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A ‘Fishmas’ to remember with the National Marine Aquarium

The National Marine Aquarium has an exciting array of events and activities planned throughout December to make the festive season go swimmingly.

From Saturday 16th December, Santa Claus himself will join the array of colourful marine life in the Eddystone Reef tank, swimming amongst Stella and Stanley, the smoothound sharks, Cornelia, the wreckfish and Krishna, the spiny lobster, as...

Children’s Adventure Book Barnicle and Husk: The Adventure Begins Showcases the Four Nations in Lively 1620 Tale

American author Mary Shields recently released Barnicle and Husk: The Adventure Begins, a new children’s book about the unlikely friendship formed between an adventurous cat named Barnicle, who was a stowaway on the Mayflower, and a field mouse named Husk. The book, illustrated by Bob Ostrom, transports readers to 1620 to explore what life was like through the eyes of the whimsical pair....

Devon beach education company in top UK 100

Devon’s Beach Schools South West company – which puts the coast onto the educational curriculum – has been honoured at 10 Downing Street after being recognised by an organisation promoting small businesses.

The not-for-profit community company is among 100 across the UK chosen by the organisation Small Business Saturday, which supports and promotes smaller companies. Beach Schools...

Check your Christmas and New Year bin collections

Christmas and New Year holidays are just around the corner and Plymouth City Council wants to make sure you know what day your bin collections are, and what you can do with all that Christmas packaging!

As part of Plymouth’s ongoing recycling campaign, the Council wants to make sure that local people know what they need to do when.

Councillor Mike Leaves, Cabinet Member for...

Stiltskin perform Christmas magic at The Soapbox Children’s Theatre

The award-winning Soapbox Children’s Theatre is getting ready for Christmas with their latest performance: Elves and the Shoemaker – which is opening tomorrow! Stiltskin will be sprinkling their Christmas magic on this classic tale with puppets, entertaining characters and foolish behaviour.

Tom, the shoemaker, can only make one shoe - who can help him make the matching pair? Late at...

Let’s talk Christmas turkey!

Before you gobble up Turkey with all the trimmings for Christmas, you might want to take note of a new campaign to make sure you don’t end up getting food poisoning.

Plymouth City Council is working with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to offer tips on how you can safely prepare turkey at home, as the Christmas lunch of choice for around two thirds of UK households.

From buying...

Ex burglar reveals how to keep your home safe this Christmas

Posting our plans on social media, leaving gift boxes we have bought in outside bins and forgetting to lock doors and windows… the simple mistakes that are inviting burglars into our homes.

As Christmas approaches, homes become filled with expensive gifts and gadgets. This sadly means that the festive season is also the peak time that domestic burglary increases due to opportunistic...

PKF Francis Clark Supports Christmas Macmillan at Eden

PKF Francis Clark in Truro, was delighted to be a sponsor of the recent Macmillan Christmas Fair held at the Eden Project earlier this month. The event raised a record-breaking £64,000. The money will go towards directly supporting Cornwall’s cancer patients.

The famous biomes at Eden were turned Macmillan Green for the duration of the Fair and played host to one of the county’s most...

St Austell Brewery's Big Job crowned best bottled beer in Britain

Big Job from St Austell Brewery has been crowned the Champion Bottled Beer of Britain in CAMRA’s prestigious annual award which recognises the best bottle-conditioned real ale in the country.

Big Job is a big beer. At 7.2% ABV it is powerfully hoppy with both citra and centennial hops, and is jammed full of Cornish barley. With a smooth, citrus fruit taste and a hoppy, lemon smell, it...

Considering solar panels? Check the provider's credentials urges Trading Standards

Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service is warning residents to check the credentials of companies selling solar panels before they buy.

The warning follows complaints from some customers who signed a contract and paid a deposit after hearing a sales pitch at home.

But when these customers tried to exercise their legal rights and cancel the agreement within 14...

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