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Money rolls in for farmer fund

Desperate farmers are to receive more than £3,000 in crisis aid thanks to the North Devon Journal. The paper launched the North Devon Crisis Aid Appeal to help farm workers whose livelihoods are threatened by the foot and mouth epidemic.

Readers oppose wind power

Staff at the North Devon Journal have been blown away by the results of a survey they conducted to see whether or not readers wanted wind farms built in the area. The newspaper carried out its exclusive poll after controversial

Devon readers have their say

Readers of the North Devon Journal are being asked to decide on the latest big issue to hit the region – the prospect of wind farms springing up across the countryside. The issue had opinion firmly divided as to whether

Complaint threat forWorthing Herald

A borough council is considering taking the Worthing Herald to the Press Complaints Commission for printing what it considers to be confidential information about staff. The Herald told its readers about the background to senior staff changes at the authority.

New poll on hunting debate

The great hunting debate has captured the imagination of readers of a second Devon newspaper. Hot on the heels of a survey in the Mid Devon Gazette, its sister paper the North Devon Journal has come to the same conclusion

Taw bridge chance from BOB campaign

A new bridge over the River Taw could be built after pressure from a North Devon Journal campaign. More than 600 readers responded to a call to Build our Bridge. The newspaper has been campaigning for a new bridge and

Journal urges councillors to stop and think

A Devon newspaper has launched a “stop and think” plea to planners as they prepare to decide on a crazy golf scheme for an area subject to flooding. The North Devon Journal has stepped in and told planning committee members

Trainee leads pony appeal to success

An animal charity is more than £8,000 better off thanks to the fund-raising efforts of a weekly newspaper. The North Devon Journal set itself a target of £7,500 in eight weeks for an animal treatment centre – and smashed the

Journal says no to sex shop plan

Plans to open a sex shop in Barnstaple are being opposed by the town’s weekly newspaper, the North Devon Journal. The newspaper has launched the BRASS – Barnstaple Rejects A Sex Shop – campaign in response to proposals by Kent

First week of Journal campaign Coin's It in

A campaign by the North Devon Journal to raise money for a local hospice has raised more than £1,200 in its first week. The paper’s Coin It campaign, run in conjunction with North Devon District Council, asked readers to donate