“I started out in journalism on a fantastic regional newspaper in Plymouth,” says Abigail Edge on her Grassy Roots blog. It’s even more impressive to know she said it to Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian. They were talking about the future of newspapers and new media, something we’d all like to know. So
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 1 comment - ()At a time when councils are facing increased demands for housing, the Audit Commission has said that Teignbridge is providing a poor housing service, and awarded it grand total of no stars. Meetings of carers of adults with learning disabilities are taking place through the region at the moment. They are a chance for carers to discuss the future health provision of those they care for and have already taken place in Newton Abbot and Ashburton. 1 comment - ()What’s your opinion of the future of Torquay Town Hall? Now’s your chance to have have your say: online and in person. Hurrah, for school dinners! Devon has actually won an accolade for providing healthy and wholesome meals for kids at lunchtime, picking up a Soil Association’s Food for Life Catering Mark on the way. posted by Cptn Who doesn’t need insurance, funding and professional development? AIR Time 09, a free meeting for visual and applied artists from the South West, will offer some kinda guidance on this and how to locate like other like-minded artists (psst, they’re probably at the same event). It will take place at Plymouth posted by Cptn Dorset isn’t that far away, which is why we bring you news of a job going as a Dorset County Council Arts Officer, for not an untidy sum and with reference to arts and health, inclusion agenda and community participation. Sounds good. posted by Cptn A series of conversation events about services and support for parents and carers of children with special needs starts today in Exeter. posted by Cptn So it seems that Country Life magazine may have nabbed the £10,000 Love My Devon prize, with its announcement that Devon is the best county in the world to live in. posted by Cptn The Sounds of Young Plymouth are expected to be especially dulcet – that’s sweet – at the Plymouth Youth Music service annual concert in the Guildhall, Plymouth, on Saturday (January 24), from 6.30pm to 9pm. posted by Cptn ‘Sing if you’re glad to be one of the top gay-friendly employers in the country’, was, as far as we know, never considered by Tom Robinson for a pop ditty. But it might be chorused now by NHS Plymouth, which has been named by Stonewall in the top 100 of the posted by Cptn The Torbay Acting Factory is on the look-out for some budding new talent from the Bay and will be holding open auditions on Saturday, January 10 for young people aged between six and 18 to join the factory. posted by Cptn Christmas week has seen news that Santa wasn’t welcome in an Exmouth church, and that Crediton toffee makers may be out of a sticky situation. All that and more in the last Devon News Roundup of the year. posted by Cptn What better time to have a conference looking into why we break our resolutions and don’t live healthier lifestyles? |
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