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John O'Flynn expects to be fit for Exeter City's trip to Northampton
Exeter City striker John O'Flynn is confident he will be fit for Saturday's League Two trip to Northampton Town, after returning to training this week. The 31-year-old Irishman missed the Johnstone's...
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Jenny's "Make a Will" plea for charity
Paignton Zoo fundraiser Jenny Paton has personal experience of how much heartache not having a Will can cause. "There was a death in our family and there was no Will. It took six months to sort things...
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Living Coasts beach clean
On Friday 20th September, Living Coasts staff and volunteers will be at Beacon Cove for a beach clean. They will be on the beach - right next to Living Coasts, Torquay's coastal zoo - from 11.00am to...
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Gorillas by bus
One local family has tracked down the full set of Great Gorillas – entirely by bus. Lucy Sambell, from Exeter, her 13-year-old son Zachary and their two chocolate Labradors, father and son Murphy and...
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Dairy firm fined £32,000 for exposing staff to fatal asbestos in Devon
A national dairy company have been fined for exposing employees to material containing potentially fatal asbestos at an industrial site in Devon.Asbestos dust and fibres were released in May 2010...
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FOOD AND DRINK DEVON ANNOUNCES SHORTLIST FOR ANNUAL AWARDS
Food and Drink Devon have announced the shortlist for this year's annual Food and Drink Devon Awards, which will take place at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth on Monday 14th October. The...
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Hooker tells jury of ear bite agony
A rugby player has told a jury of the pain and shock he suffered when a rival prop sank his teeth into his ear. Hooker Craig Britton said the experience was completely different from the normal rough...
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'We were meant to be together'
A HERO wartime RAF Lancaster pilot and his wife are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary this week – after a chance chat on a train led to their marriage.Les and Mary Harlow, both 92, had known...
View ArticleWhat about the swimming pool?
You recently published an article about ugly modern buildings in Exeter (Are these the city's ugliest buildings? Echo, September 5).I would like to raise the case of a building which I feel Exeter...
View ArticleHuge thanks to a great charity
MAY we, through your paper, thank all those at Living Options Devon for our great send off last week? We have had the great pleasure of making some wonderful lasting friendships; it was such lovely...
View ArticleSomeone please name that tune
WHEN I was 12, I had to travel from school in Kingsteignton every Tuesday afternoon for my organ tuition at Exeter Cathedral.When my organ lesson finished I wandered around to the Savoy Cinema to sit...
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Veterans show off pilot scheme to Parliament
MILTARY veterans from East Devon have been to Parliament to discuss an innovative scheme helping sufferers of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with the Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and...
View ArticlePro-cannabis drug dealer sent to jail
A DRUG dealer has been jailed after he went on a birthday bender instead of doing community service work.Steven Vodden refused to change his pro-cannabis attitudes and was jailed after probation...
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The good, the bad and the pretty ugly
LOVE them or hate them, you can't ignore them.Public art is designed to be seen and to stand out and make a statement.But what statement is it making, and what does it say about the people who made...
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Wonderland of hidden treasures
AT the blue hydrangeas you can turn left or right. The right takes you along a grassy corridor, with shrubs and flowers your walls. Then you'll come to a cross roads – the right hand path leads into a...
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'How can they say I'm fit for work?'
A DISABLED man who spent years wearing leg braces, and has suffered mobility difficulties ever since, is dismayed to have been deemed fit to work under the Government's reassessment scheme.Despite...
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Are these your cufflinks?
POLICE are looking to reunite owners of items recovered during an 'unprecedented' spate of house burglaries in parts of the city.In what officers believe was a localised and targeted campaign, the area...
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£1,000 reward on offer to find vandals defacing resort
A POLICE crackdown on graffiti in Exmouth has been launched with a cash reward on offer to those who help officers prosecute the vandals responsible.The amount of graffiti blighting the town is on the...
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Fears over pavement cyclists
SOMEONE is going to be killed unless something is done to stop cyclists riding on pavements, a resident has claimed.Sally Fenwick, from Polsloe, said she was almost hit by three separate cyclists in...
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A chance to be first in line
THE information centre at Redrow's new development at Otter Grange in Ottery St Mary has opened.The marketing suite and showhomes will officially open in early December. Redrow is encouraging house...
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