Katie Oborn Journalist

04/09/2026

I've never been to Torrington in North Devon , but I'm gutted that a AI data centre and battery site, potentially covering 850-acres, is planned for this beautiful expanse of our Devon countryside.
Leave the green spaces alone! 🦊🦌🪺
Action group here: https://www.facebook.com/DevonDataAndBESSActionGroup

We are building a formal, legal, and evidence-based objection to both planning applications: the battery storage facility and the outline application for the data centre.

27/08/2026

Poets, performers, musicians or owners of friendly pets - an elderly audience near Tavistock would love you to entertain them if you have a spare hour 📖🎸🐶🐈‍⬛Link in comments below 👇 make someone's day! ☀

25/08/2026

Last week, Plymouth & West Devon Hunt Sabs said that ‘illegal fox cub hunting is underway’ on Dartmoor, but hunting groups insist they ‘carry out lawful hunting activities’ - read my detailed story for Tavistock Times via the link in the comments below 👇🦊
https://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/news/fox-cubs-hunted-dartmoor-activists-say-939404

24/08/2026

A day trip to Dartmoor from Plymouth, I took the bus - link to story in comments below 👇

16/08/2026

From rivers to seas - most of us are sick of sewage pollution, including the wildlife🦦🥹 👇Link to story in comments below 👇

Locals said a stream in The Meadows ‘stinks of sewage’

09/08/2026

Good afternoon I hope everyone is having a nice Sunday! Last week, I went on a walk in Tavistock with a medical herbalist, Zarah, and several other ladies. It was really interesting - and Zarah explained that 'every plant has its reason’.
Link to story in comments below 👇☘️

Medical herbalist explains that ‘every plant has its reason’

06/08/2026

I'm having an enjoyable week writing for Tavistock Times & Okehampton Times - here's one of my stories 😍
Link to story in comments below 👇

The new park has already recorded its first breeding pair of skylarks

03/08/2026

Good morning this Devon town has 'got things right', locals told me:

It’s a charming place to visit for locals and tourists alike - supporting the independent shops along a lovely narrow main road that cuts bisects the town.

31/07/2026

Hello I'm delighted to share that next week, I'll be writing for Tavistock Times & Okehampton Times for print and online news.
If you have a story from the Tavistock or Okehampton areas, do drop me a message or email me: [email protected]
I'll be freelancing for these newsrooms for all of next week ☀

Send a message to learn more

27/07/2026

Hello I've been out taking a few photos of landscapes, people and birds during last week's hot weather (it's cooler today)! Here are 10 pictures that (I think) sums up Plymouth in the heatwaves ☀☀☀☀☀ Plymouth Boat Trips

I've been out taking photos of grass that looks like a desert, sparkling seas and smiling people