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 Posted by Cptn To all you writers out there, of which there are many, Impress Books (based at Exeter University’s Innovation Centre) has teamed up with the university’s creative writing centre to pluck new talent from the ether to offer a publishing contract. The winner will be announced Monday December 3, and they’ll get a Posted by Cptn Good ole Bovey Climate Action. One year old and it’s still ploughing the furrow of small scale individual action that can make environmental gains. And small initiatives can grow – there’s a network of 15 towns around Dartmoor that are sharing knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm about environmental action. Going through the year’s I understand there is a big rugby match on this evening, and that England and South Africa are to compete for the right to be called world champions. This is quite a big thing for those chaps who like grappling with odd-shaped balls, and a large part of me would like to see an England 2 comments - ()In the same week that Gordon Brown ditched his pretensions to socialism by glad-handing Lady Thatcher at 10 Downing Street, I became aware of the existence of a group called the Socialist Health Association. According to their website, the SHA exists to: ‘promote health and well-being, social justice, and the eradication of inequalities, through the Remember we told you about Talking Liberties – a rather excellent bloggy site with a winning line in righteous outrage? You know, the site that gave a Mendacity Award to the Plymouth Herald’s Tristan Nichols?! Well, from Saturday, the person behind Talking Liberties, is gonna be scribbling a weekly column for PRSD. Yes, there may 1 comment - ()So, Bank Holiday Monday saw the number of biker deaths in and around Plymouth rise to 12 this year. All this despite a high-profile campaign backed by the police and the Plymouth Herald warning bikers to, yknow, be a bit more careful. Gee, thanks for that. Don’t get us wrong – we’re all for promoting |
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Fruit and veg fashion parade to end
posted by Cptn
You may be familiar with ugli fruit, but get yourself prepared for ugly vegetables, too. Yup, those EU rules which meant fruit and veg conformed to a particular perception of beauty are to be scrapped, which means our five-a-days aren’t going to be judged by looks alone.
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