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Recognition for devout Christian DEVOUT Lyme Regis Christian Philip Sankey has been honoured by the Queen for his service to the Church of England.

Mr Sankey, 83, was among 192 recipients of Maundy money presented at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, by Prince Charles.

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Lyme Abbeyfield is closing down ABBEYFIELD Lyme Regis is set to close at the end of this month with its three residents having to find alternative accommodation.

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ADULTS and children of all ages wore colourful and imaginative hats for the annual Easter Sunday Bonnet Parade. It was the first time the parade could be held in person since 2019 due to the pandemic – the last two events having been held virtually – and was well supported with entries. See pages 10, 11 and 12 for a photo special.

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FEARS SKATEBOARDING ON THE STREETS WILL RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH

LYME Regis councillors have expressed concerns about dangerous skateboarding in the town, which they fear could result in serious injury or even death.

The council has received an increased number of complaints over on the town’s main roads, in-

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They say that skateboarders – often adults and not children – are skating down the middle of the steep hills, sometimes amid heavy traffic, at high speeds, possibly faster than the speed limit

for vehicles.

Skateboarders have also been seen holding onto the back of lorries as they drive up the high street.

A letter from one resident read: “As I walked home from work today at about 4.30p.m. there were four or five young men preparing to skate

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Devout Lyme Christian honoured by the Queen DEVOUT Lyme Regis Christian Philip Sankey has been honoured by the Queen for his service to the Church of England.

Mr Sankey, 83, was among 192 recipients of Maundy money, presented at St George’s Chapel in Windsor.

The ceremony is usually conducted by the Queen but because of her health issues it was carried out by Prince Charles.

Royal Maundy gifts are distributed on the Thursday of Holy Week in honour of the recipient’s faithful service to others.

The giving of alms (donating time, money, services, or resources to others) and the washing of feet on the Thursday of Holy Week can be traced back in England to the 13th century.

The service derives its name from the Latin ‘mandatum’ meaning a commandment and its opening words are Jesus said: “I give you a new commandment: Love one another: As I have loved you, so you are to love one another.”

The gifts distributed to the re-

cipients are symbolic – a red purse which contains a nominal allowance for clothing and provisions formerly given in kind and a white purse containing Maundy coins of as many pence as the Sovereign has years of age.

Mr Sankey said of his nomination: "A few weeks ago, I received a letter postmarked Buckingham Palace.

“It told me that Salisbury Diocese had nominated me to be a recipient of the Royal Maundy gifts this year.

“It is nice to be appreciated and recognised, but this is not the reason for offering service to the church. In the context of Maundy Thursday – service is to mirror Christ’s example."

Since moving to Lyme in 1994 from Surrey where he worked in the careers department at the county council, Mr Sankey has been a stalwart at St Michael’s Parish Church.

He has served on the Parocial Church Council, the Deanery Synod and the Diocesan Synod and is currently a Lay Worship Leader in the Golden Cap Benefice, helping out at services.

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Lyme Regis Abbeyfield to close this week ABBEYFIELD in Lyme Regis is set to close at the end of this month, with its three residents having to find alternative accommodation.

Abbeyfield, at West Hill in Silver Street, has been providing independent living accommodation for older people since 1979.

Announcing the closure, chair of trustees David Lawrence said it was a "very sad day for the town" and put the decision down to financial difficulties suffered during the coronavirus pandemic.

During the pandemic, Mr Lawrence said residents had been less willing to leave their own private homes and move into shared living spaces due to the risk of infection.

The Lyme Regis home is relatively small compared to other Abbeyfield houses, taking a maximum of 10 residents, but it had only three when the decision to close was made in January.

Some applicants had come for-

ward for the vacant rooms, but these were considered not suitable as they required full-time care, while Abbeyfield is an independent living facility and can only provide some support such as cooked meals.

Mr Lawrence said the home had been "on a knife edge" financially for some time, as it needed to be at full capacity in order not to run at a loss.

An extraordinary general meeting was called in January when trustees made the difficult decision to close at the end of April.

One resident has since relocated to Abbeyfield in Colyton and the other two are in the process of arranging alternative accommodation.

The home's three staff members have also been offered redundancy packages.

The building is owned by the trustees, as it was run as an independent Abbeyfield with affiliations to the national organisation, and will now be sold.

Cream tea to celebrate Queen’s Jubilee anniversary ALL Lyme Regis residents aged 70 are over are being invited to a cream tea to celbrate the Queen’s Platinum anniversaray.

The tea will be held at the Woodmead Halls on Wednesday, June 1.

It is being organised by the Lyme Regis Over 70s Christmas Dinner Fund.

Tickets for the celebration will be handed out at the organisation’s annual general meeting at Halletts Court on Wednesday, May 4.

Those unable to attend should contact Michaela Ellis on 01297 443942.

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There had already been some skating down during the day and it happens frequently as I expect you are aware.

“I am all for people enjoying themselves and, frankly, admire their skill knowing I am well past something like that, but common sense tells me it is only a matter of time before someone gets seriously injured or worse, pursuing something that is probably illegal.

“If you share my concerns are you in a position to prevent the high street becoming a playground? As the season begins to unfold in town the situation will only get more dangerous and

surely these young men can be persuaded to continue their passion elsewhere without becoming a hazard to other road users and inhabitants of Lyme.”

Councillors shared residents’ concerns at last week’s meeting, but said there was regrettably little they could do, as there was no law prohibiting skateboarding on the highway.

However, Cllr Caroline Aldridge did question whether they should at least be following the Highway Code, such as staying on the correct side of the road and stopping at red traffic lights.

The outgoing Mayor of Lyme Regis, Councillor Brian Larcombe MBE, said: “We have all seen it ourselves, down Church Street, Broad Street, Sil-

ver Street - it is lethal. It’s not just the problem of the people doing it but it’s also the consequences of anyone they may hit. It’s absolutely ridiculous.”

Town Management & Highways Committee chairman John Broom added: “Something will happen one way or another. Sooner or later someone will get killed; the way they come down Charmouth Road is ludicrous.

“What worries me is that when one gets killed, the driver will be blamed. It’s 20 and 21 year olds, not youngsters, they should know better.”

The mayor also expressed concerns about increased dangerous skateboarding on Marine Parade, which is not a highway.

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me a lot about skateboarding on the parade. The kids just let them go and they fly off like a torpedo; it gets people in the back of the ankles, back of the feet, extremely painful and showing no respect for the public. It’s got to stop.

“It’s ridiculous and dangerous. Someone is going to get badly hurt one day. We have to do something.”

It was agreed to ask the police for more support on the matter and to write to Dorset’s Police and Crime Commissioner with their concerns.

The council’s operations manager also reported that more ‘no skateboarding’ signs had been ordered for the seafront and public gardens, after previous signs were stolen.

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Dorset Council meeting descends into chaos as climate activists glue themselves to table A DORSET Council meeting ended in chaos last week, as a resolution on climate change was interrupted by protestors who reportedly glued themselves to a table.

As cameras were switched off, the council chamber was cleared amid claims of “jostling” and “rough handling” between the protestors and councillors.

Members were moved to an adjoining committee room, but the debate was then cut short – some claiming it was not allowed to continue at all – with some councillors then walking out of the meeting in protest, describing it as “undemocratic” and “a complete farce”.

The order to clear the council chamber on Thursday evening followed reaction to a resolution from council leader Spencer Flower, asking the government to back legislation ensuring UK energy self-sufficiency, which opponents said could give free reign for fossil fuel extraction or nuclear power in Dorset.

Cllr Flower, seconded by Cllr Louie O’Leary, called for the council to “urge the government to introduce an energy policy with the principal objective of securing permanent UK energy selfsufficiency from as early a date as possible, utilising whatever forms of energy generation sourced from within the UK are necessary to this end”.

His resolution said that, in the short-term, the government should “introduce flexibilities when considering the need for national energy selfsufficiency”, adding: “This will recognise the serious, long-lasting national security implications of the instability that accompanies the present but unavoidable need to import energy, and which is also a principal driver in the cost of living crisis now facing this country.”

A motion from Green Party councillor Clare Sutton had earlier called for national legislation to be strengthened to allow councils to reject fossil fuel applications, but this was lost by 41 votes to 30.

