• CCTV arrest

  By equity2010

  To be clear I meant that those who are from the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary are pathetic...

            

   

  By North Devon Journal at 11:00 on 02/02/12

  

  POLICE have arrested a suspected shoplifter after CCTV images were published in the North Devon Journal. Two weeks ago the Journal launched a new feature with Devon and Cornwall Police to see if readers could identify suspected criminals who were caught on CCTV. As a result of the appeal, a 23-year-old Ilfracombe man was arrested on suspicion of stealing six packs of women's razors from The Co-operative store in Ilfracombe. DI Dave...

• Get Superfast Broadband Project Launches 6 February Why You Should Complete and Return the Questionnaire You Receive

  By cumbiebob

  Might have been nice to add the link

            

   

  By the_brief at 12:36 on 03/02/12

  

  Connecting Devon and Somerset wants to help local residents and businesses get superfast broadband. It wants to provide everyone with 100% broadband coverage of 2Mbps with a minimum of 85% superfast broadband at 24Mbps by 2015 and superfast broadband for all by 2020. It's launching its campaign on 6 February 2012 and you will receive information by direct mail. You will be asked to respond to a survey which asks about your current...

• Facebook prince reunites shoe with owner

  By BOGOFF2

  That can't be her shoe, it's nearly as big as her !

            

   

  By North Devon Journal at 11:00 on 02/02/12

  

  A REAL life Prince Charming mounted a Facebook campaign to reunite a lost shoe with its owner. Mac McClure, 47, from Barnstaple, made it his mission to return the shoe and finally found his Cinderella after a three-week hunt on the social networking website. Mac had been to a friend's birthday party in Ilfracombe on New Year's Day but left around 10.30pm to drive home. He said: "As I returned to my car on Portland Street, I...

• Worries on school plan

  By dawnaur

  How refreshing that someone has at last raised a concern about the free school proposal. I hear lots...

            

   

  By North Devon Journal at 08:00 on 02/02/12

  

  TWO interesting comments about free schools following the Weekly Essay you published on the topic, one in Daniel Owen's item ('We need to be top of the class in education', Journal, January 26) the other the letter from Dave Clinch ('Oppose free school plans', Journal, January 26) My concern, echoing that of Mr Clinch, regards the qualifications needed to teach in a free school. He points out that "they do not have to employ...

• Milestone anniversary for a town's Buffaloes

  By accom

  I can still remember when it was founded that day in 1922, gosh time has flown so fast, I had just...

            

   

  By North Devon Journal at 11:00 on 02/02/12

  

  IT'S a name that might not ring a bell with younger residents in Ilfracombe but the philanthropic organisation, the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, has enjoyed a long presence in the town. Capstone Lodge came into existence in January 1922 so, at 90-years-old, it must be one of the longest established groups in the town. Secretary Brian Down said: "We are an organisation of people (who have been) invited to join. The aims...

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