Plymouth home to new graduate dance programme from Attik Dance

Graduate dancers who’ve been kicking up their heels, rather than high kicking, and are looking to work with dance in education and community settings could join the new Fast Forward project in Plymouth.

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Devon County Council up for green Ashden Award for RE4D scheme

Devon County Council is up to win £30,000 for its Renewable Energy for Devon scheme in the local authority section of the famed Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2009, which take place in London on Thursday, June 11.

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The Geoff Clams column: Premiere Time

•This is a new regular column on the adventures of Geoff Clams

On an impossibly sunny and happily recent Thursday, it so happened that I caught the local premiere of John Tomkins’ new feature-length movie, Like an Angel, at Torre Abbey’s Spanish barn.

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Ems reviews The Pied Piper – A hip hop dance revolution at the Exeter Northcott

This performance made me feel cooler just watching it.

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Sustainable Steward Community on Dartmoor wins planning appeal to stay

There is a whispered debate among some of the Dartmoor inhabitants which ponders on who the national park is for – those who live and work on it, or those who want to look at it. The attitude towards the Steward Community Woodland, near Moretonhampstead, might be part of that debate, or it might

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Independent apologises for printing picture of Devon swine flu girl

It’s bad enough getting swine flu, let alone getting your picture in the paper. The Independent has apologised to 12-year-old Paignton girl Amy Whitehouse for publishing a photograph of her without her parents’ consent.

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See how Totnes low-impact community Landmatters live on their open day

The Landmatters community, who live in low-impact dwellings near Totnes, are opening their doors to demonstrate transition and permaculture in action on Sunday June 7.

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