Seconding Cllr Flower’s motion, Cllr O’Leary said he would welcome nuclear power, rather than be dictated to by Russian dictators, oligarchs, or Middle Eastern states. His comments were met with shouts from climate activists in

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Cameras recording and streaming the meeting live were shortly afterwards cut off and council chairman Val Pothecary was heard to say “clear the chamber”.

‘A complete farce all round’ According to councillors at the County Hall meeting, they were then ushered into an adjoining room where it was made clear that Cllr Flower’s motion would be put to the vote, but there would be no further amendments or debate on the subject.

Some councillors then walked out in protest at not being able to reach a resolution under normal debating rules.

Cllr David Tooke said he was one of the councillors who walked out in protest at no debate being allowed.

“The chair said she had a list of councillors who wanted to speak but because of the disruption decided no debate was to be allowed.

“We still had 40 minutes of our normal three hours left. There was absolutely no reason for her to deny democratic debate.

“As I left, I went through the council chamber – largely deserted apart from the protestors and police.

“I spoke with the protesters and expressed huge disappointment with their action, which had resulted in many councillors who broadly supported their opposition to fossil fuels being silenced.

“A complete farce all round.”

Weymouth councillor Ryan Hope (Lib Dem) was another to leave the meeting after being told the item would not be deferred until the next full council meeting.

“I asked the leader, Cllr Spencer Flower, if he would consider withdrawing the motion until the next meeting but he refused – totally undemocratic,” he said.

Green Party spokesman Dr Kelvin Clayton said the lack of debate left many upset and angry.

He commented: “We were told that we would go straight to the vote, that the chair would take

no speakers. Many, including me, were furious.

At least one councillor walked out in disgust.

“In the event all Tories voted for the motion, most Lib Dems abstained, and we voted against.

Not the finest day for democracy.”

Liberal Democrat opposition leader Cllr Nick Ireland also said the situation was undemocratic.

Cllr Flower later expressed his disgust about the “totally unacceptable behaviour in the chamber by known members of Extinction Rebellion”.

“I believe in democracy and the right for all strands of opinion to be heard”, he said.

“We think of the murders of Jo Cox MP, and recently Sir David Amess MP. Our elected representatives will not be cowed by anarchists but we will be conscious of our safety and we will condemn those who threaten it and our democratic values that all parties and people of the UK hold dear.”

The two protesters – who say they were acting alone as ‘Grannies for the Future’ and not as Extinction Rebellion members – have since justified their actions.

Giovanna Lewis and Annie Webster glued themselves to a desk and read a statement berating Dorset Council for its lack of action on climate change.

They were reportedly “booed, heckled and even jostled by Conservative councillors”, before calm was restored with all 70-plus councillors being ushered out of the room, while cameras recording the meeting were switched off.

One of the protesters had a statement she was trying to read reportedly ripped from her hand, while the other said she was “rough handled” by a female Conservative councillor who had to be warned to step away.

Cllr Flower had explained that, with the reliance on Russian gas and oil, the UK needed to do what was necessary to become more self-sufficient. But the protestors said the opposite was needed – moving towards renewable power and more insulation, reducing the need for reliance on fossil fuels.

“People are not taking this seriously enough, including Dorset Council,” said Ms Lewis.

“Virtually all the world experts agree we have

Climate activists Giovanna Lewis and Annie Webster glue themselves to a table in the Dorset Council chamber at County Hall, Dorchester two or three years to take decisive action on climate, after that it will be too late.

“If they are serious about their climate and ecological emergency declaration, to pass Clare Sutton’s (Green Party) motion would have been an easy thing to do.”

Ms Webster added that Conservatives voting against the Green Party motion would put Dorset residents “at risk from increased climate change”.

The pair expect to now be interviewed by the police and possibly charged for their actions.

Residents come together in community litter picks Dorset Council leader says grant support from central government 'not good enough'

LOCAL government funding is a mess, according to Dorset Council leader Spencer Flower.

He says it is wrong that Dorset gets no revenue support grant from the government, putting a greater financial burden on residents, compared to other areas.

“Why do London Boroughs get £24m a year?" he asked.

"We get nothing. It’s not good enough, so I am challenging government about that because the burden of the cost of our services rests too heavily on the local taxpayer… I think we need to recognise that Dorset is getting a poor deal.

“It’s not just the current government, it's successive governments, of all colours, down the years,” he told a recent full council meeting.

Cllr Flower earlier revealed that his half-hour meeting with Secretary of State Michael Gove was listened to intently, not only by the Minister but by senior officials also in the room.

“He took the opportunity quite seriously,” said Cllr Flower, who added that as a result he went on to meet the country’s chief planning officer, with another meeting with her now expected in early June.

“I am hoping beyond that we might be able to make some more announcements… I am determined to get the best for Dorset,” he said.

He told the meeting that the cost of ‘rurality’ for Dorset was enormous compared to more compact council areas.

DORSET residents have come together over the past month to take part in local litter picking and beach cleaning activities, helping to spruce up our streets, green spaces and beaches prior to the summer season.

Litter Free Dorset – Land, Coast and Sea’s annual Great Dorset Beach Clean took place between April 2 and 10 with 14 beach cleans taking place across the county, including in Lyme Regis and Charmouth, hosted by local organisations and community groups.

More than 250 volunteers took part in the clean-ups, collecting 100 bags of rubbish, including the usual suspects – fishing rope, cigarette butts and plastic bottles – plus some slightly unusual objects including wellie boots, balloons and oil drums.

Alongside the Great Dorset Beach Clean, Keep Britain Tidy’s UK-wide Great British Spring Clean and Great Big School Clean initiatives both took place between March 25 and April 10.

In Dorset, individuals, community groups, schools and local councils pledged to pick up as much litter as possible.

Over April 1 and 2, Litter Free West Dorset and CUDS Clean Up Dorset Squad also arranged a West Dorset litter pick, supported by Litter Free Dorset and the Preventing Plastic Pollution project. This saw hundreds of residents grab litter pickers and get involved with tidying up their local areas.

Teams were organised across the West Dorset area and altogether it was estimated some 150-plus bags of litter were cleared from West Dorset lanes, as well as significant quantities of larger items.

Sophie Colley, Litter Free Dorset co-ordinator, said: “A big thank you to everyone involved in the recent Great Dorset Beach Clean, West Dorset litter pick and Keep Britain Tidy events, plus regular beach clean and litter picking events.

“Everyone’s combined efforts to clean up our streets, green spaces and coastline will not only improve how our local areas look and feel but help prevent new materials from entering our waterways and marine environment.

“All this, while removing materials and degrading plastics that may have been in the local environment and sea for many years.”

Over time, plastics break up into lots of smaller pieces, harder to remove from the environment. While larger littered items can entrap and entangle both marine life and on-land wildlife, smaller pieces can be easily ingested, also causing harm.

Everyone who has taken part in litter picks and beach cleans across Dorset has helped prevent harm to local species while positively impacting our local bathing water quality.

Now that our beaches, vast expanses of green spaces and streets are cleaner than ever, Litter Free Dorset is calling for local residents and visitors alike to continue to take their litter home or use the bin when out and about at the coast or in the countryside this summer.

Interested in getting involved with litter picking and beach cleaning activities near you? Visit www.litterfreedorset.co.uk for more details.

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Outgoing mayor focuses on positives in annual report LYME Regis Town Council presented its Corporate Plan for the years 2022 to 2027 to the public for the first time at the recent annual town meeting.

The plan acts as an annual report on what the council has achieved over the past year, and also includes a summary of its finances and a look ahead to objectives for future years.

In his introduction, the outgoing Mayor of Lyme Regis, Cllr Brian Larcombe MBE, spoke about some of the challenges faced by the council in recent years.

While the council’s repuation has be marred by continuous infighting in recent months, he instead chose to focus on how the authority had overcome difficulties to achieve many of its objectives.

He wrote: “The last few years have been challenging on a number of fronts.

“The election of 2019 welcomed a new council with a high proportion of members serving as councillors for the first time, and this proved to be a very successful year with early plans developed and action taken to address some of the council’s legacy issues, asset and public open-space maintenance, finances, the council’s contribution to the Lyme Regis tourist economy, and the emerging environmental debate.

“We set about improving the council’s interaction and dialogue with other east and west neighbouring town councils, Dorset Council and our West Dorset MP. This was extended and proved of particular value as COVID-19

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arrived and the individual and collective ideas, initiatives and responses to it were exchanged in forum with other seaside town councils and our local MP. “The arrival of the virus placed unprecedented demands on the nation, government, Dorset Council, Lyme Regis Town Council, and each of us as individuals.

