Westward Ho, England News

GEOFFREY Cox, MP for Torridge & West Devon, attended a meeting with the Northam Burrows 1716 Committee and local Councillor Andrew Eastman, to discuss the erosion of the sea defences at Westward Ho! and Northam Burrows.

AN APPLICATION to build four holiday homes at a former stable in Westward Ho! has been submitted.

APPLEDORE Silver Band helped to reflect on 35 years of twinning between their home and a French town.

Bus users in North Devon are enjoying reduced price fares on Service 1/2 as First Devon and Cornwall has introduced a new "More for Less" ticket The company has cut fares to as little as 50p for some journeys, and has also developed a special buy one get one free coupon offer on a cup of coffee for customers, too - perfect to help people keep warm ...

FAMOUS stuntman Merlin Cadogan will be appearing as ringmaster on Thursday at the Snapdragon's Circus Party in Westward Ho! for a special celebration.

TORRIDGE District Council is organising a beach and pebbleridge clean-up at Westward Ho! on Friday, November 20, and is inviting everyone to join in.

WESTWARD HO! Tennis Club has submitted plans for its 2.5 million redevelopment. The club has applied to Torridge District Council to create an indoor racquet centre at Silford Road in Northam.

A YOUTH group which runs clubs for young people across Torridgeside has received A 500 under a district council grant scheme.

Wasco County has a posse. Unlike the old-timey posses that would gallop through miles of badlands on horseback hunting bank robbers, cattle rustlers and other fearsome ne'er-do-wells, Wasco County Sheriff's Mounted Posse takes a different route.

The canonisation of writers like Rushdie and Naipaul in the West enables it to think of itself as radical without really being inconvenienced.

Rinsed, boiled and blended, there is nothing like Hanging Black or Peacock Weed to satisfy the appetite.

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FANCY a bit of a fling? You can enjoy a great variety of traditional and old time dancing at this year's Bideford Folk Festival - whether it's watching colourful demonstrations on Bideford Quay or enjoying exciting free workshops.

THE Appledore Book Festival has become a big hit on the internet site YouTube. Some 45,000 hits have been registered by people wanting to see footage of the festival's spectacular brochure launch on June 4 - when a replica of the Second World War secret weapon, the rocket-propelled Great Panjandrum, was set off on Westward Ho! beach.

YOUNG people living in the Torridge area can join a range of free activities in Northam and Westward Ho! All of the activities are provided by Seize the Moment Ltd for the 11-18 years age group and are run by qualified youth workers and artists.

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.