Crash Swimming Lesions

by davidcox on 8 February, 2019

Teignmouth Swimming Club will be running ‘Crash Swimming Lesions for 11-16 year olds who missed out on learning to swim at primary school. It’s completely FREE thanks to the Incredible Fund paying for teacher training and the Communities Together Fund paying for the scheme.

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Green Spaces

by davidcox on 21 August, 2018

 are not just about preserving precious ecosystems for wildlife. They provide us with a place to get away from urban living, to go for a walk or just spend some time in nature. Building on green space robs us of a precious natural asset, it will never solve the housing crisis. In order to solve […]

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Fighting the Grafitti Vandals

by davidcox on 21 August, 2018

Painting out the grafitti around the library and Pellew Arcade last week and last night. Remember there is a £200 reward from the town council for f information leading to restorative justice or conviction 

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Dis united Kingdom

by davidcox on 30 March, 2018

Labour and the Conservatives do not agree on much, but both go along with regressive changes to benefits policy, the very poorest people in our communities are going to see big cuts in their already meagre living standards. The changes to benefits policy are massively bad news for the 50%+ of families in our country […]

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Trolls

by davidcox on 30 March, 2018

Over a decade ago, I was always very proud when shopkeepers et al would compliment me on the politeness and manners of my daughters. But I have to ask are good manners a redundant concept these days, any disagreement, it seems is the instant trigger for obscenities and vile online comments using offensive language. The […]

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Peter Williams Sweeps to Victory

by davidcox on 11 February, 2018

Thank you! Peter Williams swept to victory yesterday in the Teignmouth Town Council Central Ward by-election with 438 votes, increasing the majority from 44 votes to 73 votes over second place Conservative Ian Palmer with 365. The by-election was cause by the sad passing of veteran Liberal Democrat councillor Roy Phillips, who won the Central […]

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Unwelcome surprise for the New Year

by davidcox on 13 December, 2017

An unwelcome surprise for the new year is a detailed planning application for 255 houses west of Higher Exeter Road (Planning Application 17/024880/MAJ) I strongly opposed and moved refusal of the outline application for Higher Exeter Road at the Teignbridge planning committee on 29th July 2014 to grant outline planning permission (14/00447/MAJ), the vote was […]

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Spelling Out Success

by davidcox on 9 December, 2017

The Beach clean team are celebrating the ‘excellent’ rating awarded to Teignmouth bathing waters by the Environment Agency. Well done to Alison Eden getting the town council to commit to high standards a year ago, keeping the momentum to make sure our beaches are amongst the cleanest in Europe.

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Dystopian Town

by davidcox on 2 November, 2017

DevonLive has done a great dis-service to Teignmouth, they have cobbled together a story from social media chit chat and it would appear taken quotes from an article in the Teignmouth Post written by a journalist who was actually at the meeting. Instead DevonLive created a tabloid-style story of a dystopian town under siege from […]

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