“Throughout the uncertainty and imposed restrictive measures of 2020, and before the arrival of developed vaccines, the council went into its own special delegated measures and amended ways of working to maintain as much operational delivery as possible.

“This proved to be very successful and, although a different way of working, we delivered on a significant and extensive range of plans and objectives in 2019, 2020 and 2021.”

Cllr Larcombe said that Lyme Regis Town Council was a “rare and envied debt-free council” after managing to secure its finances, despite the difficulties of the pandemic, by re-examination of spending practices and chasing debts, without needing to resort to loan or the sale of any assets.

The council had carried out repairs and maintenance to several of its assets, including the resurfacing of the flat roof area above Marine Parade, and restoration and repair work at the historic Guildhall.

The council had also installed feature light-

ing and improved the quality of Lagmoor Gardens, fitted new benches and railings along the seafront, made improvements at the town’s cemetery, installed new equipment at Henry’s Way play park, and had completed the significant legal work to provide better formal agreement and security of tenure to the Monmouth Beach chalets, caravans and beach huts.

Cllr Larcombe said the council had also supported the public by increasing bin collections on the seafront and employing private securty guards to tackle anti-social behaviour.

It had also subsidised the town bus service, provided a park and ride and had supported many local organisations with grant funding.

The outgoing mayor – who has announced he will be resigning from the council in May – also commented on the need to address climate change, with the council having created a new Environment Committee to focus and develop initiatives on this subject. This has included becoming more environmentally friendly in-house, installing electric car charging points and public engagement exercises to help support awareness of environmental initiatives.

Cllr Larcombe added: “While COVID and other global issues continue to remind us just how small and interconnected the world is, our degree of influence and reach remains limited.

“However, we can and do play our part within our local scope and resources, and we

The outgoing Mayor and Mayoress of Lyme Regis, Cllr Brian and Wendy Larcombe

aim to ensure the future resilience of the local environment and benefit to Lyme residents, and for those who visit and contribute to the local economy of Lyme Regis, Dorset, and the South West peninsula.

“All this achieved in the last 36 months despite a range of different challenges.

“Lyme Regis is a desirable place to live and visit; it is resilient and in many respects is more sustainable and better equipped to overcome some of the problems other communities may have more difficulty in overcoming.

“Thank you to all who have helped our town in the positive ways you have throughout this challenging but very successful period, and the sound position Lyme now occupies with the raised confidence of its prospects for the future.”

Mayor worked hard to get the best for Lyme Regis ■ THE below letter was read publicly at the

annual meeting of Lyme Regis electors: Perhaps what I may have brought to this meeting just a few days ago, may not be as appropriate due to the change of circumstances over the past couple of days.

I feel now this meeting should be dedicated to the hard work shown by a certain local chap over the past number of years, but especially the last three. I think we all know who that person is – Mr Brian Larcombe MBE. Over the past couple of years the town council and the town as a whole has experienced situations and events that none of us would have ever expected. This has caused personal, financial and emotional distress to us all.

On top of this, during recent weeks, months and years, conflict has been going on, and yes, I am referring to distressingly, unnecessarily and worryingly at our local level.

But, he has worked hard throughout this period, both in a public eye, but more importantly behind the scenes to get the best out of this town, for both the council and townspeople for future years to come.

This has been in such a way that it is highly unlikely that history will repeat itself in years to come. To match what work has been done will be extremely hard to follow, regardless of previous experience.

I would now like to mention, just a few projects, achievements, goals and future visions which have been achieved and completed during our outgoing mayor’s victorious reign: ● Accepting the offer of help from a professional gardener to address the poor state of Langmoor Gardens ● Langmoor Gardens now well-tended and future plans underway ● Football club stand and kitchen extension completed with grants from the council ● 36 beach huts and the disabled access hut replaced over a three-year cycle ● Supported and introduced the award winning Axminster & Lyme Cancer Support beach hut ● Additional benches installed on Marine Parade ● New unisex toilets opened on Marine parade ● Enhanced CCTV on Marine Parade ● Cemetery grounds maintenance overhauled, grounds now well-tended (big shout out, once

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Send your letters to francesca@lyme-online.co.uk again, to Alan Legg for all his hard work) ● Cemetery chapel repaired and internal decorations restored ● Tree planting in Anning Road, cemetery and Langmoor Gardens ● Repair and maintenance of the Guildhall, fixing the damp issue in the Mayor's Parlour, repaired the roof, stonework, glass, repaired lead work and restored the original outside decoration of the building to its former glory. ● Working extremely hard to gain permission to recess the oriel window in the Guildhall to prevent repeated damage to the building from vehicles and completing the installation of the window using a specialist building team to ensure a quality outcome ● Replacement of the old leaking roof over the amusement arcade/SWIM, always being outspoken with regards to issues and making sure legislation in place for years to come for its appropriate uses ● Woodland walkway developed further in top of Langmoor Gardens ● Coloured lighting installed in Woodland Walk in Langmoor Gardens ● Bowls club lease signed ● 70 Monmouth Beach chalets leases (security of tenure) all signed to guarantee on-going annual council income from leases ● The replacement of the rusting traditional Victorian seafront railings on a like-for-like basis to retain the character of the Marine Parade ● Regaining control of the land near the harbour master’s building for council use and got the ball rolling for reinstating use of harbour maste’rs store for control back in 2023 by town council ● Park and ride summer signage on A35 agreed with Highways England and installed to reduce summer traffic in the town ● Setting up and attending the Seaside Town Group regular meeting to network, share ideas

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and compare performance contacting and linking up with inland towns/councils to share knowledge and ideas and compare performance ● Regular meetings with our MP Chris Loder and Dorset councillors to highlight and discuss the towns concerns ● Managing the changes to town council operations during COVID and adapting council working practices to deal with ongoing changes, always having a keen eye on making sure staff were working efficiently and within their key roles. ● Declaring a climate emergency and working to improve the council's approach ● Harbour Consultation Group set up to address safety issues particularly at the harbour mouth – mayor part of the committee ● Acting to improve the way that the councillors interact with each other and operate, particularly in respect of poor behaviour (let’s hope the saga doesn’t continue) ● Working on paying off the £247,000 loan from (West) Dorset Council saving £35,500 interest per year over the outstanding seven year term All town council employees now on employment contracts ● Bringing the town in to a healthy position for its 2022 finances with approximately £2million in the bank. Warding off very worrying loan jargon supplied to councillors by certain officers...

I wonder who said we’d be so well off? ● Working towards a Strawberry Fields project defined in Corporate Plan for 22/23 with a potential base for future park and ride/transport hub As I’ve said, these are just a few highlights of the work of a brilliant figure head, which he has been, representing our town.

I know that he has been extremely honoured to represent our town as mayor and I’m sure he may have continued if certain attitudes had ● Actively

changed, unfortunately, this has yet to be seen.

To the remaining dignified, respectable few, we all watch and wait how long you can suffer under the questionable attitudes of others. You don’t have to put up with it.

So there we are, certainly a fulfilling chapter for our town, led by a Lyme worthy, in Brian, so as this chapter closes, the next one opens.

Who knows what’s next – a fairytale ending, romantic comedy or most predictably just an average drama. You decided on the genre.

But most importantly, please join with me to say one big thank you to Cllr Brian Larcombe! It has been a huge pleasure to work closely alongside you as an ‘eye from the outside’ over the past three years of being Mayor of Lyme Regis.

I look forward to working with the mayors of the future who are willing to hear what I have to say about our wonderful town, to improve it, maintain it and always strive to remain the pearl of Dorset.

Nigel Ball, Talbot Road, Lyme Regis

The role of mayor a difficult one that requires support ■ HAVING read that the mayor, Brian Larcombe, has resigned, I would like to wish him and his family all the best for the future.

The position of mayor is a difficult one and needs the full support of others. Obviously lacking as we’ve often read and been made aware of.

Also, it’s easy for the public to become armchair experts, post comments and take pot-shots at someone who is doing their best. Those people who think they know best should put their names forward and have a go, then they might realise it’s not as easy as they think.

