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East Devon's Ukrainian community marks Independence Day

On Thursday, 24 August, more than 180 Ukrainian guests, hosts, family members and friends attended an event marking Ukraine's 32nd Independence Day in Cranbrook.

Attendees sung Ukraine's national anthem and enjoyed Ukrainian food, live music, and craft workshops. Many guests wore traditional Ukrainian attire, competing to win the best national embroidered dress contest.

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East Devon marks Ukraine's Independence Day

This Thursday, East Devon joins people across the world who are standing in solidarity with Ukraine, marking 18 months since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, and Ukraine's 32nd Independence Day.

East Devon District Council (EDDC) is flying the Ukrainian flag outside its Blackdown House headquarters in Honiton, and its hardworking Homes for Ukraine team are hosting an event in...

Police Step Up Summer Patrols to Tackle Anti-Social Behaviour in East & Mid Devon

Operation Loki is running again in East and Mid Devon this summer and police will be carrying out high visibility patrols to help prevent Anti-Social Behaviour.

The initiative began on Thursday 27 July in Seaton and also ran in Sidmouth, Honiton and Axminster over the last few days. It will continue in Tiverton, Cullompton, Crediton and Exmouth later this month.

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Open days to showcase carbon neutral, modular, social housing solution

You are invited to tour and give feedback about an innovative form of carbon neutral social housing, that could come to a community near you.

The demonstration house, which is in the car park of East Devon District Council's (EDDC) Blackdown House headquarters in Honiton, will be open for anyone living in East Devon to view, on Friday 28 July and Saturday 29 July from 10am-2pm....

Free events at East Devon's green spaces for Love Parks 2023

Love Parks returns to East Devon with a packed programme of fun, free activities for the whole community.

A wide range of events will be taking place from Monday 31 July – Friday 4 August from 10am-2pm at the following locations:

  • Monday 31 July – The Green, Budleigh Salterton
  • Tuesday 1 August – The Glen, Honiton
  • Wednesday 2 August – Manor Gardens
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More East Devon greenspaces designated as nature recovery areas

This year, Streetscene have increased the number of greenspaces and verges where they are letting the grass grow between April and September to enable nature to flourish.

Allowing grass to grow at selected sites means less CO2 emissions caused by mowing, and more habitats for insects and wildlife. Enabling vegetation to flower provides essential nectar for bees and pollinators,...

MP calls for further action and a review after flooding in East Devon

Simon Jupp MP is calling for the public bodies involved in the response to last week’s flooding in East Devon to review their response and provide further support to residents.

Over 60 properties were flooded when the Otter Valley was overwhelmed by intense rainfall of up to 130mm across a few hours, which was markedly worse than a similar event in 2008. Newton Poppleford, Tipton St...

1,000 trees planted over the winter through Emergency Tree Fund initiative

East Devon District Council (EDDC), along with local schools, planted over 1,000 trees this winter as part of the Emergency Tree Fund initiative.

More than 250,000kg of CO2 will be removed from the atmosphere each year once this woodland is established.

Russell Giblett and Paul Fealey from Streetscene worked with Withycombe Raleigh Primary School, Exeter Road Primary School...

East Devon MP welcomes major investment to upgrade East Devon’s sewage system

Multi-million-pound plans to upgrade East Devon’s sewage system has been announced by the Water Minister, Rebecca Pow MP.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has asked water companies to accelerate investments between now and 2025 to tackle storm overflow discharges, reduce nutrient pollution from treatment works, and address water resilience challenges.

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East Devon MP visits multi-million-pound investment into nature recovery in Budleigh Salterton 

Simon Jupp MP visited the Lower Otter Restoration Project (LORP) on Friday the 24th of March to support the multi-million-pound investment into Budleigh Salterton’s natural environment.

He was accompanied by Dan Boswell (LORP Project Manager) and Andrea Ayres (Area Operations Manager) of the Environment Agency.

The LORP is a ground-breaking local project led by the UK...

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