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Why did Torbay councillor refuse civic chairman position?

There’s a right old to-do over in the Herald Express today about Cllr Matthew Phillips turning down the chance to become the next civic chairman of Torbay.

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Clare Flint and Simon Ruscoe exhibition at Exeter Castle

The sculptor who was behind the famous Phoenix unicorn and a painter whose tormented characters could give Egon Schiele a run, for his money are opening the new home of Exeter Artspaces at Exeter Castle with a special preview tomorrow (Saturday) night.

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Apply for community curator Efford Job today!

Fancy being a community curator for the Heart of Efford Community Partnership, in Plymouth, for £15,000? Well, be quick about it!

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Torbay’s potential municipal property deals heat up

There’s a whirlygig of potential property deals going on in Torbay (credit crunch, what credit crunch?). No sooner have the plans for the Assembly Halls at Torquay Town been published, than mayor Nick Bye’s looking into buying the Crossways shopping centre in Paignton. Does he like the idea of an arts centre so much, he wants another two of them?

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Audit Commission gives no stars for Teignbridge’s poor housing service

At a time when councils are facing increased demands for housing, the Audit Commission has said that Teignbridge is providing a poor housing service, and awarded it grand total of no stars.
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Not Bad For A Girl: the Human Fruit Machine of life

Katie Marie‘s been a bit of a guinea pig this week. Not only has she sampled cheese and chocolate pancakes (!), she’s also taken part in a Human Fruit Machine experiment. All in a week’s work for the singer/songwriter who’s Not Bad For A Girl

The highlight of this week has to be Pancake Day, and this year me and my other half decided to have a Pancake Party, in which we would try as many different and weird pancake fillings as we could think of. Most of them worked (a few most definitely didn’t – the main one being cheese and chocolate lol) but my all time fav has to be golden syrup and banana… mmmmm lovely jubbly!

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Carers influence health strategy

Meetings of carers of adults with learning disabilities are taking place through the region at the moment. They are a chance for carers to discuss the future health provision of those they care for and have already taken place in Newton Abbot and Ashburton.

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