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HERE’S more to the sport of bowls than meets the eye. And whilst it may seem to provide a leisurely afternoon for the more senior sportsmen and women, which indeed it is, a big push is taking place among the sport’s fraternity to get more people of all ages involved.

And there’s a lot more to it than just rolling a ball along pristine greens. It is, in fact, a highly tactical sport.

Bowls England, the national body that runs the sport, last year launched a five-year plan designed with the ultimate goal of getting more people playing and enjoying playing bowls.

There are five key elements to this initiative: ● Building the brand of bowls by increasing focus on international and top domestic bowls, and utilising opportunities to achieve larger media coverage; ● Ensuring the sport is truly accessible to all by offering different formats of the game which suit all time constraints, as well as driving more people to clubs in new ways; ● Creating positive playing experiences for everyone who steps on the green, both for casual and competitive players, as well as growing the events calendar and introducing a Performance Pathway; ●Putting volunteers first, as the

lifeblood of the sport, by increasing support for clubs in order to empower them to thrive; ●Leading the sport with purpose by developing governance structures, diversifying revenue streams and work collaboratively with all the sport’s key stakeholders.

Lyme Regis Bowling Club - with its glorious views over Lyme Bay - is one of the most popular and respected clubs in Dorset. And one of the most successful with the club winning a number of county honours last season, including the men’s Fours championship.

And the Lyme club are doing their bit to open up their facilities for more people to enjoy the sport.

Following the official opening of the 2022 season by the Mayor of Lyme Regis, Cllr Brian Larcombe, MBE last Saturday, the club is now planning an Open Day on Saturday, May 14th to encourage more people of all ages to try their hand at the sport (see facing page).

All equipment will be supplied and free coaching will be provided. Refreshments will also be available.

The club is also offering a 50 per cent discount for new members this year.

As well as competing in a number of county league and cup competitions, the Lyme green is open during the summer months for social games.

At the moment the club has 73 members and they are hoping to ex-

tend these numbers by introducing the sport to a wider section of the public. The club has a well appointed and comfortable clubhouse and a number of events are run throughout the winter months, including regular quizzes.

Lyme’s reputation extends far beyond the Dorset borders with the staging of annual open tournament on June 18, this year being the 64th occasion they have staged it with bowlers from all over the country taking part.

The Lyme club also hosts a number of fixtures with touring sides and they take part in an annual fixture with Cardiff Bowling Club, home one year, away the next, an arrangement which has been going on for 25 years. They also have an annual fixture with Winchester Bowling Club.

The Lyme green is considered to be one of the best in the area, testament to the amount of work put in by groundsmen Barry Rattenbury and Steve Pomeroy, both outstanding bowlers with county honours The Lyme green is named after Charlie Mercer a former British champion who travelled home from the national tournament on the train with a trophy that was as nearly as big as him.

The Lyme bowlers are looking forward to the summer season and to welcoming new members through their doors.

The Mayor of Lyme Regis, Cllr Brian Larcombe MBE, bowls the first wood to open the 2022 season at Lyme Regis Bowling Club

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High spirits for return of Easter Bonnet Parade LYME Regis was in high spirits for the Easter weekend, with full celebrations able to go ahead for the first time in three years.

With the popular Easter Bonnet Parade having to be held virtually in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, it returned in person on Easter Sunday with crowds lining the streets to see the entries.

From newborns to grandparents, this family favourite event – organised by Lyme Regis Regatta & Carnival Committee – saw adults and children of all ages take part in colourful and imaginative Easter bonnets.

PHOTOS BY FRANCESCA EVANS Judging took place in Lyme Regis Baptist Church with vouchers from sponsors Lyme Regis Bookshop offered as prizes in a number of age categories.

After the judging, the procession of bonnets was led down Broad Street and along Marine Parade by Lyme Regis Majorettes, followed by the Mayor of Lyme Regis, Cllr Brian Larcombe MBE, Mayoress Wendy Larcombe, and town crier Alan Vian.

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Easter fair raises £1,300 for charity

Easter duck race raises £1,100 for festive lights AN Easter fair hosted by Lyme Regis Golf Club raised a total of more than £1,400 for Axminster and Lyme Regis Cancer Support.

The event was organised by the club’s ladies captain in support of her chosen charity of the year.

The clubhouse was filled with stalls offering local crafts, raising £1,300 and a further £100 was raised by the charity itself

on a card stall (pictured above).

More than 350 people are currently registered with Axminster and Lyme Cancer Support, with about 260 currently receiving support.

The charity hosts events, workshops and offers advice and support to all those affected by cancer.

For more details, visit axminsterand lymecancersupport.co.uk

A DUCK race in aid of Lyme Regis Christmas Lights Committee was held on Easter Monday.

Crowds lined the route along the River Lim, from Windsor Terrace to Jordan Flats, with more than 1,000 ducks helped to the finish line by volunteers from Lyme Regis lifeboat crew.

Once again, the event was attended the mayor, mayoress and town crier, who officially started the race.

The event, sponsored by Deli Weli, raised £1,102 for the Christmas lights display.

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Strawberry Tree blossoms at the Town Mill

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ISELLE Benrimoj and Ed Pemberton started Strawberry Tree as a pop-up restaurant in Lyme Regis before moving to the small courtyard cafe at Lyme Regis Town Mill.

The cafe was small, but Ed and Giselle have big plans and on Tuesday evening they invited guests to share their ambitions.

The first phase of those plans is now complete. Strawberry Tree expanded into the space next door early this year.

The restaurant is now much bigger, with a wonderful bar and small shop. And enough space for their plans.

Ed told the gathering: “Strawberry Tree will be more than a restaurant. We want to bring people together, not only to eat delicious Spanish food, but also to learn how to cook it.

“We are going to exhibit the work of artists we love, and host wine tastings and workshops. We want people to meet here and form friendships, becoming a small community set in the wider, very creative community, that is Lyme Regis.”

Strawberry Tree's first exhibition is of paintings by Tessa Prescott. Ed and Giselle met

MORE THAN JUST A RESTAURANT Tessa through a mutual friend, saw her work and asked if she would create a set of paintings for Strawberry Tree's first exhibition.

Tessa, who has planted a 15-acre native woodland grown from seeds and nuts gathered locally, paints the natural world.

Her influences are Indian textile painting, the wandering 2D perspective of Japanese art and British printmaking. Her work could be described as contemporary Chinoiserie.

Tessa says: “I work on a large scale to reflect the grace and stature of the subjects. I paint from mental images collected through observation.

“Planting the native woodland trees complemented my painting life. The Dorset countryside is a wonderful place to spend time outside in all seasons, observing the intricacies of nature and storing up ideas for the studio.”

The paintings are unframed and finished so that they are soft and unbound, in keeping with their subject; when hung, a glimpse of the natural world in man-made surroundings.

Tessa's exhibition of work is at Strawberry Tree until May 24.

Ed Pemberton explains the concept behind The Strwberry Tree at Tuesday’s official launch of the new restaurant at The Town Mill

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Tour of the pasty shops to raise money for lifeboats TWO employees of The Cornish Pasty shop in Lyme Regis are planning a sponsored cycle ride to eight branches of the company to raise money for the RNLI. It’s all part of the company’s commitment to support the local community.

Store manager Chris Homer and his assistant, Lizzie Reynolds, are planning to cycle 163 miles, broken down into four legs, starting with Dorchester to Sidmouth (via West Bay and Lyme Regis), Sidmouth to Torquay, Torquay to Totnes (via Dartmouth) and Totnes

to Bideford. Neither of them are keen cyclists, or have ridden bikes for several years, but they wanted to do. something worthy of a challenge for a good cause.

The legs will be completed between Tuesday, May 3 and Friday May 6 and Friday, May 13 and Tuesday, May 17.

A collection tin for donations can be found on the counter of the Lyme shop and there is also a fndraising link www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ cornishbakerylymeregis.

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Celebrate the summer with Artsreach!

ARTSREACH is thrilled to launch its brand new and exciting summer programme, running from May to August.

Supported by Arts Council England, Dorset Council and award-winning local legal firm, Blanchards Bailey, Artsreach continues to partner with volunteers in rural communities right across Dorset to bring a huge variety of eclectic, professional performances to the county.

This summer will be no different, with 11 productions set to tour to 14 communities across the county – the season is packed with everything from open-air theatre and poetry down the pub, to comic dance theatre and opera.

