From Councillor Julian Brazil
Just to let you know, there is a national one minute’s silence that will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday 24 February to mark the one-year anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Please join us in this moment of reflection and pay tribute to the Ukrainian people.
To view the complete news release, go to 10th February Council News
Devon & Cornwall Police is working with both partners and local residents to make potential locations in the counties unattractive to organisers of raves (also called unlicensed music events or UMEs).
Christmas sees a increase in the possibility of a rave in Devon and Cornwall with Boxing day and New Year’s Eve in particular being attractive dates.
Uniformed and plain clothes officers are regularly patrolling areas which have been identified as possible targets of rave organisers and officers are also working with farmers and landowners to secure sites and make them unsuitable locations.
We know the misery raves can cause to nearby residents, with loud music keeping people awake for hours on end. It also has a significant impact on livestock and wildlife, and often participants leave the land badly damaged.
We would like to encourage our local communities including farmers and landowners to take pro active pre-emptive measures to help target harden their land and open spaces and secure their property to make it an unattractive option for organisers.
These measures can be as simple as ensuring padlocks on gateways are serviceable, broken fences or open gateways are closed and any buildings are properly secured.
They ask for communities to help further by reporting if they see any of the following signs in the local area:
If you see these, report by telephoning 101, or if you see organisers setting up equipment call 999.
You can also report anonymously to the charity Crimestoppers via their website or on 0800 555 111
More information from Devon and Cornwall Police about this may be found here
With the arrival of the forecast cold spell, our gritting teams are out in force treating roads on Devon’s primary, secondary and precautionary salting routes.
The remainder of this week is set to be the coldest of this winter so far, with The Met Office issuing a yellow weather warning in the north of the county for the possibility of icy patches, particularly on untreated surfaces, and there is the risk of wintry showers on higher ground.
And with road temperatures across the county expected to drop below zero, any water run-off from adjacent land could freeze and lead to icy patches, especially on untreated roads.
The primary salting network only covers about 20 per cent of Devon’s roads, so 80 per cent are untreated; rain will wash salt off roads leaving them prone to ice and in extreme cold even salting will not stop ice forming.
You can read the news release at: Roads and Transport News Update 8th December 2022
The East Portlemouth Village Hall Christmas Party starts at 6pm on Saturday 10th December
The hall team are looking forward to seeing you on Saturday. Santa will be there with presents for all the under 18s in the village. There will be fun and games for all the family, a raffle, bring and share food, and a bar.
We understand that there is a football match starting at 7pm, which some of you may be interested in watching. We will set up a screen in the meeting room, so you won’t need to miss any action but will have all the other activities going on at the same time.
Devon County Council’s latest Care and Health Newsletter has been released, it includes information about:
You can read the newsletter online here: DCC Care and Health, 7th December 2022
From Devon County Council:
Families in Devon on low incomes, whose children receive free school meals, will get support this winter to help them buy food during the school holidays.
Once again, we’re providing holiday food vouchers for children and young people who are eligible for benefit-related free school meals.
If you have children at school and your financial circumstances have changed, your children may be eligible for free school meals.
You can find out by applying online through our Devon Citizen’s Portal.
The deadline for applications, in order to receive free school meal holiday vouchers for the Christmas school holiday, is Friday 16 December, so please apply as soon as possible.
Before the end of this term, we’ll be sending eligible families free school meal holiday vouchers to cover both the Christmas and February 2023 half-term holidays at the same time. That’s to give families more flexibility to prioritise and budget their winter food expenditure themselves.
Vouchers can be used at the following supermarkets: Aldi, Iceland, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsburys, Asda, Waitrose and M&S Food.
Read the Devon County Council News Update at: Weekly Roundup Friday 2nd December 2022
South Hams have now released their confirmed dates this year’s waste and recycling collections in the South Hams over the Christmas period.
More information about SHDC waste and recycling may be found online at https://southhams.gov.uk/recyclingwaste
The works on the A379 at Frogmore finished on Wednesday 16th November and the road reopened from 12:30 on that day. There is no longer any need for the diversionary route and traffic can now resume as normal.