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Exeter's Express and Echo covers a PRSD story... but you've got to buy the paper to read it

By PRSD, on Thursday, December 17, 2009

Exeter’s Express and Echo pushes people to paid for printed paper from a story the PRSD inspired and is already on the web. For just three extra paragraphs. I doesn’t bode well for dealing with pay wall to local press sites – what will they be

Every cloud of pollutant has a silver lining! Teignbridge to clean up new Air Quality Management Areas

By PRSD, on Friday, November 13, 2009

New Air Quality Management Areas have been found around Teignbridge, which means there are higher levels of nitrogen dioxide. But the good news is, they’ll be dealt

Young and unemployed – figures double in Teignbridge

By PRSD, on Thursday, November 12, 2009

Some 520 people under 25 years olds, resident in Teignbridge, claimed job seekers allowance in September 2009, more than double the number in the same month last year and almost three times as many as in September 2007.

Ivybridge and Lee Mill residents call a public meeting over Viridor’s Incinerator plans

By PRSD, on Thursday, November 12, 2009

Residents in Ivybridge and Lee Mill are invited to attend a special public meeting about Viridor’s plans for an incinerator at New England Quarry at 2pm on Saturday, November 21.

Fat cats at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency? Torbay MP Adrian Sanders highlights unfair pay structure

By PRSD, on Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Do Fat Cats like water? Apparently so, if they are anything to do with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). According to Torbay Lib Dem Adrian Saunders ’senior management and board members received on average a 15 per cent increase on top of a six figure salary’, while ‘frontline staff received a shocking average pay

Radio Free South West people’s top ten for October

By PRSD, on Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Exeter’s Sound of the Sirens take the top spot, with Cole Stracy at number two, and Leo Morshead at number three in the people’s chart for Radio Free South

Musings on the Emma Thompson / Exeter University 'racism' story

By PRSD, on Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Emma Thompson and Exeter racism story has had us musing over the reaction. Here are some of our

When you don't know your East from your West! How the UK is losing Gibraltar

By PRSD, on Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Your South West European Parliamentary constituency includes Gibraltar, which is why this story of Gibraltar’s territorial waters being registered as a Spanish Site of Community Importance under EU environmental legislation popped up on the radar. It’s enough to shivver Sir Francis Drake’s timbers!

Devon climate groups set to meet Teignbridge MP Richard Younger-Ross

By PRSD, on Saturday, November 7, 2009

In Devon, there are more than 40 climate action groups, and a delegation from Bovey Climate Action together with Moretonhampstead, Dunsford and Greener Teign will meet Teignbridge MP Richard Younger-Ross on Friday, November 13.

Viva citizen reporters! Blog questions Herald Express front page sick story

By PRSD, on Friday, November 6, 2009

A South Devon blog is questioning the veracity of a Herald Express front-page story about cleaning up sick on a bus.

South Devon Green Party pushes local, sustainable economies

By PRSD, on Thursday, November 5, 2009

The South Devon Green Party claims local, sustainable economies are more resilient to market

Email updates in a world of Twitter, Facebook and RSS?

By PRSD, on Monday, November 2, 2009

In a world of Twitter and Facebook, it may seem counter intuitive to hark back to email, but that’s just what we’ve done on the People’s Republic of South Devon. We’ve set up an email alerts system for those who are more familiar with their inbox than their RSS.