News in Seaton

With regular trick or treating off the cards this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Colyton residents are still planning some safe Halloween festivities to keep the children entertained.

The town will be hosting a Pumpkin Trail on Halloween (Saturday, October 31) with residents encouraged to decorate their houses for local youngsters to enjoy.

It has been more than five weeks since East Devon had a death attributed to the coronavirus, according to new statistics from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

Despite a recent rise in local cases of COVID-19, with 11 new cases confirmed in East Devon, there have been no associated deaths in the district for more than five weeks.

East Devon District Council and police have been made aware of a proliferation of Himalayan Balsam, an invasive plant, in various rural parishes in the area.

This plant can cause ecological damage and can be considered a nuisance. As such, landowners whose land the plants are growing on have a responsibility to ensure that the plants are contained and disposed of properly and that they do not spread beyond their land.

Work starts today (Monday) to demolish the former CeramTec factory in Colyton.

Demolition contractor Hughes & Salvidge have been appointed to carry out the work on the Sidmouth Road site, which is expected to take 10 weeks.

Colyton Caterpillars Pre-School celebrated harvest time with a special lunch last week.

The children learnt about harvest, especially important to a rural, farming community such as Colyton.

New figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have confirmed 11 new cases of the coronavirus in East Devon.

The total number of new coronavirus cases confirmed in the last seven days has more than doubled across Devon and Cornwall – but some areas have seen a fall.

Lyme Regis lifeboat crew were called the rescue of a windsurfer off Seaton beach this afternoon (Friday).

Beer coastguards and the lifeboat crew were called to the scene at 2.19pm.

No deaths relating to coronavirus in East Devon have been registered in the last four weeks, latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures reveal.

It is the 13th week in a row across Devon and Cornwall combined that the number of deaths has been in single figure, and the 9th week in a row where the figure of deaths has been either zero, one, or two.

Seaton Town Council and the new Promote Seaton group have called for ideas to improve the town - and residents have been quick to respond!

After reporting on the town council's call for ideas, Seaton Nub News has been inundated with ideas for the future from local residents.

Nub News puts local community at the heart of everything we do.

Since launching Seaton Nub News in May, it has been a privilege to be a part of the local community and we have been delighted with the response and support from residents.