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Thefts from young can't be tolerated

Thursday, March 11, 2010

I FIND it difficult to express my disgust at the thieves who broke into Tiverton Youth Centre and Castle Primary School.

You can't sink much lower than stealing equipment from children, can you?

Except perhaps by stealing equipment that they have bought with...

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Care trust must hold meeting on maternity plans

The maternity unit at Tiverton Hospital has been much appreciated by mums

Thursday, March 11, 2010

PLANS for changes at Tiverton Hospital's maternity unit are rousing strong emotions, and the health trust which runs it is not helping the situation....

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Papers also like the good tales of councils' work

John Twyford argues that a sycophantic local press would be bad news for the public and, ultimately, for local authorities whose decisions would be subjected to less scrutiny

Thursday, March 04, 2010

THE relationship between a local council and a local paper is often a tricky one, as has been shown recently by Mid Devon District Council's...

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HIPS operation hasn't helped my house to move

John Twyford finds much to dislike about the process of buying and selling houses

Thursday, February 25, 2010

E STATE agents do not need to be more strictly regulated, according to the Office of Fair Trading, which has published a new report into the buying...

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Closing loos would only save pee-nuts

Thursday, February 18, 2010

I'D go one further than letter writer John Grater, who last week provided a suggestion in the event that Mid Devon District Council has its way and...

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Water company's thirst for profit is a burden on us all

Thursday, February 18, 2010

I APPRECIATE North Devon MP Nick Harvey's attempts to put our scandalously high water charges on the national agenda. I also think it's appalling that...

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Disagreeing and misunderstanding are very different

Thursday, February 11, 2010

IN recent weeks there have been many letters from Mid Devon District Council employees printed in the Gazette. I was particularly struck by a pair of...

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You have to let loose on loss of loos

Thursday, February 11, 2010

THE most we can ask of a public toilet is that it is there when we need it, and is as clean as possible. Nobody could pretend an affection for them,...

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