Wintry weather and the proposed hotel development on Abbey Rise Car Park have been the main talking points in Tavistock this week — here are the main stories in this week’s Tavistock Times.

• People in Tavistock escaped the heavy snow which caused major disruption across West Devon — pick up your copy to see our readers’ pictures of the snow across the moors and the whole of West Devon.

• When discussing the proposed hotel on the Abbey Rise Car Park site, the leader of West Devon Borough Council has admitted it is ‘not to our advantage to do the deal financially compared to others across the country’ at a meeting with Tavistock area businesses on Monday night.

• The family of a young mother from Tavistock who tragically died following a road accident have asked friends to bring photographs to her funeral to help keep her memory alive for her two young sons.

• Tavistock Town Council’s consultation on public toilets in the town is now open to the public.

• Bannawell Street residents in Tavistock are having to put up with a ‘noisy neighbour’, but not one you would assume — a rogue manhole cover.

• Police name the woman who died following an incident at Yelverton’s public toilets as Regina Paul.

• Eight pages of local sport, including coverage of the Tavistock College Sports Personality of the Year Awards and Tavistock Hockey Club’s win in the Southern One Division.

Pick up your copy of the Tavistock Times, out in the shops today.