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Duchy of Cornwall’s lease deal means taxpayer will fund repairs to ...
6 days ago · The DoC, which owns the 215-year-old prison, leases the building out to the ministry of justice for £1.5m a year, but under the terms of the agreement (similar to the one the Duchy has with the Dartmoor National Park Authority for the Princetown visitor centre) it is not responsible for the upkeep of the facility.
Serval cat rescued and rehomed at Dartmoor Zoo, after Cat …
2 days ago · Dartmoor Zoo has rescued and rehomed a serval cat called Churchill following a Cat Survival Trust conviction. Following four charges in May 2024, Terrence Moore, Director of The Cat Survival Trust, was found guilty of causing unnecessary harm to animals. He was subsequently ordered to rehome the ...
Right to Buy overhaul needed, says Local Government Association
2 days ago · With more than 123,000 households in temporary accommodation and over 1.33 million on social housing waiting lists—including approximately 27,400 in Devon—the LGA warned: "We are facing a chronic shortage of social housing.
Dartmouth parking to become second priciest in the South West
6 days ago · South Hams District Councillor Ged Yardy believes Dartmouth has got a raw deal when it comes to increases in parking and park and ride charges. Currently Dartmouth is the second most expensive place to park in the South West after Lyme Regis. He believes they have been a historical cash cow and ...
Dartmouth Harbour Master Paul Britton talks history, fishing and ...
1 day ago · “If you look at old pictures, then you have a line of ships going all the way from Warfleet Creek, all the way up to Greenway that had been laid up or here for coaling.” There was more to the port than coal: “The very first ocean liner …
Campaign launched almost a year after wall collapse, cutting off …
Jan 17, 2025 · Dartmouth residents who have been at their wits’ end for almost a year after the collapse of a wall forced the closure of a key access road have launched a petition to pressure Devon County Council (DCC) into fixing the problem. An eight-metre high section of wall on Warfleet Road collapsed in ...
Howard Wicks from Dartmouth has locked in ... - Dartmouth …
Howard also hopes that the book will raise awareness for his charity - the Locked In Trust, which is dedicated to supporting other people suffering from locked in syndrome.
Emergency services attending the scene unable to save man in his …
A man in his 80s has died after the car he was driving fell in the River Dart in Dartmouth.
Opening of ‘amazing’ centre - Dartmouth Chronicle
Dartmouth’s brand new £5.4million Health and Wellbeing Centre was officially opened last week by David Fursdon, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Devon.