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Two people have been fined at court for flytipping offences, following successful prosecutions from North Devon Council.

Cases against Michael Turvey of Church Street, Ilfracombe, and Tracey Williams of Cedars Park, Barnstaple, were heard at separate hearings at Barnstaple Magistrates' Court on Monday, 1 June.

Turvey pleaded guilty to an offence of fly-tipping at Tarry Lane, off Ilfracombe High Street on 10 July 2025. The fly-tipped waste was from a house clearance and included Christmas decorations, framed pictures, an ironing board and exercise equipment including an exercise bike

Council officers were able to trace the waste back to Turvey and CCTV footage confirmed he spent an hour moving items from a property in the High Street to Tarry Lane.

Turvey was ordered to pay a total of £826, comprising a fine of £233, a victim surcharge of £93, and £500 towards costs

In a separate case, Williams, aged 60, pleaded guilty to an offence of fly-tipping in the car park of Sainsbury's in Barnstaple. A member of the public witnessed Williams emptying black bags containing glass from her car into a hedge near the end of the car park.

Council officers investigated and found 15 bags containing glass bottles and other waste Officers were able to trace the waste back to Williams from her vehicle details

Williams was ordered to pay a total of £780,

comprising a fine of £200, a victim surcharge of £80 and £500 towards costs.

Councillor Frank Biederman, Lead Member for Waste and Recycling at North Devon Council, said: "These prosecutions send a clear message that we take fly-tipping seriously, and will use the powers available to us to hold those responsible to account. My thanks go to the officers who have worked hard to bring these successful prosecutions.

"I would also like to thank the members of the public who have helped us progress these investigations We all have a role to play in keeping North Devon clean and we rely on members of the public to support us with reports and evidence of fly-tipping."

Prosecution for dumping waste can result in fines of up to £50,000 at a magistrates' court, or an unlimited fine at higher courts and up to five years in prison. Vehicles used in offences can also be seized and crushed

Residents are encouraged to report fly-tipping or other environmental offences on the council's website

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In 1894, Captain Birmingham’s daughter, Georgina Francis Birmingham, married

Hubert Edward Hussell, one of Ilfracombe’s leading grocers, who lived above his shop at 27 (now 32) High Street

They had five children:

Marjorie, 2nd April 1895 - 24th September 1967. Never married.

Audrey, 23rd June 1898 - 29th January 1982. Never married.

Joyce, 21st September 1899 - July 1968.

Joyce, a pupil at the Oxford Park School, obtained a position at the General Post Office after passing her Civil Service Learnership Exams; in the summer of 1915. (NDJ 30th September 1915) She never married.

Trevis, 21st April 1901 - 24th November 1985. Sometime Deputy Surveyor for Hertfordshire

Enid, 1907 - 13th February1982, who became Mrs Lawson-Lean (NDJ 20th October 1932 & 27th January 1949) The family were Wesleyan Methodists, and all the children were members of the Young Leaguers Union, the junior arm of the Methodist League of Light The Young Leaguers Union raised money for Dr Stephenson’s National Children’s Home and Orphanage, by annual collections. The first such collection in Ilfracombe was held on Monday, 16th May 1910. Of the total of £3 6s 1d collected by a small number of children, Majorie Hussell collected 5s 11d, Audrey Hussell 7s 3d, and Joyce Hussell 8s 3d ‘This was the first collection for the object, and the little folks did very well.’ (NDJ 19th May 1910).

The following year, on Monday, 5th June 1911, a further £4 15s was raised during the street collection in Ilfracombe by a few children Majorie and Audrey Hussell, working together, collected 5s 6d while Joyce and their young brother Trevis, received 10s 9d in donations (IC 10th June 1911).

By 1918, when the collection was made on Saturday, 25th July, only Edith was participating, collecting £2 13s 9d of the £11 11s 3d, raised. (NDJ 1st August 1918).

She was still taking part in 1921, collecting 15s 8d, when ‘Daisy Day,’ as it was now called, raised £26 6s 3d (NDJ 3rd July 1921).

Accordingly, as known street collectors: The two girls with RNLI collection boxes, photographed by the Ilfracombe Lifeboat, Co-Operator 2 (1996 - 1920), are probably Audrey and Joyce Hussell This picture was possibly taken on Lifeboat Day 1912, when the girls would have been 12 and 13.

The photograph of a girl with an RNLI collection box, is probably Majorie Hussell, taken in 1908 when she would have been 12.

The portrait is printed on a Kodak postcard with a divided back In 1904, Kodak launched the Kodak Number 3 camera, whose negatives were designed to produce postcard size images. In March 1907, the American Postal Service, which until then, had only allowed the address to be written on the reverse, permitted divided backs, where the address and message could be written on the same side Kodak responded accordingly

By Jonathan Capel with help from Lindsay Armstrong and Jane Monger

A street drinker has been banned from entering parts of Ilfracombe, Barnstaple and Bideford after receiving a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO), following a successful prosecution by North Devon Council Kevin Trigg, 39, of no fixed abode, was found guilty at Barnstaple Magistrates’ Court on Friday 8 May 2026 of failing to comply with a Community Protection Notice (CPN). The CPN was issued on 11 February 2026 after repeated incidents of antisocial behaviour. It required Trigg not to consume or carry alcohol in any Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) area in North Devon, and not to act in a threatening or intimidating manner

On the morning of 24 February, Trigg was seen drinking in Ilfracombe High Street before exposing himself, shouting and banging bins. The following morning, he approached a member of the public on Quay Road, demanded their phone, and shouted at

them. Since then, he has been involved in a series of further criminal and antisocial incidents, requiring significant police intervention in Bideford and Ilfracombe.

The CBO now prevents Trigg from entering PSPO areas in Ilfracombe, Barnstaple and Bideford, as well as Hele Beach and Rapparee Cove It also bans a range of behaviours in public places, including littering, urinating or defecating, leaving drug paraphernalia, being intoxicated or in a state of undress, and acting in a threatening or intimidating way The order was supported by the North Devon and Torridge Community Safety Partnership Team, including both district councils and Devon and Cornwall Police. Trigg was also ordered to pay £168 (£120 fine plus a £48 surcharge) Councillor David Clayton said the council would take firm action to protect residents, businesses and visitors. Inspector Joey Lester thanked the public for reporting incidents and said antisocial behaviour would not be tolerated

Twinning Association, which is now celebrating its 35th anniversary.

Saturday morning saw a boules tournament hosted by the West Down boules club. After a picnic in the sunshine at West Down’s

Community Park, a nail-biting finale saw the English team victorious against the visitors from Normandy.

welcome new members.”

The weekend continued with a guided tour and wine tasting at the award-winning Venn Valley Vineyard at Landkey. Created from grazing land just 10 years ago by Tony and Alina Stankus, the vineyard provided the grapes for gold medal winning still and sparkling wines at last year’s Taste of the West awards.

Mark Daniels, Ilfracombe’s internationally acclaimed singer, rounded off the weekend with a special performance at The Carlton H t l di S d i ht ith th ti d

A civic reception followed at the Ilfracombe Centre with Mayor Mark Fay and Ifs Deputy Mayor Bernard Musualu exchanging gifts, before a night of barn dancing to the music of local ceilidh band M’Larkey at the Vision Community Centre in Slade.

“It’s been a really successful, fun weekend, full of laughter and smiles,” says Terrena Howse, Chair of the Ilfracombe Ifs French