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or delay that you experience in accessing the website, whatever the cause.
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that order). Goods and services advertised on this website may not actually
be available when you place your order as we reserve the right to withdraw services
at any time.
We will endeavour to deliver goods and provide services on the basis and in
accordance with the timescales mentioned on this site but time shall not be
of the essence of those arrangements and we will have no liability if we are
delayed in or prevented from providing the goods/services by factors beyond
our control.
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extent permitted by law, any terms implied by statute or otherwise and all liability
for any loss or damage however it arises out of the use of this website or reliance
on its content.
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not to allow publication at our absolute discretion;
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on any medium and you waive your moral rights in respect of it.
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Your use of this website, these terms and any matters arising are subject to
the laws of England. Any dispute is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the Courts of England. Save as specifically provided otherwise, this website
is targetted only at, and goods and services are only available to, UK residents.
Competitions
The winner(s) may be notified by email and the results may published on this website and/or in the paper.
We reserve the right to report details of competition winners and to publish their photos if required.
The prize must be taken as offered with no alternative.
In the event that the prize cannot be supplied no liability will attach to Archant.
Entry into this competition gives rise to no binding agreement between the parties.
When prizes are supplied by third parties we are acting as their agents and as such we exclude all liability for loss or damage you may suffer as a result of this promotion.
The website editor's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Employees of Archant and the prize provider and their immediate families and agents may not enter.
Guidance to schools on photographing of children
We work closely with Devon County Council – the education
authority – over the use of photographs at schools and playgroups.
The county council has a policy which involves schools writing
to all parents at the start of a school year and asking if the parents
have any concerns about their child/children being photographed
by newspapers. The county press office says this is an opt-out policy
– schools assume that if parents do not reply to the correspondence
that they are happy with the arrangment.
The press office said: "Our schools invite parents to opt
out. Unless they tell us, we will assume that all is OK to have
press photographers at events. It is not the local education authority
policy to have a blanket ban."
Schools and parents should assume that any picture taken for publication
in an Archant newspaper may also appear on one of our websites.
The Code of Practice, which is drawn up by the Press Complaints
Commision, sets out the rules by which newspapers operate.
The code is very clear about how newspaper must conduct themselves
when dealing with children:
Its says: "Pupils must not be approached or photographed while
at school without the permission of the school authorities."
In effect, schools and playgroups take on the role of "parental
care" in the absence of the mother and father.
Archant reporters and photographers only ever go into schools and
playgroups at the invitation of the headteacher or a suitably senior
person.
We were invited along by numerous schools and playgroups just before
Christmas to take photographs at Nativity Plays – in the same
way we are asked along to take pictures of children who are taking
part in sports events.
If parents are unhappy to have their child's photograph taken by
the press for use in newspapers and on newspaper websites they should
draw this to the school or playgroup's attention. Staff should then
inform reporters or photographers when they visit the school.
If you would like to contact the county council press office, please
ring 01392 383264 and ask for Peter Doyle, head of the unit.
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