South Hams District Council held a Council meeting on Thursday 25 July, with councillors unanimously supporting a motion to declare both a Climate Change and a Biodiversity Emergency. Following recommendations from the Executive committee in June, the Council agreed a Climate Change Emergency and went further, with the additional inclusion of a Biodiversity Emergency. The…
The historic market town of Totnes in Devon is set to host the seventh Totnes Pride on Saturday 7th September 2019. Social enterprise Proud2Be is laying on a whole host of activities, which will bring the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and/or questioning+) community together with their allies, to celebrate diversity in the town. This…
From Friday 12th July 2019 at 1pm the Independent City State of Totnes will be issuing Pet Passports. To receive your Pet Passport they will be issuing them outside the Guildhall in Totnes at 1pm on Friday 12th July. You are required to bring you pet with you or just a photo of your pet.…
This Sunday, May 12th, ‘Alt-Right’ activists Milo Yiannopoulos and Carl Benjamin are planning to appear in Totnes Civic Square as part of thier #UKIPSWTour. Although they have stated this is part of the campaigning for European Elections, their own website states they are here to ‘have some fun’, presumably at the expense of Totnes and…
The upper reaches of the River Dart has always been a fertile and imaginative location. So it’s no surprise that the area that inspired the Elmhirsts & spawned Dartington, would have a wealth of artistic talent bursting forth in the form of ‘TDOS’ – Totnes & Dartington Open Studios. The event in May this year…
Naked stand-up comedy and a masterclass in strutting will open and close an inspirational festival that returns to Totnes Civic Hall May 3/4, designed to celebrate and honour bodies in all their various forms. Returning to Totnes for its second year, on May 3rd and 4th 2019, Bodykind Festival will feature renowned speakers, social media…
District Council Elections: All the Candidates in One Place, Read and Ask Away! Who’s genuine, skilled and right for the role? Who’s a real doer and who’s just a talker? You’ve probably already had some leaflets through your door and maybe even a chat with one or two of the candidates for the coming May…
Shared from the inspiring ‘Newton Says No’ community campaign website, also recently featured on our radio show: This means war! Four NSN members to fight for place on Council The battle lines have been drawn. Four members of Newton Says No will fight to take over this catastrophic council that, for the past decade, has…
You will have seen the vans around town often enough and sometimes volunteers rattling collecting boxes outside Morrisons, but if you you’re not familiar with one of the most important support groups in Totnes, here’s more… Set up in 1987 to provide support for the patients of the two GP practices in Totnes, over years…
The following is a statement from Totnes and South Devon Labour Party responding to Dr S Wollaston’s recent action and commentary (emphasis added by Totnes Pulse). “Totnes and South Devon Labour Party welcomes Sarah Wollaston’s resignation from the Conservative Party. We agree with Sarah Wollaston that the Conservatives and their policies have been disastrous for…