• Teignbridge has the nation's most accessible toilets!

  By casey1

  Ha ha - the best thing about Newton Abbot........ it's toilets!

            

   

  By newtonnews at 12:37 on 20/12/11

  

  Teignbridge District Council has been named national winner for 'Accessible Toilets' in the national Loo of the Year awards, with its four entries impressing judges by how easy they were for different members of the public, including those with disabilities, to access.   Every year since 1987 the Loo of the Year Awards, run independently and promoted by the British Toilet Association, have celebrated the best quality public loos...

• No increase in council tax this year

  By pobox112

  They have been forced to do this by the Government. Why dress it up? They managed to double Council...

            

   

  By newtonnews at 14:32 on 15/02/11

  

  Council tax will be frozen for Devon County Council taxpayers this year. The authority is being recommended to set a 0 per cent increase for 2011/12 at its budget meeting on Thursday (February17). It follows the lowest ever council tax rise of 1.98 per cent in the current financial year. County council deputy leader John Clatworthy said: "We have been forced into making some £54 million of cuts in our spending this year. "The...

• Greens hit out over council’s consultation plans

  By Finn1973

  But of course SDGP didn’t say all Teignbridge district councillors as reported above; they...

            

   

  By NewtonAbbot People at 10:00 on 06/01/11

  

  A POLITICAL row has broken out in Teignbridge over the authority's financial plans for 2011. The South Devon Green Party has launched an astonishing attack on Teignbridge Council, saying it is treating its residents with 'disdain' by not consulting with them over proposals for its 2011 financial plan. The party's chairman Keith Johnson wrote an open letter to council leader Cllr Alan Connett ( Cllr Connett hit back, saying he was...

• Strictly stars in Newton Abbot

  By Rockwell1

  I love Strictly - all the colour, beautiful clothes and super music. Brucie is really past his...

            

   

  By NewtonAbbot People at 10:00 on 25/09/10

  

  STRICTLY Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke and former MP Ann Widdecombe have been spotted in Newton Abbot as they prepare for next week's first live show. Ann, who lives at Haytor, was paired up with Anton for the hit TV dance competition and has been secretly practising at the Deborah Bond Dance Academy on Kings Street. Academy owner, Deborah Bond, kept it all under wraps, but the secret was finally out when students spotted Anton...

• Devon County Council Has A Cheek - Penn Inn Resurfacing at Newton Abbot

  By Peggie13

  Good point! Why do they have to cause chaos just for the sake of probably meeting some targets.

            

   

  By Peggie13 at 00:25 on 07/10/10

  

  I've heard that the Penn Inn roundabout on the A380 at Newton Abbot is going to be dug up and resurfaced for two weeks from 18th October - causing chaos on the roads. The County Council say that the work will take place overnight between 7pm - 7am for two weeks but that there could be delays. They are advising drivers to seek alternative routes to work. I'm sorry but this is just the sort of news to make you sigh and despair. That...

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