With a month to go until polling day on 4 May – nominations closed this afternoon – I was out canvassing all day across Barnstaple South. I went into one area that I know voted heavily to Leave and  has a  fair number of UKIP supporters and was pleasantly surprised that I only got the […]

The Tories at Devon County Council have voted through £2.2 million of further school budget cuts.

It has been pointed out to me that the Church of England published a document in May 2014 entitled ” Valuing All God’s Children” and that if the new school serving SW Barnstaple adheres to its recommendations as below that will go a long way to allaying some of the concerns I raised earlier and […]

As a sign that things could finally be moving forward in the long running debate concerning the need for a new primary school for South West Barnstaple covering Fremington Parish, the Church of England has launched an informal consultation as to whether the school should be one of its own. With all the new housing […]