Lifestyle

How Devon’s Hobbies Are Adapting to the Digital Era

Devon is famed for its stunning coastlines, rolling countryside, and a lifestyle that often celebrates the great outdoors. Traditionally, hobbies here have revolved around nature, crafts, and community activities — from gardening and fishing to knitting circles and local walking groups. However...

Amy Fenton

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Student night is back at Drake Circus

Students in Plymouth are being urged to ditch the revision for one night only - or risk missing out on some amazing and exclusive shopping deals, make-up, live music and the chance to win tickets for the new Plymouth Summer music event, Ocean City Sounds, at Drake Circus.

The Drake Circus Student Night is back on Tuesday, March 6 – from 6.30pm until 8.30pm – offering huge savings on...

Cosmic Egg on display at Buckland Abbey

Visitors to Buckland Abbey will find something unexpected in the Great Barn this year. Sitting in the middle of the floor will be an enormous, glittering egg, created by sculptor and artist, Andrew Logan.

The monumental sculpture, which will be on display in the historic barn until September 23, is four meters high and was commissioned by the Greater London Council for Peace Year in...

Children’s charities announce £2m cash injection into health research

Dr Sylwia Ammoun from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, together with her co-applicant Professor Oliver Hanemann, has secured more than £100,000 from Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity and Sparks, the medical research charity, to research further into hereditary condition Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2), characterised by the development of multiple tumours...

Sell out We Will Rock You production at Plympton Academy

Sell out audiences enjoyed the production of We Will Rock You in the new Performing Arts block at Plympton Academy recently.

The musical is based on the songs of British rock band Queen and tells the story of a group of Bohemians who struggle to restore the free exchange of thought, fashion, and live music in a distant future where everyone dresses, thinks and acts the same. Musical...

Barratt Homes commits to help save Ivybridge wildlife habitats

Ivybridge’s furry and feathered residents are set to receive a boost as five star housebuilder Barratt Homes joins forces with the RSPB to create wildlife-friendly areas at its new Lucerne Fields development.

Barratt Homes has committed to building wildlife-friendly habitats at all its new developments to help support wildlife in the surrounding area and Lucerne Fields is the latest...

South West urged to get behind oar-some challenge

PEOPLE in the South West are being challenged to row a marathon in March as part of an oar-some fundraising effort for Cancer Research UK.

In partnership with the renowned Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race, now known as The Cancer Research UK Boat Race, the charity is encouraging people to go the distance and cover 26.2 miles in stages or in one go, anytime in March.

Would-be...

Plympton Academy students visit St Luke's Hospice

Plympton Academy pupils studying Health and Social Care spent the day at St Luke’s Hospice recently.

The visit was organised to enhance their understanding of health and social care settings. The students are currently studying units within the BTEC Level 3 course which incorporates the most effective ways of looking after individuals, how health and social care organisations embed...

Burts Chips raises over £1,500 for local charities

The Plymouth based snack brand Burts Chips has raised £1,681 for the Devon Air Ambulance Trust and Jeremiah’s Journey in 2017.

A 150-strong team participated in various events including a 10km bush mud run as well as holding ongoing raffles, donations and a ‘Wear Red to Work Day’.

David Nairn, managing director of Burts Chips, comments: “Burts Chips is passionate about...

Find your future career with Skills South West 2018

Are you aged 14 – 19 and thinking about your career, or a parent, carer or teacher of someone in that age group? Why not come to Skills South West 2018, a free major two day regional event returning to Plymouth next month, to help you decide.

Skills South West is run by Prospects Events and sponsored by Plymouth City Council, the National Careers Service, and UTC Plymouth.

It...

Would-be buyers more willing to sacrifice holidays than cigarettes when saving to buy a home

Holidays are the first things to be cut among those keen to buy a home, according to a survey from Barratt Homes.

The five star housebuilder, which is building homes in Plymouth, asked 2,000 people which luxuries they would cut back on in order to save the money needed to make their dream move.

More than a third of those asked (35 per cent) said they would forgo that special...

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