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'Your chance to tell me what policing should look like'
Earlier this month I attended a major policing conference in London. Amid talks from very senior officers, the new Home Secretary and the Policing Minister there was a lot of discussion about technology, including the use of facial recognition software
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Warning over 'brutal' new cold spreading across the UK that 'lasts for weeks'
A "brutal" new cold is sweeping across the United Kingdom this winter, leaving many bedbound for days and weeks. The horrible virus, which is said to cause headaches, blocked sinuses and fatigue, was shared by one user on the popular Reddit page
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Exmouth PCSOs holding surgery at Exmouth Library this week
Exmouth PCSO Chris Ball will be holding a Police Surgery at Exmouth Town Library on Thursday 30th November 11:00-12:00pm. Please come along and talk to him about any concerns and issues that you may have for the immediate area in which you live
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Budleigh Lions step up to sponsor youth football team
Budleigh Salterton Lions Club has become a sponsor of the Brixington Blues, Exmouth's longest-running youth football club. The Lions have sponsored the away kit of the club's under-14s team, some of whom came to the Lions' latest monthly meeting
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Exmouth's Winter Festival takes place this Saturday
An afternoon and evening of festive music and entertainment, with the theme Fire and Ice, takes place at The Strand on Saturday, December 2. From 3pm there will be performances by local choirs and walkabout entertainment, culminating in a fire
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Cultivating young journalists: Enrol in Newsquest's Young Reporter short course
Schools are actively signing up their students for the Young Reporter Scheme short course, which is being launched now. Starting at the beginning of January, the four-month journalism programme is for students from school years 10 to 13. Similar
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Exeter Chiefs finally win on the road
Exeter Chiefs have been superb at Sandy Park this season but travel sickness has been an ongoing problem in the Gallagher Premiership. The Chiefs remedied that situation in their longest trip of the league calendar, recording a first away victory
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Exmouth drug dealer who joined £1.38 million gang is jailed
A drugs gang that sold £1.38 million worth of heroin and crack cocaine used local addicts based in Exmouth to set up a branch operation in the area. The Liverpool based crime group held meetings at the home of John O’Neill in Exeter Road and another
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Trouble at Torquay
The pressure is mounting at Torquay United, as the Gulls suffered another frustrating defeat on the road in the National League South. Experienced manager Gary Johnson is facing one of the big challenges in his outstanding career, with Torquay
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Double defeat for East Budleigh
East Budleigh Reserves were on the wrong side of five goals when hosting Halwill last Saturday, writes Mark Auton. The visitors carried an aggressive manner that bullied the Jays and, despite a good early save from Budleigh ‘keeper Reggie Kew,
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Derby day win for Brixington Blues
Brxongton Blues took the local bragging rights with a 3-1 victory at Exmouth Town in the U15 League Cup Brixington Blues took the initiative in the local Derby straight from kick off as a lovely through ball put Jude Ritchie through on goal to
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Both Budleigh teams enjoy strong wins
Oscar Walsh continued his fine form with a starring role in Budleigh Salterton’s efficient 3-1 victory at Thorverton in the Devon Football League, writes Alan Beer. Budleigh entered the game with a depleted side but the two youngsters, Fraser Pearce
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Exmouth Stroke survivors launch shoebox appeal for Uganda
Exmouth Stroke Survivors Group will be collecting shoeboxes filled with gifts, which will then handed out to children over the festive period. Your shoebox will be given to a vulnerable child, or family, through schools, nurseries, hospitals and
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2024 GWR calendar will feature shot of River Clyst viaduct
The 2024 Great Western Railway Calendar has been launched, and each month features pictures of trains and landscapes from around the GWR network. June will feature a shot by Exeter-based Bart Sadecki, with a Great Western Railway train travelling
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Open Door invites people to become charity 'keyholders'
As well as helping people in need this Christmas, Exmouth's Open Door has also asked people to become a 'keyholder,' a regular fundraiser to help support the charity's work. This year they are again asking for those one-off gifts, but people are
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Weekend of shocks in East Devon football
The Premier Division of the Devon & Exeter League is shaping up for a thrilling climax, with six teams potentially capable of mounting a title challenge. Alphington hold top spot on 26 points and will need to slip up, but Lyme Regis showed that
