News in Seaton

CARTER, Rachel - Passed away on January 27, aged 91 years. Loving mum of Linda, Richard, Jayne and the late Kathryn.

BODDINGTON, Derek - A private service will be held for Derek bit donations, if desired can made to the British Heart Foundation.

Libraries across Devon have been providing vital lifeline services over the past year, including one customer attending an online funeral at the library as he had no computer at home.

While library buildings across the county have had to close on three separate occasions over the last 12 months due to the national lockdown restrictions, the services that they offer have continued to run throughout.

The latest grant scheme for East Devon businesses affected by the national lockdown is now live.

On January 4, the government announced a third national lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The latest crime figures released by police show there were 47 crimes in the wider Seaton area during December 2020. 

These figures compare to 45 crimes the previous month and 33 in December 2019.

Circle Case Management, an independent case management company based in Seaton, have received the Social Care Award 2021 for Best Expert Witness Services Provider – UK.

Circle has grown from strength to strength over the last 12 months, with new innovative services and a recruitment drive of the very best health professionals to assist with the expansion of services across the UK.

Seaton's seafront enhancement scheme may still go ahead in some form, as discussions with the district and county councils have opened up.

Having already spent more £50,000 on the project, Seaton Town Council announced in December it would no longer be taking forward its plans to redevelop the seafront, having hit a number of procedural and financial concerns.

Seaton resident Alex Rowe and his brother-in-law Mike Milburn will be challenging themselves to a 100-mile trek of the south coast to raise funds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA).

The pair will be walking from Mike's home in Bournemouth to Alex's in Seaton, covering 100 miles in a single stint - no stop over and carrying everything they need for the trek.

The staff and residents of Doveridge Care Home in Colyton were busy last week raising funds for the local pre-school.

Prior to the COVID-19 restrictions, the Colyton Caterpillars Pre-school and Doveridge Care Home would regularly interact.

The number of coronavirus cases confirmed across Devon and Cornwall fell by a third last week, with declines in every region.

A total of 2,327 new cases were confirmed across the two counties last week as the total, the lowest for five weeks with Exeter and Plymouth seeing cases more than halve.

Seaton seafront has been left covered in debris and pebbles this morning after last night's stormy weather.

A high tide and persistent heavy rain saw the Esplanade flooded last night, with waves crashing over the flood defences.