The season kicks off with a visit by the groundbreaking performance company, New Art Club, which has been touring internationally and to critical acclaim since 1998.

Their work has been translated into French and Mandarin, and they've performed in venues as radically different as the Royal Opera House and Wembley Stadium, to pubs and village halls.

The company will perform twice in Dorset as they tour across the UK with their latest dance theatre comedy show, ‘Cupid’s Revenge’, a joyful, physical and verbal outburst against the forces that masquerade as love in a great night out that is as equally funny as it is tender and heart-breaking.

Following a hugely popular performance of ‘Henry V’ for Artsreach last summer, Festival Players International return to the programme for one night of open-air theatre.

As in the Bard’s day, Festival Players tour as an all-male troupe of skilled professional actors and this summer they invite you to share in the colour, poetry, and magical mayhem of Shakespeare’s popular fantasy comedy, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Expect an exhilarating evening of openair entertainment!

Somerset-based Wassail theatre company invites you to pack a picnic and join them in the stunning setting of Springhead Gardens, Fontmell Magna, for ‘Whispering Willows’.

As the chaos of WWII and the invention of plastic threaten to destroy his farm and livelihood, can Morris find a new use for willow before it's too late? This beautiful, non-verbal story is suitable for all the family, and features puppets crafted from Somerset willow plus an evocative, original soundtrack.

The INN Crowd continues to bring professional performers to rural pubs this summer, and Artsreach is thrilled to welcome John Osborne with ‘A Supermarket Love Story’.

John Osborne is a Radio 4 regular and creator of the cult show, John Peel’s Shed. Weaving words to create wonderful worlds out of the most ordinary of situations, join John in two Dorset pubs this summer for a night of poignant, enchanting, and heart-warming poetic tales.

Since 1992, the annual West Country tour by students from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School has been a highlight of the Artsreach summer programme.

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Don’t miss this chance to see the stars of tomorrow on stage today as the students present two productions this summer – catch ‘Great Expectations’ and ‘Vanity Fair’ in Dorset.

Leading fringe opera company, Regents Opera, will present their outstanding production of Bizet’s popular ‘Carmen’ just once in Dorset.

Directed by Paul Higgins of Glyndebourne Festival Opera and the Royal Opera House, this outstanding production features a cast of four and stars renowned Greek mezzo soprano Kassandra Dimopoulou as Carmen, and Howard Hutt as her Don Jose, accompanied by talented pianist and Musical Director Ben Woodward.

With the rhythmic sounds of fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and double bass, Old Baby Mackerel are sure to get knees bouncing and elbows swinging to the virtuosic sound of blistering solos and sweet harmonies as they head to Dorset with their high-energy, foot-stomping Bluegrass.

Featuring a dizzying line-up of renowned musicians from some of the UK’s best folk, Americana and festival bands, including Artsreach favourites Flats & Sharps, these are simply not to be missed.

Everybody clap your pans – it’s time for ‘The Rascally Diner!’ This silly, song-filled, riotous open-air show from LAStheatre is for those aged five-plus and gently explores food provenance, sustainability, and healthy eating.

Come along and cook up a stink as part of Rufus Skumskins O’Parsleys’ kitchen crew or bring a pot to bang and ward off evil cakes in this fun-filled, messy performance about food.

Led by two graduates of National Centre for Circus Arts, a cast of seven will perform daring aerials and acrobatic feats in ‘Lucky Pigeons’, a new, openair circus show by Brainfools.

This soulful tale is packed with a mix of

absurd and extravagant theatre, impressive acrobatics, empathetic and funny stories and a pinch of satirical spice and puppetry that’s suitable for all the family – grab your camping chairs and join the Lucky Pigeons in Dorset.

Three Inch Fools are dusting down their instruments and hitting the road this summer with Shakespeare’s riotous comedy, ‘Twelfth Night’, and you can join them in Dorset for one-night only.

Prepare for an open-air evening of mischief and hilarity as five actors present an inventive take on this rip-roaring comedy, fit for all the family. With fast-paced drama, endless costume changes, and much music-making along the way, it’s the perfect finale for the Artsreach summer season.

Artsreach co-director Yvonne Gallimore said: “Following a fantastic spring season full of sell out performances in communities across Dorset, we are so very excited to unveil this exciting new summer programme, which we think will be just as popular.

“With lots of open-air events taking place, plus performances in village halls and pubs, you’ll be able to gather with friends and family and enjoy something special together this summer.”

Copies of the full Artsreach programme can be collected from tourist information centres and libraries across the county.

Full details, local box office outlets and tickets are also available online at www.artsreach.co.uk

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What’s on Friday, April 29

The Old School House Cafe The Hub, 9.30am - 1.30pm Community café open at The Hub in Church Street every Thursday and Friday morning, affordable food and drink, free wifi.

Dom Joly’s Holiday Snaps Marine Theatre, 7pm Dom Joly is best known as the creator of Trigger Happy TV. And now the writer and broadcaster is undertaking his first UK tour since 2011, giving fans a rare opportunity to see him live. Tickets available at marinetheatre.com

Saturday, April 30

Lyme Regis Fossil Festival Various venues, all day The Fossil Festival, now in its 14th year, will once again host the country’s top palaeontological and geological organisations throughout the town centre, as well as some thought-provoking and entertaining talks and lectures in the Marine Theatre and the Guildhall, and special events at Lyme Regis Museum and Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre. Full details at fossilfestival.com (also on Sunday, May 1).

Fossil Rocks: The After Party Marine Theatre, 6.45pm Celebrating the return of the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival with a night of live music from 8-piece band local band WeFunk, with live DJ sets from Lyme Bay Radio. Tickets from £7.50 available at marinetheatre.com Live Music Night The Nag’s Head, 9pm Weekly live band at The Nag’s Head from 9pm.

Sunday, May 1

Lyme Regis Fossil Festival Various venues, all day The Fossil Festival, now in its 14th year, will once again host the country’s top palaeontological and geological organisations throughout the town centre, as well as some thought-provoking and entertaining talks and lectures in the Marine Theatre and the Guildhall, and special events at Lyme Regis Mu-

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Tuesday, May 3

LRTC Planning Guildhall, 7pm Members of the public are welcome to attend town council meetings and speak for up to three minutes in the public forum. For agendas visit the website lymeregistowncouncil.gov.uk

Wednesday, May 4

LRTC Environment Committee Guildhall, 7pm Members of the public are welcome to attend town council meetings and speak for up to three minutes in the public forum. For agendas visit the website lymeregistowncouncil.gov.uk

Thursday, May 5

The Old School House Cafe The Hub, 9.30am - 1.30pm Community café open at The Hub in Church Street every Thursday and Friday morning, affordable food and drink, free wifi.

Chris Jagger: Talking to Myself Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis Chris Jagger - the brother of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger - will read excerpts from his book ‘Talking to Myself’, answer udience questions and perfrom with Elliet Mackrell. Tickets £7 in advance at marinetheatre.com Lyme Regis Community Bingo Woodmead Halls, 8pm Bingo night every Thursday, raising funds for local organisations which are members of Lyme Regis Community Bingo Association. Doors open 7.30pm, eyes down 8pm.

Friday, May 6

The Old School House Cafe The Hub, 9.30am - 1.30pm Community café open at The Hub in Church Street every Thursday and Friday morning, affordable food and drink, free wifi.

Sean McLoughlin: So It Be Widely acclaimed for his hilarious and incisive stand-up, Sean has recently supported

Ricky Gervais in arenas across the globe having previously opened for Bill Burr at the Royal Albert Hall. Tickets £16.50 at marinetheatre.com

Saturday, May 7

eat:Lyme Regis Lyme Regis seafront, all day A one-day festival on Lyme regis seafrotn bringing you some of the best food and drink producers from the local area, plus DJs and street entertainers.

Live Music Night The Nag’s Head, 9pm Weekly live band at The Nag’s Head from 9pm.

Wednesday, May 11

LRTC Strategy & Finance Guildhall, 7pm Members of the public are welcome to attend town council meetings and speak for up to three minutes in the public forum. For agendas visit the website lymeregistowncouncil.gov.uk

Thursday, May 12

The Old School House Cafe The Hub, 9.30am - 1.30pm Community café open at The Hub in Church Street every Thursday and Friday morning, affordable food and drink, free wifi.

