Guy Boswell

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TavyRail campaigners are disappointed their arguments for government funding for the initial works for a reinstatement of the Tavistock to Plymouth, via Bere Alston line, have fallen on deaf ears. Richard Searight, TavyRail chairman, is pictured kneeling front right. (Tindle)Campaigners to have a railway line restored, linking Tavistock to Plymouth via Bere Alston, have spoken of their shock at not being granted funding.

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Buckland Monachorum Primary School parents have formed an action group protesting at proposed ‘cuts’ in teaching and pupil support. Pictured is the whole school taking part in their triathlon. (Tindle)Angry parents are threatening to withdraw their children from a village school in protest at ‘swingeing cuts and ‘harmful restructuring’.

4 days ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Guy Boswell

Meavy Oak Fair – morris dancing on the green. Pictures: Guy Boswell. (Tindle)A traditional maypole dance got Meavy Oak Fair off to a suitably traditional start at the weekend. The fair on Saturday was packed with revellers who picnicked on the village green outside the Royal Oak pub and then enjoyed morris dancing. Stalls run by local groups included Friends of Princetown Library, Yelverton Play Park and Yelverton Rotary Club and St Peter’s Church, Walkham Valley Scouts and Meavy Garden Society.

5 days ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Guy Boswell

There are two photography exhibitions running at Dartmoor venues this summer, offering a glimpse of life on the moor in the past. (Dartmoor Trust )The Dartmoor Trust is putting on two photographic exhibitions this summer. One at the Dartmoor National Park Authority’s Princetown Visitor Centre, the other at Belstone Methodist Chapel. Both are in collaboration with other local organisations.

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Tavistock College is proud to present a whole-school production of Beauty and Beast. Picture: Guy Boswell/Tindle (Tindle)Pupils will be showcasing their singing and acting skills in Tavistock College’s production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Junior, writes Guy Boswell. The show will be on for five consecutive performances – Tuesday to Saturday, July 1-5, from 6.30pm in the school hall. A special extra afternoon ‘relaxed’ performance is being staged on the Saturday at 2pm.