Services and vigils were held in churches in the Crediton area to pray for peace in Ukraine.

People from the Crediton area made generous financial donations as well as donating clothing an essential items to help Ukrainian refugees.

An extra £1.4 million government funding was given to Devon County Council to help those affected by domestic abuse.

Bernaville Nurseries prepared to celebrate its 65th Anniversary with customers and staff.

Residents at Ridge House residential home in Morchard Bishop welcomed Cllr Margaret Squires and Central Devon MP Mel Stride who were given a tour of the home by Area Manager Beth Chaffings.

World Book Day was celebrated by a number of primary schools in the Crediton area.

Sustainable Crediton’s Community Larder was launched in partnership with Sue Lee of Crediton Library. The aim of the community larder is to reduce food waste and anyone can donate or pick up food from the larder at Crediton Library.

Chulmleigh College staff, pupils, parents and the community collected a vast amount of donations of clothing and essentials for the Ukraine campaign.

Due to the number of objections it was announced that Pedlarspool Lane might not now be closed to through traffic and only used by pedestrians and cyclists, as part of the development of 257 homes. Tractors and farm traffic passing through the housing estate was also a concern.

A Coffee Morning at Stockleigh Pomeroy raised £680 for the Red Cross Ukrainian Appeal.

The Wildlife Area at People’s Park benefitted from new bark, laid on the pathways by volunteers, to make it easier for people to walk on.

More than 1,000 NHS staff in Devon were off work due to Covid related problems. Although this had an impact on the health service it was not leading to an increase in the number of people seriously ill with the virus.

Local primary school children raised funds for Comic Relief - Red Nose Day.

East Worlington Primary School pupils raised £941 for the Ukrainian Humanitarian Appeal with a reading challenge.

Jim Cairney donated 60 “Caught on the Web” books to Hayward’s Primary School to help pupils learn about online safety.