Lifestyle

Plymouth revealed as one of the best cities in the UK for gardeners 

New research has found that Stoke-on-Trent is the most garden friendly city in the UK with  94.4% of addresses  having access to private outdoor space. 

The study  by  home cleaning and maintenance service company Fantastic Services analysed ONS data on private outdoor space in more than fifty of the biggest areas o f the UK to determine the city  where a  property is most likely to...

New Data Reveals Devon As One Of The Top 10 Places For a Sporty Staycation

With gym closures, working from home, and limits on outdoor time over the last year, it’s no wonder people are eager to get on a sporty getaway and shun the sedentary lifestyle.

New data sourced by Sweetcombe Cottage Holidays has found the top places across the UK for a sporty staycation. Looking at everything from the amount of cycle routes, beaches to surf on, and rivers to raft on,...

Let’s talk about adoption

A new survey has revealed that a third of people in the South West find adoption difficult to talk about and 80 per cent say they don’t have a good understanding of how to start the process.

It’s worrying news for our local adoption agencies, Adopt South West and Families for Children, who need to find forever families to change their lives of nearly 60 children in the South West, as...

Exmouth team tops leaderboard at RGB’s South West charity golf day

RGB Building Supplies’ was delighted to bring back its annual charity golf day on Wednesday 29th September after having to cancel the event last year. Held at Bovey Castle, this was the builders merchant’s tenth golf event and raised a fantastic £2,470 for RGB’s chosen charities Cornwall Mind, Devon Mind and Mind in Somerset. The tournament was won by a team representing RGB’s Exmouth branch...

Confused about booster jabs and flu vaccines? Here’s what you need to know

People in Devon are reminded to get their COVID and flu vaccinations to give themselves the best possible protection against these deadly illnesses this winter.

The COVID jab does not protect against flu so it is vital to have both vaccinations to reduce your chances of becoming unwell and needing hospital treatment. Getting vaccinated helps you and the NHS, which is already facing...

South Devon College Graduation

Devon College awards own degrees for first time.

South Devon College with campuses in Paignton, Newton Abbot and Torquay celebrated the achievements of its University Centre students at a joint ceremony held over two days at Torquay’s Grand Hotel.

The event was hailed a double celebration as the college awarded its own degrees for the very first time.

The two-day event (14th and 15th October) was held to ensure that both the...

More child and parent foster carers needed in Devon

There’s a shortage of specialist ‘child and parent’ foster carers in Devon, working alongside birth parents to help them develop their parenting skills and keeping them together as a family.

The first few months of parenthood are a crucial time, and many people experience difficulties.

But some have additional issues to deal with, such as poor mental health, drug and alcohol...

New Skills Bootcamp to launch at South Devon College

A new Skills Bootcamp, part of the Government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee and Plan for Jobs, is being launched at South Devon College next month.

Following on from the popular Skills Bootcamp in Digital, this new Bootcamp is aimed at anyone interested in a career in the engineering construction industry.

The flexible course of up to four weeks gives people the opportunity to...

Extraordinary Bodies presents Human: a collage of intimate, funny, real life stories

Performing at Theatre Royal Plymouth Funky Llama Festival, Human combines the visual spectacle of aerial circus and dance, film and a binaural soundtrack. Human is an antidote to anxiety, gently bridging the transition from being at home in a pandemic to live performance in a tender, quirky collage of lives past and now. The show has been created to be as accessible as possible.

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The Tamar to host the T Factor karaoke competition

The Tamar in Plymouth is hosting its very own X Factor style karaoke competition called the T Factor with a £500 prize for the winner

The heats will start on October 15th between 8.30pm-9.30pm and contestants will be able to perform two songs.

Michael Jonas, general manager at the Greene King pub, said “Hosting great events for our locals to enjoy is really important to us...

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