In this week’s Ivybridge & South Brent Gazette, we lead on a story about fuel poverty charity, National Energy Action, raising concerns about the number of people dying due to not being able to heat their homes.

The charity has estimated that there were 60 "excess" deaths in the Totnes constituency last winter that could be attributed to the weather, and that 30 per cent of those came as direct result of them not being able to heat their homes adequately.

Our front picture story is of South Brent Judo Club players who have enjoyed another successful period of competition and training in Walsall, Edinburgh and Cornwall.

Inside, we report on South Hams District Council’s consideration of a ’tourist tax’ to help the area cope with the large influx of tourists that descend on the South Hams every summer. We also have the details about the man who was killed last week after a tree fell onto his car while he was driving in Buckfastleigh.

As always, we feature information about ’What’s On’, around the clubs, and ’Village Voices’ all inside.

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