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What’s New in Lifestyle Tech for 2025

The world of consumer technology never stands still, but 2025 is a watershed year. We're moving beyond connectivity for connectivity's sake to a new era of smart, proactive, and invisible integration. This year, the devices and gadgets entering the fray aren't about doing more; they're about...

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Pioneering app transforms way people experience the history of Florence

The incredible history of Renaissance Florence can be explored through the eyes of characters who lived in the city hundreds of years ago thanks to a pioneering new app.

Hidden Florence is written by an international team of leading historians and voiced by professional actors. By linking unconventional tours of Florence to the everyday lives of Renaissance Florentines, the app brings...

Charity bake-off and coffee morning

The Primrose Foundation is an established local breast care charity that exists to provide the best possible care for patients requiring breast care treatment.

We work in partnership with the local NHS towards developing better care pathways and improving experiences for those patients receiving treatment. We support advances in technology, education and research, and help to provide...

Many & Beautiful Things - an exhibition exploring the nostalgia of youth and teen angst

Many & Beautiful Things is a collaborative exhibition from artists Naomi Frears, Binelde Hyrcan, Melanie Manchot, Santiago Mostyn, Beth Emily Richards, and Antler Press in collaboration with students from Plymouth College of Art

Friday 5 July 2019 - Saturday 31 August 2019 Opening Event: Thursday 4 July, 5-7pm, free entry

Many & Beautiful Things is concerned with that...

Watch films under the stars at Plymouth Arts Cinema’s unique Open Air Cinema by the sea

Watch films under the stars at Plymouth Arts Cinema’s unique Open Air Cinema by the sea.

Plymouth Arts Cinema has announced the films that will be shown this summer, at the spectacular waterside venues of Tinside Lido and Royal William Yard. Plymouth Arts Cinema has been taking its cinema on tour each summer for a sell-out series of events since 2012. The Independent recently featured...

Healthy living sporting craze inspires family festival at ‘spiritual home' Bantham

A PIONEERING, dynamic new outdoor activity craze has inspired a family-friendly festival at it's ‘spiritual home' Bantham in Devon.

‘SwimRun' is an amphibious adventure race which sees participants taking part in long-distance races both in and out of the water.

Wearing the same outfit of shoes and a wetsuit for both activities, pairs of adventurers run and swim along...

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Healthy living sporting craze inspires family festival at ‘spiritual home' Bantham

Plympton Academy students tuck into afternoon tea treat

A group of students from Plympton Academy were treated to afternoon tea recently to celebrate their commitment to reading. The students have been using the Accelerated Reader programme which tracks and monitors their reading and comprehension skills. The software programme showed that some students had read more than one million words. “It is very impressive how committed these students are to...

A Starter’s Guide to Buying Property Abroad

There are numerous reasons to want to buy a property of your own abroad. Not only could it provide you with a personal space to sit back, relax, and soak up the sun, but it could also help to diversify your investment portfolio. If you are considering purchasing a place in a stunning location, read this starter’s guide to buying property abroad.

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On the menu at Kitley House - a summer gathering of chefs and hospitality pros

Local chefs and hospitality professionals will come together with catering students from South Devon College and City College Plymouth on June 24th at Kitley House Hotel and Restaurant, near Yealmpton.

The special event, organised by The Chefs’ Forum, will see chefs and front-of-house staff from across the county rub shoulders with catering suppliers and aspiring college students....

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‘Get a jab, give a jab’ initiative donates thousands to worldwide tetanus projects

Staff at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust have managed to donate £2,067 towards immunising expectant mothers and young children against tetanus.

As part of this year’s flu campaign, the Trust took part in the UNICEF initiative to ‘Get a jab, give a jab’, which encourages staff to take up the option of the free flu vaccine and, in turn, help donate towards inoculating people in...

Vue Plymouth celebrates twenty blockbusting years

Vue Plymouth has marked its 20th birthday at the Barbican Leisure Park on Thursday, celebrating two decades as part of the community with a special cake.

The 15-screen venue was first opened as part of the Barbican Leisure Park in May 1999, and has since been screening the latest film, theatre, musical performances and more for happy customers in the city. To mark the anniversary,...

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