February 2011 » People's Republic of South Devon

A blisteringly busy week in the South West music scene

By Katie Marie, on Thursday, February 24, 2011 |

Photo taken by Lisa (Indigo Blue Photography) and edited by Sandra (Soul Photography)

Katie Marie has a blisteringly busy covering all ends of the South West music scene

Firms told to double the number of women on boards by 2013 or face government measures

By PRSD, on Thursday, February 24, 2011 |

More women are to be in the boardrooms of the country’s FTSE350 firms – Lord Davies has urged them to boost the number of women at the board level by 20 per cent by 2013 and 25 per cent by 2015. He stopped short of quotas… unless the voluntary measures fail…

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Torbay Labour call for consultation on bus ban in Fleet Street, Torquay

By PRSD, on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 | 2 comments - ()

Torbay Labour Party says that banning busses from Torquay’s pedestrianised Fleet Street should be looked into, considering a £70,000 repair bill to the street’s surface

3,300 NHS job losses in the South West uncovered by new cuts campaign website

By PRSD, on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 |

False Economy, the cuts campaigning website, which has formally launched, points the finger at the Coaltion cuts which will undermine the NHS – despite all the politcal rhetoric

People called to show off their label in support of Fairtrade Fortnight

By PRSD, on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 |

For Fairtrade Fortnight in Exeter and Devon people are being encouraged to show their labels, and there’s a whole host of events taking place

Free compost for all, from Exeter City Council!

By PRSD, on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 |

Exeter City Council is holding one of its last compost giveaways where residents will be able to help themselves to as much compost as they can take away in their cars and trailers.

500 more sign up to Save Brixham Coastguard

By PRSD, on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 |

The Save Brixham Coastguard campaign has been out and about on the streets of Torquay collecting signatures to add force to the campaign. Write to your MP to save Brixham Coastguard