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Newton Abbot festival day, set for Saturday, July 25

By PRSD, on Monday, June 22, 2009 | 1 comment - ()

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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Tudor Evan's Twitter-gate BNP insult lingers on

By PRSD, on Friday, June 19, 2009 | 2 comments - ()

Plymouth Councillor uses Twitter to call BNP a ‘Nazi nobjockey’.

Not Bad For A Girl: Katie Marie puts her back out

By PRSD, on Thursday, June 18, 2009 |

Katie Marie Kendo Katie Marie ends up with a bad back and time to catch up with some reading – about the music business, of course

Hey everyone! Had a good week? I’ve had a rather painful time of it, as shortly after I wrote my last article I descided to pull a load

The origins of eccentricity, according the official eccentric Colin Shaddick

By PRSD, on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 |

Devon Eccentric Colin Shaddick (no it’s official – he came third in this year’s competition), dropped us a poetic line to explain a bit about the origins of his award-winning eccentricity. You could get more of an insight at the Salon del Eccentrica, an Eccentric evening at the Broomhill Art Hotel, Barnstaple on Thursday,

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Geoff Clams is fixin’ to die

By PRSD, on Monday, June 15, 2009 | 2 comments - ()

The weekly column from the world of Geoff Clams

Given the media tumult surrounding the Iranian presidential elections, accusations of stolen votes and an inflammatory cultural split, one might be tempted to say that, by comparison, political passions in Britain are either dying, dead or extinct.

Can you make the world cry with your voice?

By PRSD, on Thursday, June 11, 2009 |

Are you talented Tenor? Dartington International Summer School is looked for one to be the dastard Pinkerton in Madam Buterfly.

Chaz Singh – THE face! » People's Republic of South Devon
An iconic image of Plymouth’s first Sikh Councillor Chaz Singh by Peter McMullin has been included in the book The Sikhs in Britain
Gordon Hook | Devon County Budget Proposals.
Devon County Council is about to announce it’s budget for 2012 – 13, Liberal Democrat County Councillor for Newton Abbot South and District Councillor for Buckland and Milber Gordon Hook has the low down
Recycled plastic keeps cyclists and walkers on the go in Okehampton | News Centre
A cycleway and footpath has been saved for future generations thanks to a £100,000 improvement scheme on the Granite Way path.
Council announces multi million investment programme in care homes for vulnerable people | News Centre
Devon Councillors have announced plans for multi-million pound investment in Council-run residential homes. £3.8 million is earmarked this year, with more investment to follow.
Community share transformation vision for city’s flagship library. | News Centre
More than 600 residents have helped shape plans for the multi-million pound redevelopment of Exeter Central Library.