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Travelling diary of a disabled artist: bitesize chunks of life

Chicken Nuggets

Disabled artist and founder of Plymouth’s Strictly Collaborative theatre group Ems Coombes set out on a road trip from Plymouth to Dundee for the Scottish Dance Theatre’s Pathways to the Profession Symposium. On the way she meet old friends, gained new experiences and picked up some tips on performing stand up. We’ve got the serialisation of her travels. Part two from London to Leeds

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Torbay Labour anger at The Bay's shambolic budget process

Torbay

Shoddy documentation and poor debate during the Torbay budget process means The Bay’s old, young, unemployed and those with disabilities suffer says Torbay Labour

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Privatisation of NHS set to continue

NHS - apparently not for sale

Politicians don’t seem able – or want – to save the NHS from privatisation

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Totnes Baltic Wharf workshop to be on live TV

Baltic Wharf

Baltic Wharf development will be discussed at workshop intended to sharpen the brief of the Totnes project

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Benefit cuts fuelling abuse of disabled people – but it's a price worth paying for weekly bin collections…

What a load of rubbish

Rising public resentment blamed on government focus on alleged ‘scrounger’ fraud and inflammatory media coverage… but at least the benefit cuts will pay for the weekly bin collection…

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Torquay’s Other History: Moral pollution needs a solution

The Little Red School-Book

There was moral panic on the streets in the early 70s, with one reverend in Torquay comparing social permissiveness to the Battle of Britain

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Plymouth considered curbs on foreign students in city centre shops

Drakes Circus in Plymouth City Centre

Proposal would limit number of students allowed in a shop at one time to tackle rise in shoplifting and antisocial behaviour

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