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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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Action plan to tackle Child Poverty in Plymouth

A new three-year action plan has been agreed by Plymouth City Council to tackle child poverty in the city.

The Plan for Child Poverty 2016 – 2019 will look at four priorities and will build on the work done since 2012 to tackle child poverty in the city.

The focus of the Plan for Child Poverty 2016-2019 will be on the following four key areas:

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Plymouth flu jab campaign launches

People in Plymouth who are eligible are being urged to have their flu jabs, as figures reveal that last winter four in every ten flu outbreaks in England were linked to schools.

Residents aged 65 and over, pregnant women, people with long term health conditions and children aged 2, 3, and 4, and children in school years 1, 2 and 3, are among the groups being encouraged to get...

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Author and storyteller Mishka Shubaly comes to Plymouth

In November 2016, musician, best-selling author and storyteller Mishka Shubaly will embark on a tour of the UK, including a show at Plymouth's Underground on 21st, showcasing tracks from his well-received ‘Cowards Path’ album released through Invisible Hands Music. He was described by Johnny Depp as “Forever a favourite – sublime!” and by Doug Stanhope as “My personal hero!” Shubaly himself...

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Outpost Theatre returns to Royal William Yard

From October 11 2016, New Model Theatre will return to Royal William Yard with its third pop-up theatre season in temporary venue, Outpost, hosted in the stunning Factory Cooperage building.

Over three weeks, they’ll be presenting work from some of the UK’s most exciting theatre companies and, on top of this, are going to be doing something really special.

They’ll be bringing...

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Introducing #goldentime

Monday 12th September saw the launch of a new initiative, #goldentime, which gives Matrons and Heads of Nursing an hour of protected clinical time, every weekday, to work clinically on the adult inpatient wards at Derriford Hospital.

Head of Nursing Sam Rafferty explains: “The initiative has been launched in response to the nursing strategy “Leading Change, Adding Value” which was...

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Celebration event for people living with type 1 diabetes

A celebration event for people living with type 1 diabetes for over 50 years took place last week and seven patients were presented with medals in recognition of the courage and perseverance of living with diabetes for so long.

Supported by Diabetes UK, the medals are awarded to those that have lived with the condition for 50, 60, 70 and 80 years. The awards include:

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Tavistock to Turn It Purple for Pancreatic Cancer

Iconic landmarks in Tavistock are taking part in Pancreatic Cancer Action’s Turn It Purple campaign to raise awareness of the UK’s fifth biggest cancer killer; pancreatic cancer.

The Statue of Sir Francis Drake and Tavistock Town Hall will be lighting up purple in support of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and to pay tribute to all those who suffer or have lost their battle to the...

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West Country businesses raise £1,200 for charity

Businesses from across the South West took to the water on Saturday 10 September to raise £1,200 for Plymouth-based children's charity, Horizons.

Now in its third year of running, the ‘Sailing Challenge Trophy' - a sailing race held in and around Plymouth Sound, was hosted by top 40 accountants Bishop Fleming.

The Challenge Trophy was contested by 10 boats and was won for the...

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Mount Wise Primary School to become a Centre of Excellence in financial education

Students at Mount Wise Primary School, Plymouth will soon be taught about money and personal finance, after it was announced that the school has been chosen to join the Centre of Excellence programme in financial education. The news comes as part of a ground-breaking partnership between the UK’s leading financial education charity pfeg (Personal Finance Education Group), part of Young...

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Washing clothes releases thousands of microplastic particles into environment, study shows

More than 700,000 microscopic fibres could be released into waste water during each use of a domestic washing machine, with many of them likely to pass through sewage treatment and into the environment, according to new research.

A study by Plymouth University examined the mass, abundance and size of fibres present in waste effluent following washes of synthetic fabrics at standard...

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