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Cricket success for Ridgeway School

The Year 10 Ridgeway School cricket team have had their first success of the season. The winning team along with the Year 9 team, were involved in matches against Hele’s School and All Saints Academy, hosted in the dome at Hele’s.

In the first round of matches, Ridgeway’s Year 10 team beat All Saint’s Academy, with Brandon Dawe the star of the show, taking three wickets in as many...

Entries open for Eddystone Charity Sailing Pursuit

St Luke's Hospice Plymouth is searching for keen sailors to go the distance to help local people by taking part in an epic charity pursuit on Plymouth Sound on June 18.

The Eddystone Charity Sailing Pursuit, hosted by the Royal Western Yacht Club, is now open for early registration before May 31.

The 26-mile offshore challenge is perfect for anyone enthusiastic about sailing...

Ridgeway School to represent UK in Somme education programme

Ridgeway School chosen to represent the UK in Battle of the Somme education programme

Ridgeway School has been selected to represent the UK in a special education programme to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme.

As living memory of what was one of the deadliest battles of the First World War fades, the programme – designed by the British Council - aims to raise...

Audiologist is winning career for Stoke Damerel Community College

Health Education England (HEE) is delighted to announce that students from Stoke Damerel Community College are the South West winners of the Step into the NHS national schools' competition.

Students Joe Bishop and Josh Franklin impressed the judges with their entry to promote the role of an audiologist to their peers. The boys created a video which allowed students to better understand...

8 Natural Ways to Speed Recovery after Exercise

Perhaps you’ve been training for a marathon or just starting exercising at the gym. While jogging, 10 sets of push-ups, and 50 squats gave you a great workout, chances are you definitely felt the soreness the next morning. If this is a frequent thing for you, you might want to avoid taking a large amount of ibuprofen and look to several ways to speed up recovery naturally. Here are 8 natural...

WESC Foundation on 'Par' for most successful charity golf day to date!

WESC held their charity golf day at Exeter Golf & Country Club on 12 May sponsored by ITEC. With a record 17 four-ball teams entering and over £7,000 raised, the Specialist Centre for Visual Impairment declared 2016 as their most successful charity golf day to date.

The winning Team ‘Fantastic Four’ made up of: Paul Laverick, Neil Gauntlett, Mark Wightman and Iain Creer were each...

The walk to school needs to be safer to improve children's happiness

National charity Living Streets conducted research with parents of primary school children and found that over half of those living in the South West see an improvement in their child’s mood (52%) and behaviour (47%) after they’ve done physical activity.

Yet, just 21 per cent of boys and 16 per cent of girls get the recommended daily amount of physical exercise* and a third of children...

Campaign launches to get Brits to ‘holiday at home’

In the run-up to May half-term and the summer holiday season VisitEngland has launched its largest domestic marketing campaign for 2016 to promote amazing ‘moments’ that can only be experienced on a trip across Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The four-week #OMGB ‘Home of Amazing Moments’ TV, digital and print campaign, part of the UK Government’s GREAT Britain campaign, uses film...

Josh Widdecombe heads for Plymouth

Josh Widdicombe, that guy from the TV comedy shows with the curly hair, is back on the road with a brand new tour which he's bringing to Plymouth.

Since he's been away from stand up Josh has been working hard on other things but don't worry in his spare time he has found a lot of minor things to get annoyed about, and now he has a chance to talk about them on stage (in the form of...

How to be a Man

How to be a man is a light-hearted solo show that explores the crisis of masculinity, male privilege and gender identity.

The theme of masculinity is explored from a queer perspective, examining the causes and reactions to the crisis of masculinity, how in a world built around patriarchy both men and women have suffered. The work is an argument for feminism and a call for gender...

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