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Choosing A Bed When You Have A Specific Room Style: Tips

Walk into any bedroom that's been thoughtfully designed and the bed always belongs there. Walk into one that's been assembled rather than designed and the bed often sits at odds with everything around it. The difference isn't usually about money or taste. It's about whether the bed was chosen...

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Call for new foster carers in Plymouth

With approximately 395 children and young people in local authority care in Plymouth, many of whom are in urgent need of a foster family, Foster Care Associates (FCA) is appealing for new foster carers as it prepares to mark Foster Care Fortnight (Monday 16 May – Sunday 29 May) – the UK’s biggest annual foster carer recruitment campaign.

The event aims to highlight the fantastic work...

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Early May bank holiday weekend: Brits opt for seaside breaks

The first of the May Bank Holidays is almost here, offering Brits the perfect chance to enjoy a three-day break. What are the most popular Bank Holiday destinations for Brits – and how to find cheap last minute deals to get there? The travel search engine gopili.co.uk reveals the trending destinations for this weekend. Britain’s seaside towns: a close getaway for the Bank Holiday weekend...

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Plymouth’s Plan for Homes wins top planning award

Plymouth City Council’s ‘Plan for Homes’ has won a top regional planning award and has been shortlisted for a national award.

Plan for Homes won the overall award in the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) South West Awards for Planning Excellence. It has also been shortlisted for an RTPI national award in the category ‘Excellence in Planning to Deliver Housing’.

Phil Bisatt,...

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Bassline Festival comes to Powderham Castle

Great news for everyone who missed out on tickets for this summer’s Radio One Big Weekend!

Bassline, the South‐West’s biggest dance music festival, will take place in the grounds of the magnificent Powderham Castle, Exeter on the weekend of the 9th - 11th of September 2016.

Phase One acts now confirmed: Rudimental, Krept & Konen, Sigma, Wilkinson, Sub Focus, Charlie Sloth,...

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New café to champion Devon produce

On Saturday 30th April, children’s favourite Elmer will be at Waterstones on New George Street as the bookshop launches its new café with a day of magic and face-painting family fun.

With six years of bookselling experience and eighteen years in the hospitality industry, Waterstones Bookshop Manager Lee Auburn is relishing the opportunity to marry his twin passions for food and books...

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More acts revealed for Radio 1's Big Weekend Exeter

BBC Radio 1’s Annie Mac and Huw Stephens last night announced the line-up for the BBC Introducing stage at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Exeter, revealing that acts including The Hunna, Emmi, Black Foxxes and Declan McKenna, will perform alongside returning acts Rosie Lowe, Blossoms, Spring King and Izzy Bizu at Europe’s biggest free ticketed event at Powderham Castle on 28 and 29 May.

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Business Builder Forum at Ridgeway School

Post 16 students from Ridgeway School took part in a Business Builder Forum recently.

The event was organised by Plymouth company Business Vision, and started with a presentation from its owner, Marc Lawson on how to grow a business.

This was then followed by an inspirational presentation from former Olympic gold medallist and TV personality Kris Akabusi who charted his journey...

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Trampoline Park to open in Plymouth

There’s something to put a spring in your step this summer as the largest trampoline park in Devon and Cornwall is due to open in Plymouth in June. A relatively new concept in the UK, the trampoline park concept originated from the USA and Australia before hitting Europe around 5 years ago. The popularity of the sporting activity has increased hugely over the last year with 30 UK parks opening in...

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Schools combine for Ten Tors event

Better together – Ridgeway School and Devonport High School for Girls combine for the Ten Tors event in 2016. Once again the combined Ten Tors training group from Ridgeway School and Devonport High School for Girls have entered a strong set of teams at every distance for this year’s event. It is now thirteen years since former Ridgeway School Headteacher John Didymus introduced the Ten Tors event...

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Devon embraces National Schools Snowsport Week

A brand new national initiative aimed at encouraging more schools to introduce their pupils to skiing and snowboarding has begun in Devon and will continue until Friday.

‘National Schools Snowsport Week sponsored by Visit Andorra’, which is being backed by former The Jump contestant Stacey Solomon and GB Snowboarder Aimee Fuller started last Friday at both Plymouth Ski and Snowboard...

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