Vaccination clinic. When will I be vaccinated? The first patient groups to receive the COVID-19 vaccination are patients over 80 years of age. We have over 3400 patients eligible for the […]

From Torridge Council: 2020 has been a strange year with many ‘ups and downs’, but recycling in Torridge is certainly on the ‘up’ and that’s thanks to you! We’d like to thank everyone in Torridge for supporting the service over the last twelve months. The combined effort from our crews […]

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today (Tuesday 1 December) announced an additional £1,000 Christmas grant for ‘wet-led pubs’ in tiers 2 and 3 who will miss out on much needed business during the busy Christmas period. Pubs that predominantly serve alcohol rather than provide food have been asked to make […]

From Torridge Council: “As final preparations are made to reopen our towns, high streets and businesses on Wednesday a lot of the focus has quite rightly been on doing this safely. Business owners have been checking and implementing measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 but Torridge’s track record of […]

The Government announced last weekend that to reduce social contact and limit the spread of Covid-19, certain businesses and venues, would be required to close from Thursday 5th November to the 2nd December 2020. These included all non-essential retail, hospitality and entertainment venues, accommodation providers, personal care and leisure facilities, community centres […]