21st June 2022 The Public Meeting arranged by the “Why This Field” campaign group was held in the Civic Hall on a stiflingly hot summer evening last Friday the 17th June. Attended by Alan Salt, headmaster of Kevicc, Jim Lodge, governor of Kevicc, Lisa Smallridge and Alice Widger of the WTF campaign and chaired by…
A public meeting to discuss the future of the Lower Field at the King Edward VI Community College (KEVICC) has been arranged for 17 June at Totnes Civic Hall at 6.30pm. The meeting has been called following KEVICC’s plans to sell 14 acres of school playing fields, green space, woods and publicly important buildings for…
28th May 2022 Last year, Devon Air Ambulance crews attended 333 patients who were suffering a cardiac arrest and this year they have so far attended 118 more patients whose heart had stopped beating. Cardiac arrest is the most common reason for the emergency medical team to be called to help. As…
21st June 2022 The Public Meeting arranged by the “Why This Field” campaign group was held in the Civic Hall on a stiflingly hot summer evening last Friday the 17th June. Attended by Alan Salt, headmaster of Kevicc, Jim Lodge, governor of Kevicc, Lisa Smallridge and Alice Widger of the WTF campaign and chaired by…
The very short summary: the opportunity for school and community to agree together something wonderful and vital for future generations by saving Kevicc Lower Field and using the Elmhirst building for the benefit of the community is a much bigger and more valuable goal than the opportunity the school has for a higher private bid…
A public meeting to discuss the future of the Lower Field at the King Edward VI Community College (KEVICC) has been arranged for 17 June at Totnes Civic Hall at 6.30pm. The meeting has been called following KEVICC’s plans to sell 14 acres of school playing fields, green space, woods and publicly important buildings for…
28th May 2022 Last year, Devon Air Ambulance crews attended 333 patients who were suffering a cardiac arrest and this year they have so far attended 118 more patients whose heart had stopped beating. Cardiac arrest is the most common reason for the emergency medical team to be called to help. As…
After a period of Covid inspired disruption, The Totnes and Dartington Open Studios event returns for the Jubilee Weekend from the 2nd to the 5th of June. There will be 18 artists exhibiting in 11 different locations with the details being widely available in leaflets distributed throughout the town and also online on the T.D.O.S.…
20th May 2022 As reported in The Totnes Pulse in April, Totnes Town Council put forward a bid to bring the green space directly opposite the school entrance, known as Lower Field, in to ownership of the council on behalf of the people of Totnes. The council plan to use the space for a public park…
10th May 2022 Bridgetown’s hedgehog population will be getting a boost thanks to a group of volunteers from the local community. In a joint initiative with leading housing association LiveWest, the residents of Bridgetown, community group Bridgetown Alive! as well as local and district Councilors, hedgehog protection signs have been installed throughout the town as…
26 April 2022 Totnes Town Council’s ambition to purchase the former Lower School site from King Edward VI Community College for community use has taken another step forward. Following a detailed feasibility study at the end of last year, a formal offer to purchase the site was made on 13th April 2022. The site has huge potential to…