Devon Wildlife Trust opens heath for East Devon Heath Week

East Devon Heath Week has come round again… and to celebrate, the Devon Wildlife Trust will have a special open day at its flagship heathland nature reserve at Bystock, near Exmouth, on Tuesday, July 28.

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What on Earth? How about organising a Science Event based on the planet?

Budding scientists from South Devon can get in early for the next National Science and Engineering Week, which is taking place on March 12-21, 2010.

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Exeter catacombs identified as potential swine flu mortuary

Exeter city council is considering using 19th century catacombs to store the bodies of swine flu victims if the outbreak worsens.

They’ve identified the empty underground burial chambers in Bartholomew Street, currently used as a tourist attraction, as a potential mortuary.

A council spokesman said the plan would be implemented if the crematorium and

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Geoff Clams: Exorcismus (part 1)

A new chapter opens on Geoff Clams‘ life in his regular column.

We had been blessed with a period of relative calm during which the sunshine had been blistering, unbridled and unbroken for sweet weeks on end. The English summer had hit its brief stride and, for a while, the gardens of the valley

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English Riviera by any other name – Torbay’s tourism either changes track or carries on the same (we can’t work it out)

It’s difficult keeping up with the tourism to-ing and fro-ing in Torbay. For example, not six months since marketing guru Carolyn Custerson appeared on the scene telling the world that no one knew where the English Riviera is, she’s pushing it as the overall marketing strategy for the whole of Torbay.

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Transition Newton Abbot shows A Forest Garden by Martin Crawford

Transition Newton Abbot’s next film night will show A Forest Garden Year by Martin Crawford, upstairs at the Jolly Abbot pub in East Street on Wednesday, July 29 at 7.45pm.

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Not Bad For A Girl: Katie Marie gets acoustic for her German tour trailer

Among all the grown up stuff Katie Marie has been making sure the music for her trailer is as acoustic as possible.

I’ve been up to an awful lot of boring grown-up paper work, lol, but still it needed doing. It’s just I’m soooooooo not cut out for that sort of thing – I’m

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