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Devon and Cornwall Viewpoint (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
The really pleasant dry weather we enjoyed in September and I think part of October now seems a very distant memory as yet again it is damp and dreary outside. Although there was rain here yesterday evening we escaped relatively unscathed once more because there was quite severe flooding in the south west corner of Devon in particular. The news this morning told us about people having to be rescued...
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Plymothian Transit (Free subscription) | yesterday
City Council to sell Plymouth Citybus The controversial sale of a council-owned bus firm to a private company in Devon has been approved. A £20.2m bid by Go-Ahead for Plymouth Citybus was agreed at a meeting of the city council. A group of campaigners gathered outside waved placards and shouted "shame" as councillors went into the meeting. The Unite union fears the sell-off will lead...
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Plymothian Transit (Free subscription) | yesterday
The last gasp protest? MORE than 100 people have taken part in a colourful rally protesting against the proposed sale of Citybus. Councillors, MPs, members of the Unite union and members of the public took part in the rally which led from the Hoe into the city centre on Saturday. Led by a bagpipe player rally members waved colourful flags and ‘honk to keep Plymouth Citybus public’ signs....
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Dont Let Them Hurt Our Children (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
A WOMAN social worker accused of child sex offences following a police investigation into sick paedophile nursery worker Vanessa George and Colin Blanchard appeared in court today. Tracy Dawber, 43, was charged as a result of an alleged link to Blanchard, 38. She faces four counts of possessing indecent images of children; five counts of permitting indecent images of children to be made; one charge...
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Labourlist (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Full name: Darren Jones Age: 23 From: Bristol PPC for: Torridge & West Devon Website: www.darren-jones.co.uk Member of the Labour Party since: 2003 CV: I'm currently a trainee commercial lawyer and was previously the President of the Students’ Union at the University of Plymouth, where I gained an honours degree in the Human Biosciences. I'm also a director for a community charity and previously...
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Stuart Bonar's blog (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Plymouth will see cuts in the size of its police force. That's what I take away from an interview with Devon & Cornwall's chief constable, Stephen Otter, in today's Herald; you can read the article online HERE. This is because of the impact on the nation's finances of the recession (now the longest since records began) and all those colossal bank bailouts. It doesn't have to be this way however....
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Charges follow investigation into Colin Blanchard, who recently admitted child sex abuse with nursery worker Vanessa George A woman will appear in court today charged with child sex offences following the investigation into paedophile Colin Blanchard. Blanchard, 38, nursery worker Vanessa George, 39, and Angela Allen, 39, admitted a string of offences at Bristol crown court last month. Merseyside...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Merseyside police have charged a 43-year-old woman from Southport with possessing and making indecent images of a child, and sexual activity with a child. The woman, whose identity has not been released, is due to appear today at Bootle magistrates court. Police said the charges followed the investigation into Colin Blanchard, who admitted a string of offences at Bristol crown court last month, but...
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Stuart Bonar's blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Last Saturday was the Devon & Cornwall Lib Dems' regional conference, held at the Marsh Mills Novotel. It was a real pleasure to chair a Question & Answer session at the conference on defence issues. The person being quizzed by party members was Nick Harvey MP. As well as being the Lib Dem MP for North Devon, Nick is also the party's shadow secretary of state for defence. It was so useful to...
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Stuart Bonar's blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
I enjoyed last Saturday. It was a good day. First & foremost, Lib Dems from across Devon & Cornwall debated new ideas put forward by Plymouth party members for action on housing. Did you know that over 2,500 families in our region are housed in temporary accommodation? That is a crisis and it demands action. What we're proposing is that properties that are left empty for very long periods are...
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WWW.SOUTHFORKRACING.CO.UK (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Much of Chard was destroyed in a devastating fire in 1577 which seems somewhat ironic considering the name of the town. Last weekend the South Fork Cyclo Cross boys headed over the Devon border to Holyrood in Chard Somerset for a race of mud, muck and mire. Luke was once more on form and loving the mud, I can only assume that because he lives over the boarder in Somerset that he is used to scrabbling...
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Eastman's Online Genealogy Newslett (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The following was written by the Devon Family History Society and by the Friends of Devon’s Archives: In November 2008, an open letter was sent from the Chairmen of Devon Family History Society and the Friends of Devon's Archives to Plymouth City Council and signed by a coalition of 42 Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall County heritage societies and prominent private individuals. It expressed concern...
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Motorblog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Train Kept A Rolling: The trip to see Motorhead in Plymouth last Wednesday was a delight. Bearing in mind the new advert on TV asking us to drive 5 miles a week less to cut down on the CO2 emissions, we met them half way with Mrs. B dropping me off 2.5 miles closer to home at our doorstep station of Hamworthy Junction for the 12.42, rather than from the main station in Poole. At Dorchester South...
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Little Black Cherry (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Marlene Tuczapska from http://www.littleblackcherry.co.uk/ has teamed up with Face of Plymouth’08 and photographer Rebecca Bond for Christmas Photoshoot. It’s main purpose was to showcase store’s new arrivals: Men’s and Ladies Vacant T-shirts , Fingerless Gloves and Jewellery. Professional eye of Rebecca Bond, young Devon’s photographer created relaxed atmosphere. Along...
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The Life and Times of this Old Git (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Todays post is about the Storm and high Winds that swept across South Devon last night and today. A few times every year the Rail line from London and the Midlands to Plymouth and Cornwall gets closed by these type of storms due to waves that reach 30 feet high and break up to 40 yards acrooss the lines and roads, also causing damage to them. The government have pumped millions in the last few years...
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