Westward Ho, England News

THE Stagecoach South West is set to extend its popular service 21 into Northam and Westward Ho! later this month.

MUSEUM volunteers Jim Williams, Roger Ayles and Sue Jay with one of the more eye catching interactive exhibits in the Treasures of the Earth display at Combe Martin Museum.

I JOINED a North Devon Biosphere festival event with Pip Jollands from the Hallsannery centre and several families on Abbotsham beach at the western edge of Westward Ho! As we set off, carrying what looked like white plastic window frames it was clear this was no ordinary rock pool ramble.

UP, up and awaya ! Hawkins Bazaar store manager Steve Regester and supervisor Karen Spooner with a Chinese lantern.

NORTH Devon Council will start much-needed repairs to Barnstaple Bus Station on Monday .Work will be carried out to improve the condition of the road surface and stands and is expected to take two weeks to complete.

HORDES of Moroccan butterflies have been spotted fluttering in the North Devon countryside.

A powerful explosive device that the British hoped would be their secret weapon against the Nazis was re-created in North Devon for the 65th anniversary of D-Day. The Great Panjandrum was a 10ft high drum packed with 400lbs of high explosives.

Fireworks experts will this morning perhaps unwisely unleash a replica Great Panjandrum on the beach at Westward Ho! in North Devon - recreating the original tests of the rocket-powered wheel which sadly did not contribute to the 1944 allied landings at Normandy.

A SECRET weapon that was tested on North Devon beaches on the eve of D-Day is being recreated.

APPEARING at The Elizabethan, Westward Ho! On Friday are Frequency - Phil Saunders, Keith Norburn, Xavier Bristow & Shaun McCarthy - plus the James Gang and DJ Wendy May.

We're just a nation of animal lovers, aren't we? One of the defining characteristics of the British people is that we think of ourselves as animal lovers.

WESTWARD HO! is preparing itself for the biggest event on its social calendar. The annual Potwalloping Festival is taking place in the village from Saturday, May 23 to Monday, May 25.

What with it being 1864, I probably should have known the bar staff wouldn't accept debit cards.

A Bedminster fireworks company will build a replica of a unique World War II explosives device to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

THREE North Devon beaches have retained the coveted Blue Flag status for 2009. Woolacombe Sands, Tunnels Beaches at Ilfracombe and Westward Ho! Are all among the cleanest in the country.

SHAUN LEY was the hero as Boca Seniors beat Barnstaple AAC on penalties to clinch the Westward Ho! Cup at Mill Road this afternoon.

Stuart Jeffries has written a very amusing piecein The Guardian about the much maligned exclamation mark.

Exclamation marks used to be frowned upon. Now look what's happened! We use them all the time! Hurrah!!! But what is it about the age of email that gets people so over-excited? Comments There is a town of 1,471 happy souls in Quebec called Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!. The second "Ha!", amazingly, is part of the town's name, not my commentary on the ...

SHOCK figures have revealed that the number of people with skin cancer in North Devon is above the national average.

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