Councillor Fran McElhone

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Fran McElhone is one of three ward members for Exmouth Halsdon on East Devon District Council; elected on December 4th 2025. She is a journalist, photographer, writer, editor and author. She has extensive experience covering a broad spectrum of subjects including local politics, health and social care, the military, crime, education and issues-based human interest stories. She is passionate about journalism providing a voice for people, its power to shine a light on injustices, holding authority to account, and telling otherwise untold stories with empathy and integrity. She runs multi-media agency www.liminalmedia.co.uk

ECC floodlights switch-on!

Earlier this month I was happy to attend a celebratory event at Exmouth Community College to mark the installation of their new outdoor LED floodlights!

The new lights were facilitated through a ‘generous’ grant from the East Devon Carbon Action Fund and will contribute to the school’s bid towards reducing its carbon footprint, demonstrating its commitment to sustainability.

The invitation email said: “The new lights will reduce energy waste and light spill, while lowering running costs so we can keep pitch hire affordable for our local community.”

It was lovely to support this important occasion alongside other district councillors and members of the community and I was so impressed by how polite and bright the students helping out were.

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