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Newton Abbot festival day, set for Saturday, July 25

Newton Abbot is set to turn itself into a fun venue for all the family on Saturday, July 25 (put it in your diary), when the inaugural Newton Abbot Festival swaggers into town.

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Herald Express: What would happen if squirrels were cats?

Opening paragraph of the week goes to the Herald Express (but of course!) for this pearl of wisdom: ‘If squirrels were cats, one little furry Paignton grey squirrel would be down to eight lives after being rescued from an extractor fan by firefighters.’

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Find the funding opportunties you need for your next new project

You know how it is when all the cupboards are bare, and you’ve got so many projects you want to pursue but for a little lolly (that’s money to you). We know that feeling only too well. Well, here’s some funding opportunities that have come across our desk

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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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Not Bad For A Girl: Katie Marie gets tea-ed off

Katie Marie spends a week tackling spiders in her studio without resorting to her famous brews

How fantastic is all this lovely sunshine? It’s almost been worth putting up with all that yucky rain for this wonderful week of wonderful sunny stuff… we want more!

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Is the #devonelection tainted with national politicians’ shenanigans?

There’s a fear of low turn outs at the June 4 election, and that local politics are getting tainted with that anger at shenanigans of national politicians.

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Crazy Arm talks to PRSD about Born To Ruin album

The PRSD caught up with Plymouth-based alt-rockers Crazy Arm ahead of the release of their debut elpee Born To Ruin and the Broken by the Wheel single. Here’s what frontman Darren Johns had to say for himself.

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Are the Greens the natural alternative party of choice?

Looking to a smaller party to demonstrate your dissatisfaction with the political classes? Disenfranchised traditional Labour voters should bear in mind that the BNP are the most unBritish of any party – and UKIP, who have a stronghold in South Devon, have already been sullied by expenses issues. Which could mean The Greens pick

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Torbay to work out £2 million free bus shortfall with the government

The free bus passes debacle, is due to continue in Torbay tomorrow when under secretary for transport, Paul Clark comes to town to face criticism of the shortfall of government grants to provide the service.

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Autism Education Trust to host free conference in Exeter

An Autism Education Trust conference in Exeter aims to bring together council representatives, health professionals, adults and young people with autism and their parents and carers to share experiences and learn more about the trust.

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Torbay council chief exec takes home £150,000. Too much or not enough?

Morale is pretty low at Torbay council at the moment because of the pay evaluation the staff are going through, according to Mayor Nick Bye. It probably didn’t improve when the £150,000 wage of chief executive Elizabeth Raikes was published.

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TUC calls for changes to redundancy rules that would benefit employees

Redundancy has been on the increase lately, and the TUC is calling for the government to amend statutory redundancy in a move which could benefit nearly 2 million employees in the South West.

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Broughton residents nix Google Earth visit while Herald Express reader takes pix

While the Herald Express was patting itself on the back for getting a snap of the Google Earth camera car, we were more interested in a story about residents in Buckinghamshire forming a human hoarding to block the camera’s view of their streets.

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Farmer moans to Herald Express about cost of Brixham cycle path

Torbay Council has spent £120,000 on a 170 yard stretch of cycle path near Brixham. Jolly good news, eh citizens?

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