The Devon school where boys are wearing skirts is ignoring...
What a fuss has been created by an Exeter school's ridiculous ban on boys wearing shorts to school in hot weather. Isca Academy's rigid approach to school...
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Devon's plan for the elderly will fail unless carers are given...
Elderly people should get support to help them stay in their own homes and should not be left to linger in hospital waiting for that support to be organised....
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Let people test their pills and powder to save lives - comment
We need Dutch-style drug testing facilities so people can find out what they're taking, writes John Twyford. There has been speculation that the death of...
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London might look dangerous, but Devon schools are wrong to...
If we're going to cancel school trips to London because of the recent terror attacks, we might as well lock our children in their bedrooms. It's sad that...
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This inhumane and pathetic attitude towards gravestone tributes...
The people who run graveyards see grief every day, so must become immune to it. How else do you explain them ordering parents to remove memorials from...
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I hate to say it but this privileged aristo might be right -...
I'M not usually prone to agreeing heartily with aristocrats, but this time I think the fifth Earl of Iddesleigh is right. The earl, also known as John Stafford...
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Here's what happened after Exeter's Katie Hopkins criticised...
Controversial Exeter columnist Katie Hopkins is taking an online tongue-lashing after she laid into "Liberal Londoners" following this week's...
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Why I deposited a black bag full of dog mess at a neighbour's...
There's something I need to get off my chest. It's about dog poo. Anyone who walks down country lanes and footpaths will know what I mean by The Dog Poo Zone....
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'Laura Beal was a highly motivated, committed and professional...
I was saddened to read in the newspapers and watch on the national news that Laura Beal, one of our Tiverton and Mid Devon police officers, has had cause to...
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Letter: Crash survivor thanks emergency services
The following letter was printed in the North Devon Journal this week.ON February 22 , my car skidded on mud and wet leaves, swerved off the road and fell...
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Remember when Princesshay was delayed by a year?
"The £135m scheme to knock down and redevelop a major part of Exeter city centre is to be delayed by a year, the Express & Echo can reveal...
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Letter: 'Dumbing down' of Easter in North Devon supermarkets?
The following letter was printed in the North Devon Journal this week. I'M still searching supermarkets in vain for any chocolate eggs described as Easter...
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LETTER: "Councillor is right to reject refugees"
The North Devon Journal printed the following letter in Thursday's paper.What are your opinions on this topic?MAY I applaud Councillor Dick Jones with his...
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Councils talking to the public? What an extraordinary idea! -...
SHE might be worried to hear that I have a lot of time for Mid Devon district councillor Jenny Roach, who is often the voice of reason at Phoenix House, writes...
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A generation has been failed by Devon's developers and councils -...
Exeter is the fastest growing city in the UK, with a growth rate of 2.4 per cent, according to the Centre for Cities.Great news for housebuilders, but not so...
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Reader letter: Proud of North Devon District Hospital
WE printed the following letter in this week's North Devon Journal.My sister-in-law and her husband visited us over the new year and she sustained a heavy fall...
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Why I love Exmouth beach dogs, and the piles of poo they leave...
I WOULD like to congratulate the Exmouth and East Devon councils for allowing the beach at Exmouth to be used all autumn and winter for exercising dogs and...
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Why I think it's time to ban caravans - comment
Is it time to ban caravans?Having just reported on another accident involving a wobblebox I reckon so.This one wasn't serious, unless you were one of the...
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'Some of Exeter's homeless people are quite threatening' - Letter
After reading the interview with one homeless person in Sidwell Street by Katie French, Talk to us before you judge us, Echo, September 29, I felt I must point...
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Gerry Cottle's WOW Circus - analogue entertainment in a digital...
YESTERDAY I took my seven-year-old son Max and two of his friends to Gerry Cottle's WOW Circus, which was pitched close the Ide roundabout. There's something...
