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Dartmoor Folk Festival celebrates 40 glorious years

THERE will be a celebratory feel when the 40th anniversary Dartmoor Folk Festival takes place in the foothills of Dartmoor at South Zeal, near Okehampton, from Friday to Sunday, August 11, 12 and 13.

It was 40 years ago that the festival was founded by the late Bob Cann, who lived in the parish of South Zeal. He had the dream of a folk event on his doorstep that would help to revive...

Charli XCX and Duke Dumont join MTV Crashes Plymouth line-up

If it wasn’t exciting enough that Martin Garrix, Sigma, Louisa Johnson, Wilkinson, Busted, Gorgon City and R3wire and Varksi are all heading to MTV Crashes Plymouth in July, MTV UK have announced today that UK music superstars Charli XCX and Duke Dumont are also on the line-up .

Joining some of the biggest names from around the globe, chart-topper Charli XCX will rock the Hoe on Day...

PWP presents: Live ProWrestling Supershow with TNA IMPACT TV stars

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A MASSIVE treat for Plymouth pro wrestling fans! 3 HUGE TNA IMPACT TV stars MOOSE, MAGNUS & BRAM + CZW prowrestler DAVID STARR will all be Wrestling in PLYMOUTH - Sunday 25th June for One Night Only!

Fans even have the chance to meet all of the stars live after the show! You can meet Moose, Magnus, Bram, David Starr & all of the PWP stars too!!

Also set to appear are...

Property Search Group launches charity campaign for Vision Aid Overseas

Property Search Group is pleased to announce that, as part of its 20th birthday celebrations, the three South West offices have nominated Vision Aid Overseas to be their charity partner in 2017.

More than 640 million people worldwide cannot see properly simply because they need glasses. Ninety percent of the people affected live in developing countries. Vision Aid Overseas works with...

Derriford patients report being well looked after

The latest independent survey has found that the majority of patients treated at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust feel that they were well looked after by hospital staff, during their time in hospital. They also reported to having confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses treating them, as well as being treated with dignity and respect while in hospital.

The survey, commissioned by...

Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story

Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story tells the enduring tale of the musical icon’s meteoric rise to fame and his final legendary performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, before his tragic and untimely death at the age of 22. In 18 short months the Texas-born boy revolutionized the face of contemporary music influencing everyone from The Beatles to Bruce Springsteen.

The...

400,000 people in SW travel over 40 miles for dental care

A leading charity has expressed deep concerns over access to oral healthcare in the South West, as new research reveals an estimated 432,000 people living across the region are facing a 40-mile round-trip to be seen by a dentist.

An investigation by the Oral Health Foundation also shows more than one in four (27%) live further than ten miles away from their current dental practice,...

Gala Bingo Plymouth to help raise £250,000 for Variety

Gala Bingo, the UK’s largest bingo operator, today announces the launch of its new charity game to raise £250,000 in six months for Variety – The Children’s Charity. The game launched on Monday 29th June with Bobby Davro calling the game. The money will be in addition to the £500,000 already raised by the Bingo Association, of which Gala Bingo is part of.

These fundraising efforts will...

Fantastic Mr Fox comes to Plymouth

Roald Dahl’s classic Fantastic Mr Fox, a co-production with Curve, in association with Lyric Hammersmith, comes to Theatre Royal Plymouth Tuesday 13 – Saturday 17 June. Mr Fox is smart, clever and rather fantastic, but he doesn’t realise how determined the farmers are to get revenge. Can he hatch a plan to save his family and friends? Can they outrun the diggers and outsmart the farmers, and...

Ben Forster to reprise lead role in Elf: The Musical at Theatre Royal Plymouth

Casting has been announced for the upcoming production of Elf: The Musical which returns to Theatre Royal Plymouth for one week only, Saturday 11 – Saturday 18 November 2017.

West End star and ITV ‘Superstar’ winner Ben Forster will reprise the key role of Buddy the Elf, a role which he originated in the UK première in 2014 at Theatre Royal Plymouth and continued to perform throughout...

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