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Words on waste

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 recycling officer and

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Pit the Youngers

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 and six Members

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Go West of the Exe

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. Each ward

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2020 energy vision

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 the PRSD.

“The region

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Restaurant renewal

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 (the Cypritic Saint

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February for LGBT

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, have to

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Priced out of the Revolution?

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, rearing a shed

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Breakfast of champions

posted by Cptn

You have just a couple of days to take in the last of Farmhouse Breakfast week at Occombe Farm, which culminates on Sunday January 27 with a guided walk around the nature centre followed by a hearty Occombe Farmhouse breakfast in the Bake House Cafe.

The farm will also be organising a couple of

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Go west of the Exe

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. Each ward

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Waste win

posted by Cptn

Rik Mayall as a plastic surgeon? Well, yes – and it’s award winning. A TV advert for the Don’t let Devon go to waste campaign, which features the former Kevin Turvey as a plastic surgeon has won an award as the best TV ad of 2007 in The Drum. Pretty good going, ehh?

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Movement on road plans

posted by Cptn

Roll up, roll up, the latest South Devon Link Road – that’s the Kingskerswell Bypass to you – exhibition kicks off on Thursday January 24, and is intended to inform residents of the Compulsory Purchase Orders and Side Road Order (whatever they are). The bypass has been planned since 1951, so don’t miss

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ITV news cuts

posted by Cptn

Just when we thought the south west was becoming a media hub, ITV has decided to hack out the core of the TV service. Puff goes all the hard work of ensuring jobs, skills and opportunities stay in the South West. But you don’t have to listen to bitter-ole-me, over on D+CFilm Tim

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