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The team helping with the delivery of soil improver at Westbank's Community Allotment in Exminster

Coastal Recycling donation helps Westbank ‘grow’ its Community Allotment

The Devonwide health and wellbeing charity Westbank Community Health and Care (Westbank) is continuing to improve its Community Allotment with a generous donation of soil improver from a local waste management and recycling company.

The green waste division of Exeter-based Coastal...

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The Essential Guide to Plymouth’s Best Stag Do Ideas

Whether you already live in the south west of England or you’re looking for an alternative city in the UK that offers something totally different as a stag do venue to London or Leeds, Plymouth is a sensible choice for stag activities. Whether you’re looking for high-octane, adrenaline-fuelled action or something to mentally stimulate the group, this port city will help to keep your lads’...

Get the Most out your Relationship with a Mortgage Broker

When you are looking for a new home, there are several different options for seeking financing. It can be daunting to send your financial paperwork to many different lenders. You may also need to visit individually with each one. A mortgage broker is a great asset when you want to avoid this tedious process. It is important, however, that you do your part to help your broker. It also helps to...

New Student Council at Plympton Academy

A new Student Council at Plympton Academy will ensure pupils voices are heard throughout the school.

The Council is run and led by two senior head students from the sixth form as well as the head boy and head girl from year 11.

The students have been working hard to re-brand and re-design the Student Council. They have pitched their ideas to the Senior Leadership Team and all...

Winners of esteemed Food Drink Devon Awards announced

Devon is truly magnificent. At last night’s annual Food Drink Devon Awards the pinnacle of the county’s food and drink producers, hospitality businesses and speciality retailers celebrated in fantastic style at the Highbullen Hotel Golf & Country Club. The ceremony was hosted, for the fourth year running, by food and drink broadcaster Nigel Barden.

There was fierce competition in...

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Evening and weekend appointments with Devon GPs now available

Patients across Devon will be able to make routine GP appointments in evenings and at weekends from this month.

The aim of the GP improved access service is to make it easier for people to get an appointment at a time that suits them.

This new scheme is an extension of the usual GP practice services that patients across Devon will be used to – it is not a walk-in service....

Shrek The Musical returns to Plymouth

Believe all ‘ogre’ again! Shrek The Musical ® returns to Theatre Royal Plymouth from Tuesday 13 – Saturday 24 November.

Starring Steffan Harri as the beloved swamp-dwelling ogre ‘Shrek’, Call the Midwife star Laura Main as ‘Princess Fiona’, Marcus Ayton as Shrek’s wisecracking sidekick ‘Donkey’ and Plymouth-born Samuel Holmes as pint-sized villain ‘Lord Farquaad’.

The company...

Come to a Plymouth & South Devon "Inquiry"

A Social Saturday double-bill

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When you think about your local community, what immediately comes to mind? What are the best things about it? And what’s missing right now?

Imagine what a better future could be: meaningful livelihoods, connected communities, a healthier planet... What do we want...

Bladder and Bowel event in Plymouth

The ninth Bladder and Bowel Event (BABE) is set to take place at on Friday 12 October 2018, featuring a guest talk by Paralympian Michael Kerr.

Michael Kerr with Annie and the BABE team BABEs are aimed at supporting people with bladder and bowel problems and are organised by staff from our colorectal, urological and gynaecological teams.

The event will take place at the Future...

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More than 60% of parents in the South West have no will

More than 60% of parents in the South West with children under 18 have made no will, a new survey has revealed.

The study, carried out by Will Aid, found that 63% of mums and dads have not prepared this vital piece of paperwork.

A staggering 79% of Northern Irish parents and 74% of parents in the North East were without wills.

Meanwhile in the north west 64% of...

Three major artworks secured for The Box, Plymouth’s collections

The Box, Plymouth has acquired three major contemporary works of art for its permanent collections, including a work by Kehinde Wiley - the artist who recently painted Barack Obama’s portrait and the final ever commissioned portrait by and of Michael Jackson.

The works were acquired through the Contemporary Art Society’s prestigious Collections Fund Prize. Founded in 2012, the Fund is...

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