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Rethinking Traditional Garden Fencing

In many British gardens, fencing is simply part of the background. It marks a boundary, keeps pets in, offers a bit of privacy from next door. Yet anyone who has replaced a fence more than once knows it’s rarely a small job. Panels loosen, posts lean, and before long the whole structure begins...

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Using mobile phone biggest turn-off at Plymouth dinner tables, survey reveals

Technology at the table seems to be a growing annoyance for many, with 37 per cent of those polled in Plymouth also saying taking photos of food is rude.

But people in the area are becoming more relaxed about traditional table etiquette, with just 8 per cent saying not finishing everything on your plate is a no-no, and 9 per cent disapproving of using the wrong cutlery or using it in...

Devonport students reach UK-wide science and engineering final

A team of students from Devonport High School have been selected to compete at the UK finals of a science and engineering competition after their exciting project caught the eye of judges. The group will now take their place in this year’s The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition.

The winning entry was a project entitled ‘Can our artificial reef help to prevent...

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Help to Buy makes the difference for first time buyers in Plymouth

Almost 900 homebuyers in Plymouth have used Help to Buy with 80 per cent being first time buyers.

As New Homes Fortnight gets underway (February 12-25), latest government figures reveal that 886 people in Plymouth have used the scheme since it was launched in April 2013.

First time buyers accounted for 80 per cent of sales and local housebuilder Barratt Homes says the scheme...

Devon & Cornwall Police launch sexting campaign

Devon & Cornwall Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall (OPCC), have launched a campaign to educate young people under the age of 18 about the consequences of sexting.

Sexting is the term used for the sending or receiving of sexual, naked or semi-naked images or videos which can be taken by a young person of themselves (i.e. a selfie), or...

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Mind the Gap (Year)

With graduate jobs becoming more difficult to secure, people may think that a gap year straight after university will subsequently mean a gap in your CV – but new research shows that this may not be the case.

The research from Netflights.com of over 2,000 UK adults revealed that only 15% of Britain’s over 25’s took (or still aspire to take) a gap year – whereas a whopping 54% of 16-24...

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Reasons to Get Outside this Winter

Despite the arrival of the new year and, with it, a flurry of new year’s resolutions, winter is a time when it can be tempting to let good habits slide - often in favour of hibernating in front of the TV with a giant box of chocolates. But with the decreased exposure to sunlight that comes with shorter, darker days, Vitamin D levels are at an all-time low in winter, often leaving you feeling...

Sunset Boulevard comes to Plymouth

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning musical Sunset Boulevard starring Ria Jones as Norma Desmond and Danny Mac as Joe Gillis comes to Theatre Royal Plymouth from Monday 12 - Saturday 17 March. It will be a homecoming for the production’s set, which was built in Plymouth by Theatre Royal Plymouth’s Production and Learning Centre, TR2.

One of the all-time great musicals, Andrew Lloyd...

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The power of 9

Nine UK-based photographers present nine perspectives in Vision 9, an exhibition at gallery@oxo this April.

What do you get if you take nine talented contemporary photographers from the UK and exhibit them under the same roof? The answer is, an extraordinary breadth of work, which demonstrates just how hard it is to pigeon hole artists.

From the vivid, abstract strokes of Doug...

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Clockwork Canaries

Theatre Royal Plymouth announces the première of Christopher William Hill’s new play, Clockwork Canaries from Thursday 22 February to Saturday 10 March. Luke Kernaghan directs Richard Booth, Christopher Staines, Dominic Marsh, Charlie Cameron and Jeremy Ang Jones.

When death-fixated Tatiana Dressler rescues a cat from the River Schwartz, she little suspects how her quiet life with her...

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Modern slavery photo exhibition in Plymouth

Would you recognise modern slavery if you saw it? Do you know how to spot the signs? A touring photographic exhibition which portrays the signs of slavery and exploitation is coming to Plymouth this weekend (10-11 February).

The ‘Invisible People’ exhibition is part of the National Crime Agency’s campaign to raise awareness of modern slavery and human trafficking.

Slavery was...

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