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BBC News
12-08-2025
- General
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West Devon Borough Council urged to pay more for churchyards
A councillor has said more money should be spent on maintaining closed churchyards because they are below the standard expected by Tavy councillor Robert Oxborough has told West Devon Borough Council the village's church council was "dissatisfied" with the condition of the closed churchyard at the parish church, St said the borough council's budget for ground maintenance was "relatively low" and the feeling was more should be allocated to it, reports the Local Democracy Reporting Tavy Parochial Church Council has declined to comment. The borough council has a statutory duty to look after churchyards which are closed to any new Mary Tavy the closed churchyard surrounds the church and main entrance path and the new burial area further away is maintained by the parish said he thought the council was "doing the bare minimum" and suggested some of the authority's annual surplus could be used to pay for councillors said there was not much movement in the council's reserves each year which stood at £ were told the total included grants for capital projects and there would be movement over the next two to three years.A spokesperson for Mary Tavy Parish Council said churches could ask a parish council to take on responsibility for a closed churchyard but if it declined, responsibility was passed to the district council as part of a legal process.
BBC News
03-08-2025
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Devon fire crews tackle gorse fire on open moorland
Investigations are under way following a gorse fire in and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to the blaze behind the old engine house at Wheal Betsy, Mary Tavy, at about 22:10 BST on service said crews from Tavistock, Yelverton, Plympton and Bere Alston tackled the fire on the open moorland, an area covering about 20m by 30m (65ft by 100ft).It said crews revisited the scene on Sunday morning, adding the incident had been handed over to the police.
