BARNSTAPLE MAGISTRATES COURTBarnstaple can hardly be described as a typical English town; it is too rural in a nation increasingly metropolitan in character but it can be fairly described as a typical country town. It is hardly a hotspot of criminal activity as that term would be defined in any of our large cities. But the current and proposed reductions in courts` services there are perhaps not so different from those being contemplated elsewhere. The local on-line report reflects the reality of the situation in general with regard to our current and future contributions to the administration of justice.