The Shanty Sessions Marine Theatre, 7.30pm Join local group The Chantry Buoys as they sing traditional sea shanties alongside special guests for a fun, free sing-along with local drinks, old seafaring melodies, and maritime frolics.

Lyme Regis Community Bingo Woodmead Halls, 8pm Bingo night every Thursday, raising funds for local organisations which are members of Lyme Regis Community Bingo Association. Doors open 7.30pm, eyes down 8pm.

Friday, May 13

The Old School House Cafe The Hub, 9.30am - 1.30pm Community café open at The Hub in Church Street every Thursday and Friday morning, affordable food and drink, free wifi.

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Acclaimed internation comedian to appear at the Marine Theatre INTERNATIONAL comedian Sean McLoughlin is back on the road with a scintillating new stand-up show ‘So Be It’.

He will be taking to the stage at the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis on Friday, May 6.

Sean McLoughlin is an acclaimed stand-up comedian and writer based in London, described as “the best comedian you haven’t heard of” by Time Out and “an impassioned and uniquely brilliant talent” by The List.

Hugely in-demand in the UK and internationally, he has most recently been the tour support for Ricky Gervais in arenas across the globe, having previously opened for Bill Burr at the Royal Albert Hall and performed a gala show at the Sydney Opera House.

A regular at comedy festivals and clubs the world over, he has also performed six acclaimed solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Sean has made TV appearances on ‘Stand-Up Central’, ‘Comedy Central At The Comedy Store’, ‘The Stand-Up Sketch Show’ and fronted a fivepart series for ‘Vice’, as well as filming a set for Kevin Hart’s ‘LOL Network’ at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, and a small part in the Netflix sitcom ‘After Life.’

Doors open at the Marine Theatre at 7pm for an 8pm start. Tickets cost £16.50 in advance, available at marinetheatre.com

Lyme Regis artist to stage debut solo show LYME Regis artist Bethany Ellen Walker will open her debut exhibition ‘A Glimpse of Glimmers’ at the Town Mill’s Malthouse Gallery on May 6.

The exhibition features a whole host of new sculptural works - a visual response of Bethany’s reflection on the last few years. The title of the exhibition refers to the brief beautiful moments which are presented in everyday life, captured and entwined with personal narrative in the work.

Bethany welds and kiln-forms her pieces to fruition, forever pushing these processes to the limit. There is significant technical skill required to combine these materials successfully.

The sculptures emerge from a liminal space between control and freedom. There is an element of planning - the rest is chance. She observes the glass melting and reacting to the metal, then intervenes at a precise point to crash-cool the kiln, freezing an ephemeral moment and allowing the materials to make their own poetry.

Bethany’s practice ultimately aims to create tangible responses to transient emotions and feelings.

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Axminster councillor calls for kindness as town recovers from pandemic

AXMINSTER county councillor Ian Hall has written an open statement to residents, calling for "individual and collective healing" as the area recovers from the pandemic.

The Conservative councillor – who represents Axminster and the surrounding villages of All Saints, Axmouth, Combpyne and Rousdon, Hawkchurch, Musbury and Uplyme at Devon County Council – praised the emergency services, medical practice and local councils, while asking people to show kindness as we return to normal life.

Cllr Hall himself suffered from COVID-19 during the pandemic and had to take some time off from his council duties to recover from long-term effects.

He said: "We are now all trying to readjust and return to some sort of normality after 25 months of hardship and huge disruptions in our lives that has literally effected everyone from the very young to the young at heart.

"Our thoughts are with all those who have lost loved ones during this unprecedented time.

"We now need to enable a time for individual and collective healing, be it mental or physical health, and re-engaging with our wonderful environment and getting people together again... getting the tender and natural human behaviours at the forefront of collective approach to one another.

"Our support services have been nothing short of incredible during this time, be it the medical practice or the police and fire authorities from our very local area or that of the parish, town, district or county authorities.

"Please consider that 'people are people' no matter what they do, and all are trying their best to support you and yours. These kind people are like the majority of the population; at best tired and some are and continue to be exhausted.

Please can we as a default remember to be both courteous and respectful at all times and especially during a period of healing as we need these people to be motivated in the mornings and need to ensure that they can sleep at night."

Phosphates in River Axe ‘a real concern’, says councillor, as planning applications put on hold ADVICE to put housing and agricultural developments in some areas of Axminster and surrounding villages on hold due to the level of phosphates in the River Axe has been described as a "real concern" by a district councillor.

Speaking at Axminster's recent annual parish meeting, long-serving district councillor Andrew Moulding reported on the recent advice received from Natural England, which is expected to have significant impacts on planning applications.

East Devon District Council (EDDC) has been told it should no longer grant planning permission to any development that could increase phosphate levels in the River Axe, which are said to be causing a "significant issue".

Natural England has informed the district council that levels of phosphates in the River Axe are having a detrimental impact of local wildlife, and areas designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation are of particular concern.

This means that EDDC can no longer approve any developments in the catchment area that would increase the discharge of phosphates into the river, including new residential developments and agricultural developments, with a number of planning applications now on hold until mitigation measures can be found.

There is a possibility that planning applications that already have outline planning permission may have to be reassessed under habitat regula-

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francesca@lyme-online.co.uk tions at the 'reserved matters' stage. Twentyeight current planning applications may be affected.

The council will contact those who may need to do more to reach the new 'nutrient neutral' requirements. It is not thought that house extensions will be affected by the change.

Speaking at the recent annual parish meeting, Cllr Moulding said: "This is a real concern for people in the Axe Valley and will certainly impact the neighbourhood planning process."

He said that it would be difficult for developers to mitigate the release of phosphates into the river.

At a later EDDC meeting, Cllr Moulding said: "This could potentially lead to the stagnation of all my town's future and I am desperately concerned about this."

But Yarty ward councillor Paul Hayward issued a stark counter, saying: "Ultimately what we're faced with is killing a river. This is a wake-up call.

"It's an opportunity for us to do the right thing for the environment.

"Yes, you can't expect the farming community to change overnight – but we're not expecting them to. We're asking them to work with us, work with other districts and other planning au-

thorities to come up with a solution to stop us from destroying watercourses.

"Ultimately if we don't the rivers will die and there won't be any trout or salmon."

What are phosphates?

Phosphate is a chemical that contains the mineral phosphorus. It is naturally occurring and is released slowly, at low levels, from natural sources such as bankside erosion.

However, phosphates can also enter rivers from land management practices, sewerage and foul water that can contain detergents and food waste.

High levels of phosphate can lead to the prolific growth of algae in rivers, which at worst can kill plants and animals and even pose a risk to human health.

A significant proportion of phosphates in the River Axe come from residential uses, and this means that developments for new dwellings and holiday accommodation – whether through new build or conversion – will now not be permitted unless the applicant can mitigate the phosphate discharge from the development, largely from greywater discharge, so that their impact on nutrient levels is neutral.

This is also likely to mean that agricultural developments that increase livestock within the area will be considered in this way, as they cause similar issues.

Mayor opens new-look charity shop Axminster Care Service is celebrating 33 years of supporting worthy causes to the tune of tens of thousands of pounds by rebranding their main source of revenue, the charity shop in South Street.

Formerly the Togs Charity Shop, the newlook premises were officially opened yesterday (Saturday) by the Mayor of Axminster, Cllr Jill Farrow, who cut the ribbon following a special cry by town crier Nick Goodwin.

The mayor said she was "delighted" to do so and wished the organisation every success in the future.

Supporters and volunteers were invited into the shop for a glass of Bucks Fizz and a buffet where Care Service chairman, Dr James Vann, thanked them for their support and expressed the view that ACS could look forward to an exciting future.

Enthusiastic team Axminster Care Service is a registered charity, operated by an enthusiastic team of around 40 members, helping people registered in the area of Axminster Medical Practice, receive the care they need in a bid to make life just that little bit easier when things get tough, whether from age, disability, housing, or education difficulties.

ACS sponsors a range of programmes at Axe Valley Community College, and Axminster Primary Academy, supporting the area's

youngsters in becoming the great achievers they aspire to be, via the provision of special grants to enable them to take part in educational trips and the supply of school uniforms.

ACS also aids other groups, such as local churches, the Nourish food charity, Pippins Community Centre, Axminster Community Shed and many more, by providing funding for projects they are having trouble financing.

With a substantial contribution from ACS, the ARC (Bereavement Counselling) is now established at the Axminster Medical Practice - one of their most proud achievements.

