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Parkinson’s UK and the British Gymnastics Foundation Launch Love to Move training offer

A new partnership between Parkinson’s UK and the British Gymnastics Foundation is looking to train more instructors to deliver their innovative Love to Move programme.

What is Love to Move?

Love to Move is the UK’s largest seated exercise programme designed...

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Basketball competiton at Ridgeway School

Competition was fierce at a recent Plymouth School Sports Partnership primary basketball competition held at Ridgeway School.

Seven schools from across Plymouth played against each other in a round robin competition. Three points were awarded for a win, two for a draw and one for a loss. The event was refereed by young leaders from Ridgeway School.

“Our young referees were...

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UK epilepsy self-monitoring app wins top international prize

Plymouth University, Cornwall NHS Foundation Trust and Cornwall Royal Hospital and Oxfordshire-based charity SUDEP Action are delighted that EpsMon – the world’s first self-monitor app and developed by this partnership – is the winning solution to the international challenge launched by Epilepsy Foundation of America. The challenge was for a method to reduce the risk of seizures with the...

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Ridgeway principal nominated for Splash competition

The principal of Ridgeway School in Plympton has been nominated for The Herald’s Splash competition.

Lisa Boorman now needs as many votes as possible before March 12 to join the competition.

Nominees who get enough votes will train with Tom Daley’s coach, Andy Banks and be in the Plymouth version of the successful ITV show, Splash. The contest will involve school teachers...

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Louise Jordan returns to Folk on the Moor

New Forest singer and songwriter Louise Jordan returns to Folk on the Moor to perform songs from her four recordings alongside new material on Sunday 10th April 2016. Reviewing a live performance, The Telegraph described Louise’s music as having ‘A stirring, lilting grace… She also has an engaging stage presence… featured in Vogue this year as a rising star’ The Telegraph. Louise’s music has...

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Secondary school place allocations announced for September

The number of young people applying for a secondary school place has increased this year and thousands of primary pupils in Plymouth will today find out which school they will be going to this September.

The Council have confirmed that 93.16 per cent of young people received their first choice of school, 5 per cent their second and 1.27 per cent their third. Less than one per cent did...

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Street Market brings flavours of the continent to Plymouth

The International Street Market, which has swept Scandinavia with a feast of foodie fun, is on its way to Plymouth’s City Centre on 10 to 13 March.

The market will be open from 10am to 6pm on Thursday 10 March to Saturday 12 March and 11am to 5pm on Sunday 13 March.

Traders from around the world will be on hand to display the best products that their respective countries have...

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Smiles all around for St Budeaux Junior School

Staff and pupils at St Budeaux Junior School are celebrating their latest Ofsted inspection report after inspectors judged them to be a ‘Good’ school. The progress the school has made since the last inspection particularly impressed the inspectors who noted that standards had significantly improved in the last two years and that all pupils now make good progress in all subjects. Ofsted stated “...

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Smokers warned of amputation risk

Experts are warning that more than a million people in the UK – 90% of whom are smokers or ex-smokers- could be living with a serious vascular condition that can lead to leg amputation or a fatal heart attack.

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is urging smokers to give up the deadly habit on No Smoking Day (9 March) and lower their risk of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) – a silent...

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Plymouth Dementia Awareness Day

Plymouth residents and organisations will be able to find out more about dementia as part of a Dementia Awareness Day next week.

There will be free one hour dementia awareness sessions throughout the day on Wednesday 24 February between 10am and 4pm. The event has been organised jointly by Plymouth City Council, Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance and the Healthy High Streets Group....

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Star gazing at Ridgeway School

GCSE astronomy students from Ridgeway School took advantage of the dark winter evenings recently.

The Year 10 and 11 students stayed on at school for a star party. This is where they look at the stars and then complete their constellation drawing controlled assessment.

The controlled assessment requires them to draw three constellations and compare the brightness of the major...

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