This week we lead on figures released by the National Union of Teachers, showing that schools in the Kingsbridge and Salcombe area stand to lose almost £1.2m from their budgets by 2019.

We also report on the Kingsbridge commemorations for the 35th anniversary of the Falklands War, cheques presented to the Hope Cove Life Boat, Aveton Gifford Primary School’s African keyhole garden, a couple whose home is blighted by flooding in Frogmore, the latest rescue of the Start Bay humpback whale, a review of Kingsbridge Amateur Theatrical Society’s production of Pieces of After Eight and Chubbs the cat’s unfortunate showdown with a local dog.

All this and lots more, available first thing on Friday morning in all good, local newsagents.