May 2011 » People's Republic of South Devon

Help save the NHS with the Exeter Anti-Cuts Alliance save the NHS Day of Action

By PRSD, on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |

Exeter Anti-Cuts Alliance are organising a Defend the NHS Day of Action in Exeter on Saturday, May 29

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Are all councillors on a jolly? Here's your answer

By PRSD, on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 | 1 comment - ()

Ever thought that councillors don’t do much? Take a gander to Lib Dem Teignbridg Disctrict Councillor and Devon County Councillor Gordon Hook’s day to see what he gets up to

EU’s ambitious and costly GPS satellite programme Galileo all set for October take-off

By Andrew Burgess, on Monday, May 23, 2011 |

The first two satellites of the EU’s Galileo satellite programme will be launched on Thursday, October 20 from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, the European Commission has announced

Local authorities warned against discriminated against disabled and elderly with care cuts

By PRSD, on Monday, May 23, 2011 |

Equality South West has warned local authorites not to discriminate against older and disabled people in its budget cuts afteruled Birmingham City Council had acted unlawfully in reducing care for disabled people

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Torquay’s Other History: AK Chesterton: the Torquay Times Fascist

By Kevin Dixon, on Sunday, May 22, 2011 | 1 comment - ()

A tribute by Chesterton to Oswald Mosley in the British Union of Fascists’ newspaper

AK Chesterton was an extreme right-winger who founded a variety of extreme right-wing organisations and found a home in Torquay to edit the Torquay Times and the Torquay Directory

Kuwait as a tourist destination? Check out the balls of Kuwait Towers

By Claire McCarthy, on Saturday, May 21, 2011 |

Kuwait isn’t renowed as a tourist destination, but Plymouth’s Claire McCarthy did her bit on the tourist trail, visiting Kuwait’s City’s Grand Mosque and the iconic Kuwait Towers