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Victory against victimisation at a Plymouth Royal Mail Office

A Plymouth Royal Mail sorting officer worker talks about the fight for justice in their sorting office during industrial action to protect jobs and customer service

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Plymouth MP Linda Gilroy upbeat about jobs and prospects in recession-hit Plymouth

On a day when the lack of Devon Job Centres in rural communities has been highlighted, Plymouth Sutton MP Linda Gilroy will speak about how Plymouth is doing, jobs wise, in the recession.

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Not Bad For A Girl: Katie Marie is back in the ’80s searching for the perfect four-track tape deck

Katie Marie‘s in yesteryear again this week, although now she’s getting techy, pining over a four-track tape recorder

Thanks ever so if you check out last week’s article and gave us your thoughts on everything ’80s, glad it made you think back to all things good (and brightly coloured in many cases! lol).

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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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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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