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  • Okehampton parking prices reduced for season ticket holders

    By katef1 at 14:31 on 29/03/12
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    Tavistock and Okehampton annual car parking season tickets are being reduced by up to 45% from April 1 – and in some cases will cost less than 70p a day - following a move by West Devon Borough Council to make parking more affordable. Motorists will be able to park in town centre borough council car parks from as little as £1.10 per day as season tickets are reduced from £720 per year to just £400. Season...
  • Okehampton fire crews called to A30 accident

    By Richard_Penny at 16:36 on 27/01/12
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    At around 2.00pm today (Fri), three fire  crews, two from Okehampton and one from North Tawton, were called to an accident on the A30 between  Drews Cottage and Merrymeet where it was thought people were  trapped. When the crews arrived they discovered the accident involved a car and a car transporter. One person was indeed trapped and they were released by the fire crews using small tools. The condition of the casualty...
  • No increase in West Devon parking charges

    By Richard_Penny at 12:56 on 23/01/12
    Okehamptoncar park fees remain the same
    With Dartmoor National Park threatening to introduce parking charges on the Moor, it's encouraging to hear that West Devon BC is keeping parking fees at the present rate. Here's how they blow their own trumpet on the matter: West Devon Borough Council looks set to freeze parking charges in all Council-owned car parks for the second consecutive year and to cut the price of its annual car park season tickets. The Council's Environment...
  • Police appeal for witnesses of fatal Dartmoor accident

    By Richard_Penny at 10:54 on 20/09/11
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    At around 8.15pm yesterday (19th September) police received a report of a single vehicle accident on the B3212 between Moretonhampstead and Postbridge.  A car had reportedly collided head-on with a dry stone wall. When emergency services arrived the driver, the sole occupant of the car, a red Toyota MR2, was removed and was pronounced dead at the scene.  The road was closed and reopened shortly after 2am after police...
  • e-petition launched to re-open Okehampton-Tavistock rail link

    By Richard_Penny at 11:54 on 19/09/11
    Optimistic times. The Oke-Exeter link was scheduled to open last year!
    An enterprising individual, one Chris Bligh, has set up an e-petition asking for the rail link between Okehampton and Tavistock to be re-opened. If 100,000 people sign it in the next year, the subject could be debated in the House of Commons. But more to the point, our various potential railway plans should at least come under a degree of government scrutiny, giving then a better chance of success. The text of the petition reads: ...

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