News in Seaton

Colyton Parish Council chairman Andrew Parr survived a motion of no confidence by one vote this week, following another ill-tempered debate over the Neighbourhood Plan.

Colyton Parish Neighbourhood Plan - which is being made to guide future sustainable change, growth and development within the parish - has been plagued with controversy over the past five years, with claims of "turf wars" between Colyton and Colyford, a mass resignation of volunteers back in 2016 and, most recently, parish councillor Howard West threatening to stand down.

An update on Beer Emergency Response Team (BERT) was provided by Helena Whitten at the November meeting of Beer Parish Council.

She reported that the group was in discussion with the Environment Agency flood resilience officer regarding the organisation of a flood awareness day in the village in 2021.

Taylor Wimpey will hold a virtual launch for Mountbatten Mews - its highly anticipated new development in Honiton - on Friday, December 11.

Mountbatten Mews will provide a selection of two-bedroom apartments as well as two, three and four-bedroom homes.

Due to the coronavirus and the impact on volunteers and sponsors, Seaton Cycle Fest was cancelled this year but there is every hope that one of the premier British Cycling-endorsed races in the South West will go ahead in 2021.

Seaton Town Council had agreed to act as principal sponsor of the prestigious race in 2020 and 2021, for £15,000.

Can you guess who is the most searched-for person on Wikipedia in Seaton?

Digital Publication The Pudding has created a people map of the UK, replacing town names with their 'most Wikipedia-ed' resident. This person could be someone who was born in, lived or has connections with the town.

Seven new, environmentally-friendly electric vans, each with a custom-made caged tipping body, are being leased by East Devon District Council in a drive towards reducing its carbon footprint.

The council is one of the first in the country to add the lower emission bespoke Nissan ENV200 vehicles to their fleet with the modification, which means that the vans are used daily to keep the parks and public realm areas of East Devon clean and green.

The latest crime figures released by police show there were 43 crimes in the wider Seaton area during October 2020. 

These figures compares to 45 crimes the previous month and 40 in October 2019.

Colyton's annual Christmas Fayre was cancelled this year due to COVID-19, but Kate Clode and her team at Colyton Caterpillars Pre-School still wanted the children to experience the some Christmas magic.

Although things are a little different this year, Father Christmas still paid a visit to Colyton to see all the children, but from a distance.

The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed across Devon and Cornwall last week the lowest weekly total since the start of October.

A total of 1,047 new cases were confirmed in figures released on Friday for the two counties – the lowest since the week ending October 2.

Seaton Tennis Club resumed socially distant tennis as the lockdown lifted this week.

Three of the club's courts were resurfaced during the enforced absence including a brand new astro turf court, already christened by some members, 'The Paddling Pool'.