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Part of Plymouth's Ocean City Blues ‘n’ Jazz Festival has been cancelled after the Met Office issued two severe weather warnings for the whole of Devon and Cornwall. Friday is set to see torrential rain and winds of around 50mph while winds will top 60mph on Saturday. Dawlish Carnival, which goes ahead this weekend, will be making some alterations to the schedule as will Bristol Balloon ...
The Chi in Kenton, formally the Devon Arms, describe themselves on its website as one of Exeter and Devon’s finest oriental restaurant, that provides the dishes you want but can never find in the South West. However, Cllr Chris Thompson, chairman of Kenton Parish Council, said that the village would rather see affordable homes for young families built than have an affordable housing ...
A lot of clearing work going on around the football pitch. Just wondered what this was used for?
No bins emptied over the weekend i wonder why??
See the libtard snowflakes at Teignbridge have just handed out £100,000 of tax payers money to finance yet another waste of time cycle path. Funny how they can do this when they cannot keep the public toilets open, mow the grass verges or provide surficient dog waste and ordinary bins to meet the holiday demand. The cycle path network was suposed to be fiananced by grant money provided by Sustrans ...
But occasionally, when the swans haven't nested successfully (or some b***'s dog has killed the cygnets) then they do buy in Black Swans, possibly from Slimbridge.
If i remember correctly the Ducks and Swans are sold the proceeds offsetting the cost of Wardens and feed costs.
The Town Council are responsible for the waterfowl. I do remember hearing that the birds in the aviary were there for display and woudn't be released onto the stream. The birds on the stream are wildfowl and not technically under the remit of the Council (except the swans) None of it makes sense!
I have also noticed two gates which are now open either end of the path by the fountain. Those gates can only be closed via a traffic order. It is a public right of way
@DEEDOODLE I'll leave that to you, I do not know the people who run the wildfowl setup