Tavistock Times Gazette

5 days ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Alison Stephenson

Parke House Bovey Tracy headquarters of Dartmoor National Park Authority. (mda )Despite facing its biggest funding cut in years, Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA) has come out of 2024/25 with a cash surplus and increased reserves. A financial report presented to the authority ‘s audit and governance committee this week shows a surplus of £8,500 and that reserves earmarked for future projects increasing by £54,000.

5 days ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Alison Stephenson

Dartmoor National Park (mda )There are fears that Dartmoor could wait years for broadband improvements. Broadband connectivity across the moor or the lack of it was the top issue for parish councils when recently surveyed by Dartmoor National Park Authority. But the area could be “at the back of the queue” in a new contract being rolled out across Devon and Somerset, chief executive of Dartmoor National Park Authority Kevin Bishop told an audit and governance committee this week.

1 week ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Will Goddard

All smiles before setting out. (Will Goddard, Crediton Courier)CHILDREN and adults enjoyed walking alpacas at a farm near Winkleigh during half term. Waiting to be walked. (Will Goddard, Crediton Courier)Participants were matched with alpacas. (Will Goddard, Crediton Courier)They led the animals, which are members of the camel family, around fields and through woodland at Woolley Animals Alpaca Walking and Farm Park. Also in the newsThis youngster was celebrating his birthday.

1 week ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Guy Boswell

Jason Isaacs and Gillian Anderson star as long-distance walk couple Moth and Raynor Winn in the film The Salt Path set in the South West and based on Raynor’s book. (Steve Tanner - Black Bear)AN author has spoken of the therapeutic quality of the South West’s wilderness as she welcomes a film (starring Gillian Anderson) of her and her husband’s hiking odyssey which is launched UK wide today (Friday, May 30).

1 week ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Alan Quick

A MEMORIAL Service to celebrate the life and work of Eddie Farwell, Co-Founder and retiring CEO of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW), will take place at Exeter Cathedral on Tuesday, June 17. Eddie died on March 27 following a diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease and a private funeral was held shortly after his death.