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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Got photos? Share them with the People’s Republic of South Devon

If you’re a photographer from Devon, or you take pictures of Devon, we’re keen to show off your work on the People’ s Republic of South Devon. You could be a photo-journalist, an portraitist or a happy snapper – it doesn’t matter, as long as your images do the talking (and if there’s a

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Get ready for the latest media revolution! Er… local paper limps into technology

With the quaint hyperbole of ‘pushing the boundaries of information technology’, it seems the Mid-Devon Advertiser is taking its turn to follow what we’ve been doing on the People’s Republic of South Devon for ages – page-turning technology for publications, and apparently you can click on ‘links’ to get through to ‘advertisers’. Now that’s

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TARDIS deployed to fight the brain drain

A £1.7 million programme to keep highly talented people in the region has been approved by the South West Regional Development Agency.

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Latest People’s Republic of South Devon newsletter out now

With all the inside gen on what’s been going down at PRSD towers, plus a little heads-up on one of our (not too secret) secret additions of offers and giveaways on the site, the latest newsletter has a unique insight into the current PRSD developments

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New film show for local filmmakers on D+CFilm

In a bold move into internet telly, well kinda, those cheerleaders of the Devon and Cornwall film industry, D+CFilm have produced a TV show on some of the mover/shakers in the South West film industry.

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The Sounds of Young Plymouth annual concert at the Guildhall

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The Sounds of Young Plymouth are expected to be especially dulcet – that’s sweet – at the Plymouth Youth Music service annual concert in the Guildhall, Plymouth, on Saturday (January 24), from 6.30pm to 9pm.

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