Cllr Andy Swain
Ward: Teign Valley
Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham
Mobile: 07756 253908
Email: andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk
Mayor Dave Hodgson is celebrating World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Day by highlighting the work of The Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire MS Therapy Centre who provide a wide range of support and therapies to people living with MS.
David Chalmers, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Torridge and West Devon, has sent an open letter to MP Geoffrey Cox, calling on him to condemn the actions of Government Adviser Dominic Cummings in flouting lockdown guidance. In it, Mr Chalmers says that the Prime Minister's decision to retain him as an advisor is having a detrimental impact on trust in the Government and its ability to lead us out of the pandemic, and calls for Mr Cummings to be sacked so that the Government can re-establish its moral authority.
Following the recent change to guidance, Wiltshire's street markets will be open from Monday 1 June with stallholders now able to sell their full range of goods.
Folkestone & Hythe District Council will be launching their COVID Discretionary Business Grant Scheme at 9am Monday 1 June 2020.
This is Aldbourne resident John Gill- ...Aldbourne? Village. Near Ramsbury. No? Near Hungerford? Ring any bells? No? Oh well, it's in Wiltshire, and like most other Wiltshire villages, is packed with people who unthinkingly vote Tory and think Boris is "a right laugh". I've lived in a beautiful 17th-century cottage here for 10 years. My name's John Gillett. But locally I'm known as "John the actor". Probably other things too, but mainly that one, because.... well, because I'm an actor. I'm known as Aden Gillett when I swan about the stage, but John the Actor when I swan about The Blue Boar or Crown in Aldbourne.
When I was growing up there was a catchphrase often bandied about (with a suitable rustic accent) - "The answer lies in the...