Befriending servive ACS also provide a comprehensive transport service to help local people get to their hospital, surgery and chiropody appointments, carrying out around 2,000 journeys every year.

They also provide a befriending service for emotional support or helping to complete complicated forms.

Funds are also provided for local groups having difficulty in raising money for specific projects, including playgroups, churches and schools.

Volunteers provide the backbone to the services offered especially the manning of the charity shop in South Street, supervised by Mrs Alison Hayward, which raises in the region of £50,000 every year.

THE Mayor of Axminster, Councillor Jill Farrow, cuts the ribbon to officially open the rebranded Axminster Care Service charity shop in South Street, watch by chairman, Dr James Vann, and shop supervisor Alison Hayward

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Seaton Wetlands playing a crucial role Seaton’s surprise 97th birthday treat for Austin 7 fan Captain Mike Cooke in the survival of protected species SEATON Wetlands – the jewel in the crown of East Devon District Council's nature reserves – is playing a crucial role in the survival of protected species.

The award-winning nature reserve has recently seen the arrival of protected slow worms from a development site in nearby Colyton.

With the help of volunteers, 15 of the legless lizards, of a variety of ages, were captured and moved safely to their new home on the nature reserve.

As the world's longest-living lizard, being able to provide a safe habitat full of their favourite prey, such as slugs and worms, is vital.

In addition, some of Devon's rarest plants have been moved to Seaton Wetlands, as work continues on the Lower Otter Restoration Project, near Budleigh Salterton.

In Devon, the divided sedge (Carex divisa) is currently found only on the banks of the lower Otter River and is nationally scarce.

To ensure its survival, a team of volunteers helped to move the yellow-tipped grass-like plant to a new site at Seaton Marshes, one of three chosen sites with similar ecological

characteristics.

Divided sedge had been known to grow nearby on the Axe Estuary but was last recorded as present there in 1934. The progress of this rare plant will be monitored over the next 12 months.

Councillor Geoff Jung, East Devon District Council's portfolio holder for Coast, Countryside and Environment, said: "I had to search online to find out what 'Carex divisa' looked like! Having read that this plant is so rare, I'm really pleased that our countryside team at East Devon have worked with the Lower Otter project team to re-introduce this rare plant back to Seaton Wetlands and help to ensure the plants survival in East Devon.

"It's good news for the slow worms too!"

ST Gregory's Church in Seaton sprung a surprise 97th birthday party for Captain Mike Cooke (Royal Artillery), a leading member of their congregation.

Captain Cooke was the son of the late Reverend Robert Cooke, who was parish priest at St Gregory's from 1939 to 1955.

Some members of the congregation still remember him, especially bell-ringer Ann Roberts who was confirmed by him and has fond memories of his ministry in Seaton.

Apparently Mike had told his son Richard that he had renewed his driving licence just before his 97th birthday so Richard thought he must come up with something special to celebrate such wonderful achievement.

Bought first Austin 7 in1952 Churchwarden Dave Bruce takes up the story: "Richard knew that his Dad bought his first car, an Austin 7, in Seaton in 1952 after returning from Army Service in Hong Kong. It was Mike's father, the Reverend Robert, who told him about the car. Mike told us he remembered it well, registration YY751. It was 20-years-old at the time, blue with a sliding roof . The reason for buying it was for him to get from home in Seaton to Larkhill in Wiltshire where he was stationed.

"Knowing how much that little Austin 7 meant to his Dad , Richard got in touch with the Devon Austin 7 Club with the hope of

MICHAEL Cooke and his daughter Louise pictured in an Austin 7 outside St Gregory’s Church getting a ride for him. As a result he was put in touch with a local member, Michael Tabeart, in Seaton. Michael actually owns a 1932 Austin 7 RN Box saloon which, would you believe it, was the same as Captain Cooke's.

"He got in touch with some other members to see who could help and, as a result, Michael Tabeart, David Aylmore, Judith Dale and Chris Glover drove their Austin 7s into St Gregory's churchyard right outside our Grade 1 listed church building.

"Richard and his sister Louise had already arranged to be there with their Dad. You should have seen the Captain's face when all these lovely Austin 7s suddenly turned up - a wonderful surprise for him.”

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Honouring Polish aircrew lost in Lyme Bay THE Polish flag flew over the East Devon village of Beer on April 12 as a tribute to two Polish aircrew who were killed when their night fighter crashed into the sea near the village in 1942.

The aircraft was a Beaufighter from 307 Squadron based at what was then RAF Exeter, and was patrolling Lyme Bay to intercept German bombers en-route to targets such as Bristol, Cardiff and Liverpool.

It crashed into the sea a mile off Beer Head on the night of April 12 1942 and the

incident was observed by Beer coast guards.

The body of the navigator, Mieczyslaw Swiertz, was recovered from the sea and buried in Exeter, but the body of the pilot Roman Smok, was never found.

A ceremony of commemoration on the coast path, near Beer Head, was attended by relatives of the crew, Polish veterans, members of the Royal British Legion and members of Bridport and Lyme Regis Royal Air Forces Association (pictured above).

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A CROWD of around 200 at Lyme Regis’s Davey Fort welcomed Charmouth and Drimpton for the final of the 2022 Tommy Tabberer Cup with great hospitality from the hosts on Good Friday.

Charmouth started the game well, dominating the opening moments with good pressing and passing. The Robins team looked like they had brought the passion and intensity a cup final deserves.

Charmouth were creating the early chances and in the 12th minute Ashley Williams cut through on goal but some good Drimpton defending saw the ball cleared. A few minutes later Williams found himself through on goal only for the shot to be well saved by the Drimpton keeper.

Charmouth kept the pressure on when an Adzy Whitehouses free-kick went whizzing past the post. But the chances paid off after 20 minutes when the ball fell to Williams who tucked it into the net – a well deserved goal.

Charmouth continued to move the ball well and the midfield were operating like a welloiled machine, creating more chances. Brooklyn Wilkins provided a great through-ball for Williams to just fire wide.

After 35 minutes Drimpton came more into the game and had a good chance at the end of the half, only to be denied by a good save from Simon Mason.

The Robins headed in to half-time 1-0 up but it should have been three or four. The second half, with Dave Bridges making way for Brin Seward, started fairly even with a few half chances but in the 50th minute Charmouth grabbed the second goal when Whitehouse whipped in a corner, parried by the Drimpton keeper, for Stephen Wooloff to head home at the far post and tucked into the top corner. It was great too see the return of Wooloff’s celebration back-flip!

Charmouth continued to attack but a couple of Drimpton changes saw them come back into the game. The Robins’ back line held strong with some great defending. This gave Charmouth the chance to get the third goal when Woodhouse put Brin Seward through to calmly slot home.

NERVY END TO MATCH Drimpton then started to push everyone forward to find a way back into the game and in the 75th minute they converted from a corner to make it 3-1 on 76 minutes. Mark Vaughan came off for Matt Dare to join the field and Drimpton kept throwing everything forward which made for nervy end to the match. This got even twitchier when Drimpton grabbed a second in the 86th min.

But Charmouth held strong and claimed their third Tommy Tabberer Cup victory – Charmouth Reserves in 1979-80 and Charmouth first team in 1966. Good omens for

CHARMOUTH celebrate winning the Tommy Tabberer Cup at Lyme REgis on Good Friday for the third time in the clubs’s history Photo by RICHARD AUSTIN England! The scoreline was a little flattering over a decade and what a way to honour their in the end as on the day Charmouth wanted it late chairman Steve Pratt: first year back, cup more and dominated the majority of the winners, promoted and depending how the match. next couple of games go potentially the league Man-of-the match could have been the whole team but Mike Knight was solid at the title, a credit to everyone involved in bringing the club back – committee, supporters, playback and took the honours.

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Seasiders miss out on fourth place Uplyme Reserves win place in cup final HAVING played a few days before and leaving a lot of energy into the Beer Albion game, Lyme Rerrgis first team struggled to get into their away game at Elmore, conceding a silly goal in the first minute with a long ball the defence didn't deal with.

The Seasiders slowly got back into the game and should have got a penalty when a defender kicked the back of Fred Parson’s leg but the ref didn't see it.

Parsons had to come off for treatment leaving Lyme with 10 men for several minutes.

