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Reeves & Mortimer head for Plymouth

Back by huge popular demand, comedy legends Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer will be taking their critically acclaimed live show – ‘25 Years of Reeves & Mortimer: The Poignant Moments’ – back on tour this Autumn with 13 shows starting at Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium on 29th November. The tour will then travel to Newcastle, Nottingham, Blackpool, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Cardiff, Birmingham,...

Get on the first rung of the property ladder with shared ownership

Getting onto the first rung of the property ladder can seem an impossible struggle; but Plymouth couple Amy and Julian Relf have moved into their dream home thanks to Westward and Help to Buy’s Shared Ownership scheme.

The first-time buyers are now the proud joint owners, with Westward, of a two-bedroom home in the stunning location of Boston Close, The Boatyard, Oreston, overlooking...

Plymouth woman raises £8,000 for charity on Kilimanjaro climb

A Plymouth woman has climbed Mt Kilimanjaro to raise £8,000 for a charity that is helping her sister’s family stay together while her nephew is seriously-ill.

Nicola Franklin, 31, successfully reached the peak of the highest free-standing mountain in the world for Ronald McDonald House Charities, an independent charity that provides free ‘home away from home’ accommodation to families...

Saltram Rotary Club supports brain tumour PhD

A Plymouth Rotary Club that donated £1,000 to brain tumour research at Plymouth University has visited its laboratories to find out more about the work taking place to find effective treatments to fight the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40.

Saltram Rotary Club made the donation to match a gift made by club member Norman Proctor, MBE, of the Peninsula Medical...

Two fifths of people in SW confess they get out of breath running for a bus

Over two fifths of people in the South West have confessed to being so unfit they would get out of breath running for the bus, according to new statistics released as part of the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) brand new fundraising challenge MyMarathon.

The BHF poll revealed well over half (52%) of adults in the South West said if they went running now the furthest they could manage...

Plymouth woman wins national prize draw

It’s been celebration for local woman, Misty Bailey, who has been successful in winning a month’s free rent in a national prize draw that was run by estate agent, Your Move, in conjunction with the Corporate Client Department (CCD) of its parent company, LSL Property Services plc (LSL).

Misty, who privately rents a property in Plymouth, entered the prize draw following completion of a...

Earliest known portrait of Francis Drake on display

Visitors to Sir Francis Drake’s former home Buckland Abbey in Devon can now see a newly identified portrait of the Elizabethan seafarer on public display for the first time.

The painting, believed to be the earliest likeness of Drake, will be on loan from a private collector, Dirk T. Griffin, for the next 12 months and will be hanging in the Drake Chamber at the National Trust’s...

Plymouth firm helps local charity celebrate Easter

After last year’s success, SSG Training and Consultancy organised a second annual Easter Egg donation for local children’s charity CHICKS (Country Holidays for Inner City Kids). CHICKS provides free, life changing respite breaks for disadvantaged children from all over the UK with centres in Devon, Cornwall and Derbyshire.

SSG team members and course delegates donated over 70 Easter...

Britain’s Ocean City set to host world class sailing event

Around 25 of the best solo sailors will be welcomed with waves of open arms as they sail into Plymouth this April, as they prepare to take on one of the world’s greatest sailing events.

The Transat bakerly is the oldest and first solo Transatlantic race, first launched in 1960 following the 3,000 mile Plymouth to New York route. One of the most important and historic events in the...

Ridgeway's Year 7 football team win Plymouth Cup

Ridgeway School Year 7 football team has won the Plymouth Cup. Under the new management of PE teacher and head of the school’s Football Academy, Richard Harvey, the team has gone from strength to strength. The team beat four schools on their way to lifting the coveted trophy. “The boys did not make it easy for themselves, going 2-0 down in the semi-final against Lipson, however they showed great...
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