IT has been a busy week in Okehampton, with big planning decision, long-standing organisations winding up affairs and much more — here are the big stories in this week’s Okehampton Times:

• A pledge has been made to ensure Okehampton Food and Drink Festival goes ahead after the decision was made to fold Okehampton and District Chamber of Trade.

• Okehampton Medical Centre has been given a ’good’ rating by the Care Quality Commission following a recent inspection.

• Hatherleigh sets a world record during an auction raising funds for a campaign to save the towns’s market.

• OCRA has bid farewell to popular manager Stuart Lord, who has helped grow the organisation from a small charity into the large community asset it is today.

• A Sticklepath banker who has spent 40 years behind a desk is trading his office chair in for a world wide ride around the globe.

• It was smooth sailing at Okehampton College’s Titanic Ball.

• Okehampton Rugby Club went top of the table in the South West One (West) Division, despite losing to North Petherton.

• Nine pages of local sport, including coverage of mixed performances from Okehampton’s hockey teams.