By PRSD, on Thursday, January 31, 2008 | posted by Cptn
Talk about democracy in action, Year 10ers will be in the council chambers at Devon County Hall tomorrow talking about the future of rubbish in the sixth (count them) Don’t Let Devon Go To Waste summit.
The green young things will represent where they’re from and be accompanied by their own
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By PRSD, on Thursday, January 31, 2008 | posted by Cptn
Breathe a sigh of relief, democracy may be saved – the results are in of the UK Youth Parliament members for Devon after the Bigger Voices, Better World elections.
From the 20,000 votes cast, 12 young people were elected – three Members of UK Youth Parliament, three Deputies to support them
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By PRSD, on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 | posted by RAMM
‘Living Here… West of the Exe’ celebrates sense of place. It is all about uncovering what is special in Exeter on the west side of the river. In days gone by St Thomas, Exwick, Cowick and Alphington were places in their own right, set apart from Exeter by the River Exe.
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By PRSD, on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 | posted by Cptn
Renewable energy is big in Devon and the South West and head honcho at RegenSW, Matthew Spencer, is bullish about facing up to the EU’s tough 15 per cent proposed energy targets for the UK by 2020.
“This is big news for South West England’s 250 renewable energy businesses,” he told
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By PRSD, on Monday, January 28, 2008 | posted by Cptn
Who’da thought that a top-notch restaurant for the gentry of Dartmouth would be out to tackle social exclusion (err, if your name’s not on the list you’re not coming in?).
The new eatery and training centre, which will create jobs and raise skills, will be at the former St Barnabas Church
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 - () By PRSD, on Sunday, January 27, 2008 | - ()
It’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) History month in Exeter in February. This is the fourth year that the national Month has been staged, and this year the events will include drop-in sessions and a lecture.
Executive Member for Culture, Councillor Sheila Hobden, said: “Because lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people can be,
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By PRSD, on Saturday, January 26, 2008 | posted by Jess Sains
A week or two ago Devon based celebrity chef and farmer Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall began his ‘Chicken Out’ campaign. The aim of the project was to show the great British public the cruel and dank conditions in which the usual supermarket £2.50-£3.00 chicken is reared.
Hugh carried out his own experiment,
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