Nevertheless, Lyme kept going and managed to equalise with Joe Bond relentless press on their defense. He managed to win the ball back to score a one on-on-one with the keeper.

Unfortunately, it was one of those games where Lyme could not get rid of loose balls in defence and conceded another one before half time. Lyme were more in control in the second half, trying to up the tempo in the game, but Elmore cleverly slowed things down on every occasion possible.

Lyme pushed really hard to get a second but it was either the keeper who was making a save or the post who were saving the home side from conceding.

Lyme pulled the score back to 2-2 with a goal from Josh Daines but again conceded two successive goals with defensive errors.

Rob Harp made a couple of saves to keep them in the chase and Parsons hit the post and cross bar again before Bond managed to get his second of the game with 15 minutes to go.

Lyme were on top in the latter stages but struggled to put the ball in the back of the net.

Parsons had a clear chance but hit the ball first time when he could have controlled it, only to see his shot flirting with the right post.

Manager Julien Simier said: “It was one of those game where we could see the impact of the last game on our legs, we struggled to get going from the start and when we did it was little too late.

“On another day we would have won this game. I must admit that all the goals we conceded were a bit comical and should have been avoided, but I certainly I am proud of the team for their effort. We never gave up and certainly showed the team spirit we have established since the Christmas period.”

Sadly, however, losing this game meant Lyme could not finish in fourth spot in the Devon and Exeter Premier division.

A BRILLIANT performance from Uplyme Reserves last week) saw them go through to the John Fowler Cup final.

Despite a much older, experienced and aggressive home opposition in Merriott Dynamos, the young squad had the determination, skill and teamwork to come out 5 – 2 victors.

Goals from Brad Bowditch, Rhys Hulbert, Marcus Symonds, Connor Tate and Joe Urquhart sealed a brilliant win.

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damer. “We kept playing through some very hostile and physical confrontation, but that’s what we expected. Our skill and teamwork shone through.

“From back to front, we passed the ball efficiently and then the talent of Joe Urquhart and Marcus Symonds took over.

“They had no answers to their ability, so resorted to their own strengths, which is fair enough. In the end, talent won.”

Uplyme meet a very strong Penmill in the final.

cricket IN their first friendly againt Erratics CC before the season starts, Uplyme and Lyme Rergis batted first and scored 138 after being 84-3 at one stage.

Charlie Moss with 38 and Bruce Maltby (32) put on 55 together. Marcus Dennis, down at number 10, chipped in with 16.

Uplyme restricted the visitors to 55-3 off 25 overs. It came down to needing six off the final over from Steve Batey, and then four off the last ball. An unfortunate mis-

field at long-on, as the ball went through a fielder’s legs, meant Erratics won 139-6.

Jack Lamb Wilson was Uplyme’s best bowler with figures of 2-23.

Martin Langford has signed from Dorset Premier outfit Cattistock and looks a good acquisition.

The club is also awaiting for a the visa decision on their overseas player from South Africa. who is a professional first class cricketer for Northern Cape.

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April 29 2022

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Old foes Beer and Lyme share end-of-season spoils LYME Regis Football Club’s quest for a top-four place in the Devon and Exeter Premier division stayed track at the Davey Fort last Wednesday evening.

Lyme welcomed old rivals Beer Albion to the Fort and there was little between the two adversaries in an evenly contested 1-1 battle watched by around 150 spectators, including a large contingent from Beer as always.

This was Beer’s last game of the season and the point was enough to see them finish in third place and a possible move to the Devon League next season. For Lyme it was more about pride than points.

The Seasiders got off to a poor start to the season, losing six games early on, but they have put together an impressive run of results in recent weeks. If they win their last two games they could well sneak into fourth place.

Lyme beat the Fishermen 4-3 at their Furzebrake ground a few weeks back and went into this game confident they could do the double.

Beer were far from full strength and the Seasiders were missing a couple of regulars and drafted in two youngsters - front-runner Josh Daines and full-back Josh Rawlins.

FEATURED GAME

By PHILIP EVANS They both gave a good account of themselves, especially Rawlins who got the LymeOnline man-of-the –match award.

In-form keeper Chris Higgs was also missing from the squad due to a shoulder injury. His place was taken by Reserve team glove man Will Meech who has missed most of the season through injury but was faultless between the sticks, bringing off a great diving save in the first half with the score at 0-0.

Beer started strongly hitting the post twice in the first five minutes and were the better side in the first half. Lyme came more into the game towards half-time but only had one real scoring chance when a Josh Daines shot brought a brilliant save by the visiting keeper.

But it was a different story in the second half with Lyme dominating throughout.

Daines had a couple of near misses when he just failed to connect with two brilliant crosses from Robbie Fellingham.

The Seasiders goal came from

Fred Parsons with a well-placed header in the 72nd minute. It looked as though they could hang on to that lead to complete the double over Beer but the Fishermen snatched an equaliser in the 87th minute with a toe-poke from a goalmouth scramble.

Squad: Will Meech; Alex Rowe, Gary Knight, Rikki Sargent, Josh Rawlins; Ben Turner, Robbie Fellingham, Callum Garrett, Fred Parsons; Joe Bond, Josh Daines.

Subs: Kingsley Wellman, Dan Rendell, Jake Sargent, Keiran Park.

THE Beer keeper thwarts yet another Lyme late goal attempt.

Photo by Lead Without Limits

Managers’ pride in Uplyme’s first season promotion UPLYME 1sts made the long journey to Witheridge knowing that a win would secure runners-up spot in their first season in a very competitive Division Six of the Devon and Exeter League.

They made a dream start with Jonny Day slotting home after only three minutes after Daley Holmes had turned and shot, forcing the keeper into a good save, but spilling it to Day. Minutes later it was 2-0 after James Hansford powered down the left and crossed, only for it to bounce off the cross bar and Jonnyon-the-spot Day nodded it calmly home.

The attacking football continued and Uplyme were dominating the pace and possession. After some great passing, Daley Holmes squared to the edge of the box and skipper Wes Holmes skilfully side-footed a rising shot to make it 3 - 0. Joe Urquhart added a fourth goal before half-time, slotting coolly after racing onto a brilliant through ball from Fin MClean.

The second half should have been a calmer affair, but the conditions worsened and the tricky wind was behind Witheridge. They scored three goals in a clumsy 15-minute period and Uplyme couldn't finish their numerous chances. Thankfully, the whistle went for

a 4 - 3 win and Uplyme got their desired win.

"We made it hard work," said manager Steve Gillan. "There must have been at least 10 clear chances to grab more goals, but we just couldn't kill it off.

"Fin MClean and Daley were outstanding, today, showing brilliant technical ability and game management. Eventually, we got what we wanted and it's a fair reward for our endeavours, this season.

“Our players have given everything week in week out and the camaraderie, belief and ethos has never wavered. Pete Blandamer and I are incredibly proud of their efforts."

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AT THE DAVEY FORT THIS SATURDAY

Clubhouse open from 4 pm football

Lyme goodbye to fourth spot LYME Regis first team’s hope of finishing in the top four of the Devon and Exeter Premier division took a dive on Saturday when they travelled to Elmore and lost 4-3.

Incredibly, it was the fifth time the Seasiders had lost to this scoreline in the seven defeats they have suffered this year.

The Seasiders will finish their fixtures tomorrow (Saturday) away to Colyton. And although the Devon team are down in eighth place, this fixture is never a walk in the park.

Colyton have nothing but pride to play for and will be going all out to finish their season with a victory over their near neighbours.

Win or lose, however, the Seasiders will still finish in fifth place in the Premier table.

Whilst the Lyme faithful may have expected more, fifth place will be seen as a satisfactory result considering the many set-backs the Seasiders experienced at the beginning of the season.

Charmouth duly lifted the Tommy Tabberer Cup before a crowd of nearly 200 at Lyme’s Davey Fort ground on Good Friday, beating Perry Street Division Two champions Drimpton 3-2. See Charmouth’s cup victory on page 23.

The Robins will finish in second place and will be promoted to Division One, a wonderful achivement in the first year back in Perry Street football.

Uplyme first team have also had a cracking season in their first year in D & E Division Six, their promotion place being confirmed by a 4-3 win at Witheridge last Saturday.

Managers Steve Gillan and Pete Blandamer were cock-a-hopp after the game and full of praise for how their young team had performed consistently throughout the season, saying they were “incredibly proud” of their efforts.

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