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Tales from what could be Torquay’s Most Haunted Pub? 


Torquay pub landlord David Brazier may have taken over the town’s most haunted pub. Since opening The Clipper in Melville Street 15 weeks ago, strange things have been happening and one morning Dave was confronted by an unexpected guest.

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Paignton's Jess Brown set for regional finals of Open Mic UK auditions

Singer/songwriter Jess Brown will be performing in the regional finals of the Open Mic UK competition, we caught up with her

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Strange New Times editor at Plymouth Uni's first media arts festival

Strange New Times zine creator will be at Plymouth University’s first media arts festival on September 26/27

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Community groups are being called to help with Teignbridge's Big Tidy Up campaign

Community groups and schools are being sought to help with Teignbridge Council’s Big Tidy Up campaign

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Equality ambassadors can hold public bodies to account to end discrimination

Equality South West is set to train ‘equality ambassadors’ to help public bodies meet their requirements to promote equality and end discrimination

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Free one-to-one business advice clinics for social enterprises in the South West

Social enterprise and established community organisations can get an hour with a specialist business advisor for, what the blurb calls, “no-obligation, practical advice on how to grow your organisation to the next stage.”

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Transition Culture site wins blogging award - what have you won lately?

Rob Hopkins, the eco-engine who kick-started the Transition Town movement and the person behind the Transition Culture blog, has won a Kreativ Blogger award.

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Torbay ArtsBase Awards revamped as a 'people's prize' for South West art

In a comment on the People’s Republic of South Devon, Kevin Alexander, chair of Torbay ArtsBase, has outlined new proposals for the organisation and selection of the awards, which he announced will be postponed from October to Easter next year.

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Light bulbs to go out on September 1, saving the environment and money, says South West MEP

It’s lights out for incandescent light bulbs greater than 85 watts on Tuesday, September 1, and South West Lib Dem is glowing about out the prospective cut of nearly 5 million tonnes of CO2 and household savings of £55 per year that this will herald.

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Exeter band Anderson talk to Radio Free South West and the PRSD

When Exeter-based band Anderson released their album Take a Bow, Radio Free South West was there to talk to them about what it takes to be a successful band in the age of the internet.

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Just 5,000 carers in Devon get the support they are entitled to. The rest of the 73,000 people could get be entitled to more

There’s £800,000 extra funding to support the 73,000 carers in Devon, and just how that the support will be given is being investigated by county-wide health and well-bing checks.

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Urban decay, lost spaces and industrial ugliness: Don’t Pay the Ferryman

Photographer Highton Ridley’s photo essay called Urban Decay, Lost Spaces and Industrial Ugliness is a series of photographs from in and around Plymouth.

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Urban decay, lost spaces and industrial ugliness: Office Block Wasteland

Photographer Highton Ridley’s photo essay called Urban Decay, Lost Spaces and Industrial Ugliness is a series of photographs from in and around Plymouth.

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Urban decay, lost spaces and industrial ugliness: Aghast in Suburbia

Photographer Highton Ridley’s photo essay called Urban Decay, Lost Spaces and Industrial Ugliness is a series of photographs from in and around Plymouth.

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