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Green Devon County Councillor Paula Black speaks to the PRSD

The Green Party’s Paula Black won a seat for Totnes Rural in the Devon County Council elections, we caught up with her to find out what it means to be the Greenest county councillor in Devon.

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Ashley Wing’s Poppies accepted by BBC Film Network website

Paignton filmmaker Ashley Wing’s rather excellent Poppies has finally been accepted by the BBC Film Network – some nine months after its completion.

Film Network is the BBC’s interactive showcase for new British filmmakers, screening three short films in broadband quality every week.

Readers of PRSD’s sister site, D+CFilm, will already be familiar

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Turning the air Blue – David Cameron says ‘twat’ on the radio

No angel – David Cameron goes radio ga-ga

It seems strange to be sat here again wondering about the word ‘twat’.

Yes, only a month after the Stuart Cullimore ‘greasy-haired twat’ debacle, David Cameron went on Absolute Radio this morning and tried the word on for size.

Not only that, maybe inspired by Plymouth

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Fresh Food From Small Places: Green Books of the week

Practical, comprehensive and downright down-to-earth guide to growing food in small places.

Turn your window sills, balconies and back yards into productive vegetable gardens, and even sustainable nurseries for honeybees and chickens (although there is an issue with neighbours here who complain about noise, smell and smart arses who grow their own food).

With

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Sonic Skullduggery from onec on Plymouth Arts Centre’s summer Freesound radio station

It looks a busy summer ahead for those onec people, what with a radio show during the summer radio station that is Freesound at the Plymouth Arts Centre, gigs in September and October and another couple of releases coming out in the next couple of months.

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Top-rated Russian travel show comes to Torbay

A Russian cameraman outside Claires nightclub, yesterday

The English Riviera has been visited by a Russian film crew shooting for Ih Nravy (Their Customs) – one of the country’s top travel shows.

The programme apparently attracts an audience of around a million viewers – which doesn’t seem that much out of a population of,

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Recycle your old mobile phone or iPod with Redeem and get a Ticketmaster discount

Ticketmaster has hooked up with Redeem for a new campaign which offers the chance to recycle your old mobile phone and iPod for the equivalent exchange value in Ticketmaster Gift Cards.

With some mobiles worth up to £150 and iPods worth up to £80, citizens will quickly generate full or part payment toward the

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