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Plymothian Transit (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
I had hoped to publish this section yesterday but better late than never. Back in August 2001 Devon Fire Brigade hosted the National Crash Rescue competition where brigades from across the country competed against each other to rescue volunteers from crashed cars. We start the week with a flavour of the actual crash rescues in progress... The amazing thing was that the volunteers had to get into the...
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fork handles (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
A funny thing happened last Wednesday. I took the wicket of an England international cricketer. Clean bowled, middle stump, for a duck, at The Oval . Now before you start going through the bins to see what kind of absinthe I was on the night before, gentle reader, please carry on... Ollie, one of the fine members of the Gentleman's Relish Amateur Cricket Club , won a prize draw to play in an invitational...
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Cornish Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
After the drama of a Lord's win in the final of the Minor Counties Trophy, it's back to the bread and butter stuff for Devon when they start a three-day Minor Counties Championship game against Shropshire tomorrow.
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Rob's Digital Life (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
We’ve just come back from vacation down in Devon and this year we decide to up the distance we’d drive to a good beach to about an hour. As a result we’d start the day pretty early and head off to the beach as soon as possible which usually meant around 9.30am-ish. This meant [...]
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Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
East Devon Tennis Centre starlet Emma Cooper, 13, enjoyed a fabulous start to the fourth day of the 110th Torbay Open at Torquay by knocking out the girls' 16-and-under No. 2 seed Danielle Webster (Cheshire) 3-6, 6-4, 10-6.
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Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Devon's men begin their quest for national glory at Worthing this weekend with an advance party from Shaldon out to win the National Two-Fours under skips James Webber and Neil Pook.
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Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
It was another soggy Sunday for the North Devon League this week, with the majority of matches getting a start but precious few being played to a conclusion.
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Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Devon's healthy contingent of Olympic hopefuls have touched down in the Far East ahead of the 2008 Games, which start in Beijing next Friday.
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Devon and Cornwall Viewpoint (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
My village of Gunnislake sprawls out over the western slope of the steep V-shaped valley through which the Tamar heads south towards Plymouth and the English Channel. Across on the Devon side the banks are heavily wooded and the precipitous rocky outcrops so densely covered with foliage form a truly spectacular outlook for local residents. Almost all the trees directly opposite my cottage are oak and...
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Express & Star (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Kidderminster manager Mark Yates is pleased with his side’s pre-season tour of Devon thus far despite getting off to a losing start to Yeovil in the Errea South West Challenge Cup. The Harriers went down 2-0 to a fairly strong Glovers side at Bideford. A side some two leagues above them in the football pyramid, it [...]
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Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Name, age amp; CURRENT POSITION: Adam Chambers, 44, interim CEO for the Business Link service and other support services for businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon and Somerset. FIRST JOB ( amp; PAY-PACKET): Higher scientific ...
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the blue fish project (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Out of curiosity I'm tempted to get hold of this... How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends. "...in Devon, ...a new welcome pack for Polish migrant workers advises them that a good way to start a conversation is to remark on the weather." Don Gabor suggests... Don't open with a complaint, it sets the toneAvoid politics and religion, they are sensitive subjectsKeep strong opinions to
