100 years of state pensions today

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Today was pensions day – the 100th anniversary of the first state pension – and to celebrate the TUC has called the for the link between pensions and earnings to be restored.

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Airport sale funds nearly spent

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Did you know that £48 million has been raised from the sale of Exeter Airport, and did you know that nearly all of it has been allocated already? Shucks.

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Student experiences European Parliament

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‘Who said that young people aren’t into politics?’ Posses the press release from Neil Parish MEP, which we will now rip off (you read it first here guys). ‘Well for one week, Jon Woodcraft, 17, an A-level student from Exmouth Community College, got the chance to see just how the European

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Exeter is animated

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Contrary to the report in the Express&Echo, it seems Animated Exeter isn’t under immediate threat. February’s event is due to take place, in… err… February, and you never know, it may even outlive Exeter City Council itself, unitary status nothwithstanding.

For the full story, and a heart-wrenching animation by Oscar winner

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Bite size food production

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Art-er, farm-er and South Devon blogg-er Mopsa, has been spitting cheese (bleurgh) at the attitude that big is always beautiful in terms of food production.

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Windy Mills

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Way back in the smog of time, this publication carried a regular column called Mill Communication, which was intended to “pick the juiciest tidbits from those Trago Mills/UKIP local newspaper adverts so you don’t have to”.

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Totnes deadline

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News just in from the Totnes Festival committee – the deadline for the printed programme for the Totnes Festival progamme is May 22.

The festival itself (September 5-14) is “is a celebration of all aspects of local life in and around Totnes so people can create an event around anything they

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