This week we lead on the newly adopted Ivybridge Neighbourhood Plan has already helped defeat an unpopular development.

Also this week, a man with visual impairments raised more than £1,600 for Hannah’s with a skydive, Ivybridge Community College’s equestrian team qualify for the national school finals and Sherford is boosting the economy.

As usual there is also the family announcements, public notices, letters to the editor, Village Voice pages, clubs and societies and what’s on, plus much more inside.

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