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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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PKF Francis Clark Supports Christmas Macmillan at Eden

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...

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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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People in the UK putting themselves at risk by dangerous driving due to road rage

Over three quarters of over 2,000 UK drivers admit to having suffered from road rage when they get behind the wheel, new research reveals.

Shockingly, almost one in ten revealed that they has driven recklessly as a result, beeping horns, driving too fast and tail gating other motorists.

Motorists hogging the middle lane, bad parking, and inconsiderate drivers not saying thank...

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Tudor Christmas comes to Buckland Abbey

Step back in time and experience an Elizabethan style Christmas at Buckland Abbey between Friday 1 December and Tuesday 2 January. With cooking in the kitchen, festive dancing in the great hall and the traditional Lord of Misrule causing mischief throughout – it’s a festive experience not to be missed.

Under a canopy of stars created by school children from St Andrew's Primary at...

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Japan Rail Pass: The ultimate way to travel around Japan

Over the last few years, Japan has become one of the top destinations for UK holidaymakers. Its exotic culture, beautiful sites, and family-friendly environment have made it Britain’s favourite, affordable, long-haul destination.

It is hard not to love Japan. It is a country of contrasts that really captures the imagination and the heart of travellers. From the head-spinning futuristic...

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