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Exeter’s Dream-A-Way charity raises record fundraising total

Exeter-based charity Dream-A-Way, which sends disabled and seriously ill people on holidays and trips, raised a record fundraising total of ÂŁ133,173 in 2008.

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Devon community hospitals to introduce new recycling initiative

Hospitals in Devon are set to introduce a recycling initiative that will reduce the NHS’s carbon footprint.

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Not Bad For A Girl: Acoustic gig at the Barrel House, Totnes, a success

Katie Marie the gig at the Barrel House, Totnes, was so good, another one is planned (although not just yet – there’s the Cheltenham Jazz Festival first)

You probably know (because I’ve been going on about it for the past month or so) the Acoustic gig, which I was organising at The Barrel House, Totnes, was

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Devon Goes Orange: have your say on the literary prize winning wannabes

Who needs literary judges? Make your own mind up about the merits, or lack of them, for the shortlist of this year’s Orange Prize for Fiction (OPF to those in the know), with Devon libraries.

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Barbican Jazz and Blues Festival youth photography competition winner a homage to Bird

The Barbican International Jazz and Blues Festival’s youth photography competition IMPROVISE! has been won by Felix Stephens, of Marlborough, Wiltshire, with his photo Bird/Bird Lives (up trees!) – that’s a reference to Charlie Parker to those missing their beep bop reflex.

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Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty team and Devon Wildlife Trust to host free workshop

The Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty team and Devon Wildlife Trust are hosting a free workshop to show gardeners how to create a haven for birds, butterflies, bees and bugs in their backyards.

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Rewards offered for strange sea sightings

The Association of Maritime Research (AMR) is offering rewards for sightings of strange phenomena on the South Coast after a couple spotted a ’something’ as they walked along Boulogne Harbour.

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PRSD hopes to stimulate election debate on Twitter with #devonelection

As the June 4 election of Devon County Councillors and European Members of Parliament looms nearer, we thought we’d tell you about our desire to elicit Twitter-esque election addresses (that’s 140 characters) from all those seeking the vote. And we’re hoping to stimulate electoral debate and involvement with #devonelection on Twitter.

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Plymouth singer/songwriter Sam Ho in the final of Live and Unsigned speaks to the PRSD

Sam Ho, the Plymouth singer/songwriter, is through to the finals of the Live and Unsigned competition. He spoke to the PRSD about what the competition, performing and Prince’s Trust mean to him

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West Country’s first NHS Stop Smoking shop opens in Torquay

The region’s first NHS Stop Smoking shop has opened on Torquay’s Union Street, offering expert help with no appointment necessary.

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Jobs at the Spacex Gallery, Exeter

Here’s some job news that’s had us here in the PRSD offices sprucing up our CVs: a press and marketing co-ordinator at the Spacex. There’s also a job for a project co-ordinator on offer.

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Sex and History exhibition to help new-look Exeter RAMM pull them in

Who says museums aren’t sexy? The Royal Albert Memorial Musum is set to host the Sex and History exhibition in 2012, after its facelift of course.