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Plymouth's first rent-to-buy homes completed

The country’s first rent-to-buy homes from Rentplus have been completed in Plymouth, as part of a drive towards developing new homes to help tackle the region’s housing shortage and provide much-needed housing for local families.

The properties are the first five of 19 affordable rent-to-buy homes being delivered by innovative new housing company Rentplus as part of a 139 home...

Students take the plunge at the National Marine Aquarium

A group of 20 Plymouth students were thrown in at the deep end for a lesson at the National Marine Aquarium (NMA).

The students, who are all taking part in Skills Aid Plymouth (SAP) along with their learning mentors, were treated to a tour of the aquarium followed by a lesson involving a fish dissection, to discover more about the biology of the fish that are cared for by the Aquarium...

Free ankylosing spondylitis roadshow in Plymouth

The National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS) will be running an event for people who have been diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (axial spondyloarthritis) (AS) in the last 18 months called AS & You.

The event will take place at Plymouth Copthorne Hotel from 6.00pm on 10 March 2016 and is completely free. Anyone who goes along is also invited to bring friends and family so...

Fantastic amount raised for Alzheimer's Society

The charity team at Otter Nurseries handed over a cheque for almost £3,500, giving a welcome boost to charity of the year 2015, Alzheimer’s Society.

Throughout the year, staff and customers at the popular garden centre in Brixton raised funds through a series of events including; raffles, donations from a woodturning display, a Fuchsia show put on by the British Fuchsia Society and...

Devon Ability Games dazzle in Plymouth

There was energy, enthusiasm and attitude aplenty last Friday as nearly 500 young athletes and volunteers from schools all over Devon gathered at the Plymouth Life Centre in the region’s biggest celebration of inclusive sport. Young people with a range of physical and learning disabilities came together to get active, try new sports and compete against one another.

With figures...

Rose Collis brings her one woman show to Plymouth

Rose Collis Brings Acclaimed One-Woman Show to Plymouth for LGBT History Month

Writer and performer Rose Collis brings her acclaimed one-woman musical cabaret show to Plymouth Central Library and Exeter Library as part of an Arts Council-funded tour for LGBT History Month 2016.

'Trouser-Wearing Characters' is the first ever musical cabaret show written and performed by a...

Ridgeway School Ofsted: It's officially good to be there!

STAFF and students have started 2016 on a high after Ofsted inspectors commended Ridgeway School’s continuing improvement.

Ridgeway School has been awarded a ‘Good’ by the Government education watchdog, Ofsted in a report published today.

Inspectors have praised the new principal of the Plympton academy for providing 'dynamic leadership'.

The academy has also...

Cyber security training offered to teachers

A cyber security online training programme is being offered to teachers to help them play a key role in combatting cyber threats to schools.

The Tech Partnership, the employer body that develops skills for the digital economy, and NAACE, the association for the UK’s education technology community, have teamed up to produce the new elearning.

Cyber Security for Teachers has been...

Devon woman's eight stone weight loss

A 26-year-old engineer from Newton Abbot has lost eight stone after her doctor warned her she was 'a heart attack waiting to happen'.

Rachel Coppen, whose weight loss journey started in March 2014, has dropped from a dress size 28 to a size 12 from XXXL to a small.

Rachel said: “I had known for a long time that I needed to lose a serious amount of weight, but it never seemed to...

The Musketeers comes to Ridgeway School

Swordfights, adventures, balloon crashes,love at first sight, more swordfights, and that’s just one scene.

Ridgeway School Company presents their brand new, wholly original, never before seen school musical “The Musketeers!”

With over sixty students from across the school taking part this is a real labour of love from the Ridgeway Performing Arts team.

The Musketeers...

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