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You know you're getting old when… press officers get younger!

Sixteen-year-old Laura Gould is East Devon District Council’s first Youth Press Officer.

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Sign of the times: Exeter unitary plans have been describes as Marmite

During a debate about the plans for Exeter unitary plans in the Commons, Barbara Follett, a junior Local Government Minister who has responsibility for local government, said: “The proposals have a Marmite-like quality: people either love them or hate them.”

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Final stage of £70,000 Barnstaple cycle path completed

Barnstaple cycle path completed with section connecting to Pilton Community [...]

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Invisibility cloaks on the agenda at Exeter University

Exeter University’s free public lecture by Prof Sir John Pendry – part of The Material World lecture series – will feature a fascinating journey through the world of electromagnetic metamaterials, including his famous work on ‘invisibility [...]

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Exeter schoolboy Robert Leck a rising tennis star (feature)

Exeter schoolboy, eleven-year-old Robert Leck, who is currently ranked number one in his category, trains at the Exeter University’s Sports Park and receives dedicated coaching from Will McNally, the university’s director of [...]

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Good Week/Bad Week: the winners and losers in the Devon news

Winners include the pot hole fixing Torbay Council, and Met Office staff, who are awarded an average bonus of £1,485 per year. The losers are Devon rail travellers and an OAP who paid postage on a political [...]

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Recycling theme as Devon Wildlife Trust opens Exeter mill for Festival of Social Science

Devon Wildlife Trust with hold its first Milling Day of 2010 to coincide with the Festival of Social [...]

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Retirement after 48 years on the Mid Devon highways and byways

Mid-Devon Council’s David James retires after 48 years with the [...]

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Three Devon women to join Pen Hadow on Arctic climate change survey (feature)

Three women from Devon will join Polar explorer Pen Hadow’s Catlin Arctic Survey to investigate climate change. They are Polar explorer Anne Daniels, Dr Helen Findlay of Plymouth Marine Laboratory and Dr Ceri Lewis from the Exeter [...]

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Radio Plymouth to launch on Sunday, February 28

The new Radio Plymouth is set to launch in the city on Sunday, February [...]