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Return of Hospiscare Festive Adventure fundraiser

This December, Otter Garden Centres in Ottery St Mary is once again hosting a family-friendly fundraiser for local charity Hospiscare.

Running from December 17 to 23 (excepting December 18) it’s perfectly timed to kick off the Christmas festivities.

Held in a special venue at the...

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Six Benefits of Attending Summer School

When you mention ‘summer school’ to your children, you shouldn’t be surprised if they groan, insisting that summer is for fun, not school. In a way, they’d be right: having just completed a year in their educational institution, they’ll be looking forward to a summer in the sun with friends. What your child will not know, though, is that, along with exciting educational opportunities, summer...

Food Drink Devon Awards announce last call for entries

Food and drink brands across Devon need to move quickly to enter the prestigious Food Drink Devon Awards.

The county’s leading food and drink organisation, Food Drink Devon, has announced its last call for entries into the awards. The deadline for the esteemed awards, judged by leading industry experts, is Friday 19th April. Open to both Food Drink Devon’s members and non-members, the...

André Rieu to enchant big screen audiences in Plymouth again

THIS summer, the King of Waltz, André Rieu, returns to Maastricht to play his annual hometown concert – and once again it will be shown by Vue.

In what has become a yearly tradition, the world-famous violinist and conductor will play to music fans from across the globe, as Maastricht’s medieval town square is transformed into a spectacular backdrop for these unforgettable concerts...

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How to Study: 10 Study Tips to Improve your Learning

Studying is not hard per se, but there is a way that you should do it in order to reap maximum benefits. According to experts at accounting homework help , it is possible to read chunks of information and yet achieve very little learning from it all. This is because reading will not yield the required fruits unless it is done correctly and with extra measures. The following are ten study tips...

Staff at Plympton Academy celebrate World Book Day

Staff at Plympton Academy celebrated World Book Day this week by dressing up as their favourite literary characters and sharing the stories with their pupils. Jim Strachan, Head of Year 10, is photographed as Mad-Eye Moody from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with Claire Worth, Year 7 pastoral mentor, who is dressed as Hermione Grainger. Other Plympton Academy staff dressed as their...

New battery recycling scheme launched at Plympton Academy

A new battery recycling scheme has been launched at Plympton Academy.

It’s hoped students, parents and staff will recycle their batteries at the school and not put them in the bin.

When batteries begin to rot away in landfill sites the chemicals leak into the ground, which can cause soil and water pollution. When chemicals contaminate soil and water, animals, humans and the...

Plympton Academy students study the stars

Students at Plympton Academy have been supporting the Campaign for Rural England’s (CPRE) light pollution survey.

Stephen Heighway (12), Lewis White and Ben Bacon who are both 13 years old, recorded the number of stars they could see in Orion, and the results were submitted to the British Astronomical Association in London.

Light pollution means many people can’t see the stars...

Record-breaking pub quiz raises £5,000 for Shekinah

Engineering consultants, Services Design Solution Ltd (SDS) held their 5th annual charity pub quiz last week at the Walkabout Pub in Plymouth and raised a staggering £5,000 for Shekinah, a local charity offering support and training opportunities to those suffering from poverty, homelessness, substance abuse and mental health issues.

John Hamblin, Chief Executive of Shekinah, gave a...

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Classic film and theatre coming to Vue Plymouth in March

This March, some fantastic film and theatre is coming to Vue Plymouth as part of its Big Screen Events calendar.

On Sunday 24th March, the 75th anniversary of the events that are dramatised in classic film The Great Escape, Dan Snow will present a very special gala screening. The live event will be followed by a 4K screening of the film itself, in which a host of major stars including...

Donald Trump is coming to Devon... Well, kind of

Comedian Mike Osman is bringing his frighteningly realistic portrayal of the leader of the free world to the county in aid of Comic Relief.

The Capital radio presenter has appeared on such shows as Copy Cats, The Generation Game, Noel's House Party and Big Break.

He will be headlining a show at the Watermark in Ivybridge on Tuesday, March 12, which will also showcase three top...

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