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Geoff Clams and the Intimidation Game

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The weekly column from the world of Geoff Clams continues with his investigation into alleged voter intimidation in Preston, Paignton

Last week’s instalment, The Patriarch comes to call

Outlook: Overcast, but hot and humid. A slight chance of some heavy summer downpours.

Lots of moisture in the air.

The morning of our local and European elections on June the 4 was, for this voter at least, one of deep spiritual malaise and forbidding dread.

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Dartmouth’s Flavel Centre gets £10,000 facelift

The Flavel arts centre in Dartmouth got a £10,000 make over thanks to cash from Cllr Jonathan Hawkins’ local projects fund – fuelled with dosh from the sale of Exeter airport.

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Exeter MP says Tory party is anti-gay

Exeter MP and Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw, who is visiting the Exeter Northcott theatre today, said that “a deep strain of homophobia still exists on the Conservative benches”.

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TARDIS deployed to fight the brain drain

A £1.7 million programme to keep highly talented people in the region has been approved by the South West Regional Development Agency.

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Feeling Christmassy? Santa needed for July 4!

Talk about earlier every year. The Muscular Dystrophy charity is looking for a someone to be Santa for the morning of Saturday, July 4.

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Not Bad For a Girl: Katie Marie was ’80s cool. How cool were you?

Katie Marie’s taken a trip down memory lane, and has turned out to have been a quite cool ’80s chick. How cool were you?

It’s been a real emotional roller coaster for me, mainly due to the very sad news of MJ Like so many people he was someone that I grew up with as a child and his music has inspired me a huge amount, it’s all very sad on a lot of levels. So 30mins of last week’s Acoustic PM show featured listeners’ requests for Michael Jackson tunes which was so kewl So many great songs that sparked off oodles of memories for me!

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Culture Minister and Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw to visit Exeter Northcott theatre

Ben Bradshaw, Culture Minister and Exeter MP, will visit the Exeter Northcott theatre on Friday, July 3 at 2.30pm. What with his long list of credentials and support for the Northcott in the campaign to save the theatre in 2008, you’d think its future is secure for some time…

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Plaster penguin response to Gormley’s the Field at Living Coasts

Plaster penguins and people in odd places is a response to Gormley’s the Field, on display at Torre Abbey, Torquay, from June 27 until August 23.

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Funds available to keep families in their homes during the recession


Families at risk of homelessness through repossession or eviction in Mid Devon could receive financial to secure their housing future.

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Arts job: gallery manager for Lenkiewicz Foundation


Lenkievicz, the controversial Plymouth artist, has an exhibition at Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery at the moment, but if you’d like to be surrounded by his work all day, a job at the Lenkiewicz Foundation might be just up your street.

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