News in Seaton

Four candidates have put themselves forward for the upcoming Police and Crime Commissioner election in Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

The vote for a four-year term of office for the £86,700-a-year job was postponed from 2020 due to the pandemic and will take place alongside Devon County Council elections on Thursday, May 6.

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After shops and other businesses across East Devon reopened last week, it became clear that many traders still have questions about the measures they need to take to be COVID-secure.

The district council's COVID compliance officers have been visiting high streets to help businesses keep themselves, and their customers, safe.

Nub News editor Philip Evans continues his series looking back over his 55-year career in journalism, many years of which have been spent covering East Devon.

Whilst I was working in South Africa I heard a rumour from a colleague back home that Pulman's Weekly News, one of the first newspapers I had worked for, was up for sale.

Police, the ambulance and fire crews from Seaton and Colyton were called to a single-vehicle collision in which a van overturned in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday).

The incident occurred on Shells Lane, between Colyton and Colyford, and the driver of the van reported the accident, saying he was unable to exit the vehicle after it had turned on its side.

Businesses across Devon have by-and-large been compliant with the new COVID rules in place as of April 12.

In step two of the government's roadmap out of lockdown, non-essential retail, personal care premises such as hairdressers and nail salons, outdoor hospitality venues, and self-contained accommodation such as campsites and holiday lets were allowed to reopen.

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Restart Grants are now available for businesses as the economy starts to re-open in line with government's roadmap out of lockdown.

The new Restart Grant is a sector-based grant, which is different from the Local Restrictions Support Grants (LRSG), and could pay between £2,667 to £18,000 to eligible businesses. 

Home Instead Mid Devon and Blackdown Hills are excited to offer a newly-launched, live-in care service that means clients have the option of receiving full-time care within their own home.

Day and night, elderly people will have the same CAREGiver with them to perform the tasks that they need help with, whether that's support with mobility or cooking and housework.

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