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Former councillor to return to chamber? ONE of the most colourful characters to have served on Lyme Regis Town Council is set to make a return to the town, and says he will be seeking re-election at the earliest opportunity. DJ and artist Jeff Scowen served on the council between 2016 and 2019, reaching the position of deputy mayor before resigning and moving to north Wales for family reasons. REPORT, PAGE 3
Woodroffe celebrates exceptional A-levels
THE Woodroffe School in Lyme Regis has celebrated another set of exceptional A-level results, despite concerns nationally that marks would be lower than seen in the past two years, when exams were not held due to the coronavirus pandemic. REPORT, PAGE 6
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LOCAL dance instructor Sarah Causley and her Fitsteps class get into the carnival spirit ahead of last Saturday’s grand procession, topping off a week of events that raised £15,000 for local good causes. See pages 10-14 for our extensive photo coverage. Photo by FRANCESCA EVANS
River Lim is a ‘disgrace’
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CAMPAIGNERS CALL FOR INCREASED ACTION TO TACKLE WATER POLLUTION ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners from Lyme Regis have met with South West Water and the Environment Agency to discuss ongoing ‘disgraceful’ pollution of the River Lim.
The River Lim Monitors – a volunteer group run by Turn Lyme Green – along with regular sea swimmers and Green Party councillor Belinda Bawden, met with representatives from South West Water and the Environment Agency at the Uplyme Sewage Treatment Works last week, to discuss unregulated polluting of the
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francesca@lyme-online.co.uk River Lim, near the Woodmead Road bridge. South West Water was recently given a one star rating, out of four possible stars, for water pollution in the UK’s annual Environmental Performance Assessment for 2021, which found the company required "significant improvement”. The government’s water company regulator OFWAT also announced in June that it would be launching an investigation into South West Water because of concerns regarding their
sewage treatment. James Hodgson, South West Water operations manager for the area, assured campaigners at last week’s meeting that they were carrying out “extensive investigations into illegal misconnections” along the river, adding that “sewage is going into the wrong pipe” and a team are working on it with water quality checks carried out twice a week. Local residents and councillors have been raising issues about sewage effluent in the river at the Woodmead Road bridge for a year. This is
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