We lead on a story looking ahead to next week’s South Hams District Council meeting which will decide whether to press ahead with the ’One Council’ proposal which advocates a merger with West Devon Borough Council.

Our picture, of Dartmouth Academy students in the Dartmouth Rotary Club’s Young Chef competition, flags up two pages of coverage of last weekend’s Dartmouth Food Festival.

Inside, we have news of another surprise resignation at Kingswear Parish Council; an award for the Newcomen engine exhibition at Dartmouth Visitor Centre; plans for a new health and wellbeing centre at Riverview in Townstal; and a national award presented to Heather Nesbitt and Carol Bevan, organisers of the Woofstock UK dog festival held on Coronation Park in August.

As ever, there’s much, much more to read...