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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...

Jonas Blue joins MTV Crashes Plymouth line up for day one

MTV has announced Jonas Blue to join the already epic line up for MTV Crashes Plymouth!

He joins Rudimental, Jess Glynne, Anne-Marie and Raleigh Richie on the Day 1 line up, July 28th. Rounding up the massive two day event, Afrojack, Example, Tough Love and Sub Focus will be taking the Plymouth Hoe by storm for Club MTV on July 29th. Tickets are just £12.50!

Jonas Blue said: “...

Pandit Comes Home

In his autobiography 'My Music, My Life', the famous Indian musician Pandit Ravi Shankar wrote: "In the summer of 1936, we spent a few months at Dartington Hall, in Devonshire, England, a beautiful, open place. I felt that I was coming close to music and that this music is what I was meant to devote my life to".

It was this reference that inspired New Lion Brewery...

New Lion Brewery and The Venus Company collaborate to create Venus Ale

Community craft brewery, New Lion Brewery and passionate environmental and West Country food champion, The Venus Company have joined forces to create a new bitter, Venus Ale. Produced using a complex seven malt grist which imparts a warm golden brown colour, Venus Ale is a balanced and extremely drinkable modern session bitter. This delightful and refreshing ale is exclusively available to...

Local Cancer Support Group appeals for raffle prizes

The South West Mesothelioma Support Group was set up to provide peer and professional support to patients, families and carers affected by the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma.

There is currently no cure. Plymouth and the South West are hot spots for the disease with many cases emerging among former dockyard workers and labourers.

The group is currently gathering prizes for...

Mount Edgcumbe at War!

For the past dozen or so years, the Cornwall area of the Military Vehicle Trust have held their annual rally at the splendid Mount Edgcumbe Country Park on the Rame Peninsula directly opposite Plymouth. Those familiar with the Park will surely agree that it is a lovely place for an event.

The Military Vehicle Trust, (MVT), is a national association with thousands of members, and the...

Kick start your summer at Wembury Beach

National Trust’s Wembury Beach will be host to lots of family activities to start off the summer holidays.

On 23 July from 10am to 3pm families can come down to Wembury Beach and take part in a variety of activities such as rock pool rambling, flying a kite, or trying stream dipping.

The beach is only a 15 minute drive or short bus ride from the city centre.

The Marine...

Why a townhouse is the perfect place to live

While many different styles have come and gone over time, there are some things that simply stick around for a long period of time because they work - plain and simple. People like certain things not only because they make sense, but they are convenient, functional, and don’t need to be improved on. Those are the items that everyone continues to seek out, and they not only are highly desirable...

The Big Friendly Read – Summer Reading Challenge 2016

Libraries in Plymouth are getting ready to celebrate 100 years of the world’s greatest storyteller, Roald Dahl, with this year’s Summer Reading Challenge – The Big Friendly Read.

Children can visit their local library and sign up from Saturday 16 July. It’s free and every child who signs up will be given a special collector folder to keep track of their Summer Reading Challenge reading...

Private manor home opens for exclusive summer party with Baroness Butler-Sloss in aid of Hospiscare

An exclusive tea-party was organised by Hospiscare at Knightstone Manor and sponsored by wealth management company Brewin Dolphin, Exeter office. The seventy special guests were Invited to join The Rt. Hon. Baroness Butler-Sloss GBE, Vice-President of the charity, for a traditional afternoon English tea. Kindly hosted at Knightstone Manor, located on the outskirts of Ottery St. Mary, the...

Plymouth paramedic students win international event

Plymouth University’s paramedic students have been named the best in the country.

At the simulated crisis event Spires, Plymouth paramedic students won awards for their excellent work.

Spires is the first UK international student paramedic conference and the only paramedic student competition in the UK.

To take the title the team had to perform throughout the day in...

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