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AN octogenarian from Torrington has been busy putting pen to paper to gain his English GCSE.Eric Smith, 82, decided to take a course at the Bideford Arts Centre as a way to meet new people and make friends.Since gaining his qualification, Eric has taken up creative writing and recites his own poetry to people...
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A hotel owner is setting up a campaign to try and stop fake and defamatory reviews being published on review website TripAdvisor.Philip Milton, who owns Trimstone Manor Country House Hotel, near Woolacombe, is setting up a campaign to try to stop bad r...
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A NORTH Devon councillor has been paid thousands of pounds in allowances – while living in the Philippines.Now Liberal Democrat Colin Payne is facing a motion of no confidence – from members of his own party.Lib Dems in Barnstaple's Yeo Val...
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THE entire committee of Braunton St John Ambulance has resigned in a row over a £250,000 legacy.The money was left to the Braunton division of the organisation in the will of local resident Jessi Leary.The Braunton committee hoped the money would...
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THE entire committee of Braunton St John Ambulance has resigned in a row over a £250,000 legacy.The money was left to the Braunton division of the organisation in the will of local resident Jessi Leary.The Braunton committee hoped the money would...
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STUDENTS at Braunton Academy and local primary schools have been getting creative by designing a huge mural with the help of local artist Steve Pleydell-Pearce.Sixty students ranging from 9 to 14 years old helped to create the mural as part of an ext...
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STUDENTS at Braunton Academy and local primary schools have been getting creative by designing a huge mural with the help of local artist Steve Pleydell-Pearce.Sixty students ranging from 9 to 14 years old helped to create the mural as part of an ext...
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PLANS have been unveiled by Devon County Council and the Environment Agency to try and ensure the floods that occurred in Braunton last December do not happen again.The plans by the Environment Agency involve raising the height of the flooding defence ...
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A FOUNDATION degree student at Petroc college has been granted a place on a trip of a lifetime to study in China.Lucy Willans, 57, who studies an Early Childhood degree, was one of the lucky few students selected to spend a month studying in Shanghai l...
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NORTH Devon's first hedgehog hotel is open for business.Anni Nicholls, who runs North Devon Hedgehog Rescue, has converted a garage in her Higher Park Road, Braunton, back garden into a Hog Hotel.She is overrun with hedgehogs during the winter and runn...
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THE Big Sheep at Abbotshamwill be taking part in CLIC Sargent's Wig Wednesday on Wednesday May 22.The family attraction is encouraging all of its visitors on the day to don a wig in the name of charity, and has pledged to donate £1 to CLIC Sargent for every visitor who does.CLIC Sargent is a...
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NORTH Devon's Unesco Biosphere Reserve is celebrating its ten year anniversary with a free prize draw.The reserve promotes living and working in harmony with nature in North Devon, and all of the prizes in the draw reflect the work of Unesco.Prizes inc...
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POLICE have interviewed a former North Devon teacher over claims he had sex with pupils.The man was interviewed under caution after several women contacted investigators.Detectives say an article in the Journal about the case led to more women getting ...
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A NORTH Devon councillor has been paid thousands of pounds in allowances – while living in the Philippines.Now Liberal Democrat Colin Payne is facing a motion of no confidence – from members of his own party.Lib Dems in Barnstaple's Yeo Val...
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A NORTH Devon councillor has been paid thousands of pounds in allowances – while living in the Philippines.Now Liberal Democrat Colin Payne is facing a motion of no confidence – from members of his own party.Lib Dems in Barnstaple's Yeo Val...
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PLANS have been unveiled by Devon County Council and the Environment Agency to try and ensure the floods that occurred in Braunton last December do not happen again.The plans by the Environment Agency involve raising the height of the flooding defence ...
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A GROUP of Street Pastors in Ilfracombe have been praised for saving a man's life last weekend.Four members of the voluntary church group, which patrols the town's streets on Friday and Saturday nights, discovered a man unconscious in a car on St James' Place just before midnight last Saturday.Senior Street Pastor Anne Wilson, who...
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A SOFA surfer walked up behind a fellow homeless man and struck him over the head with a wooden plank after an all-day drinking session in Barnstaple.Ian Spain-Gower, 42, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to assault when he appeared at North Devon Ma...
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MEMBERS of Parkham WI have revealed they are thinking of dressing as pirates once again – for a calendar.The WI group made national and international headlines after dressing as pirates for a talk by a sea captain who had been held hostage by Som...
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A FESTIVAL due to celebrate its 10th anniversary this year has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales.LLAMA arts and music festival was due to take place between Friday, June 7, and Sunday, June 9, but organisers cancelled the event last week.The pric...
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