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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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Refugees benefit from dental student project

Refugees registered with the Welcome Project at the British Red Cross in Plymouth are getting improved access to dental care and information, thanks to a project being carried out by a group of dental students from Plymouth University.

Language and cultural barriers often leave refugees struggling to obtain the services they need, and dental care is no exception.

Working with...

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First time buyers in the South West will need £51,000 salary to afford an average home by 2020, warns Shelter

Typical first time buyers will need to earn £51k a year by 2020, new research by housing and homelessness charity Shelter shows. This is more than 30% more than the £38k needed for a typical first time buyer’s mortgage today.

On top of this they would need a typical deposit of £47,000 to keep up with rocketing house prices in the region, which are projected to rise to £236,000 over the...

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Primary school scarecrow designs win gardening goodies galore

Otter Nurseries and Radio Plymouth have announced the winners of this year’s scarecrow design competition.

This was the second year that the two organisations have teamed up to challenge children from local primary schools to design scarecrows for the chance to win gardening items for their school. The entries could either be drawn or made designs.

Trish Duff, Sales Director at...

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Festival of words and music celebrates 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death

The enduring influence of William Shakespeare will be celebrated through a series of musical performances, films and talks at Plymouth University.

Marking the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death, the 2016 Words and Music Festival – sponsored by the Suzanne Sparrow Plymouth Language School – will carry the theme of Celebrating Shakespeare.

It will include a theatrical...

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Plymouth ladies urged to Race for Life

A Plymouth health club is issuing a ‘call to arms’ to women across the city, encouraging them to sign up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.

The team at Nuffield Health Plymouth are urging mums, daughters, sisters and friends to choose a Race for Life event and make it their mission to take part in the 5k event at The Hoe on Sunday, June 19, or the Pretty Muddy event at Central Park...

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Devon in top 10 per cent of councils for cutting truancy

Devon has some of the lowest figures in the country for the amount of children who are persistently absent from school.

New Government figures show that Devon County Council is in the top 10 per cent of local authorities for its low absence.

Of 150 local councils responsible for education in England, only 13 have better figures than Devon.

The amount of children who...

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Team Andrea run for Gold Dust

This Sunday, a special group of family and friends will be taking to the streets of Plymouth to run the half marathon in memory of Andrea Norris. Known as Team Andrea, the group will be running in aid of the Gold Dust Appeal.

Andrea Norris, former executive head teacher of Beechwood and Oakwood Primary Schools, in Southway, sadly died unexpectedly in April 2015.

After nearly £5...

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Does your child have a favourite superhero?

.... If so, they now have the chance to dress up as their favourite and take part in our Superhero Children’s Fun Run in July, in aid of our Gold Dust Appeal.

The fun run event is taking place on Saturday 4 June at 14:00 at the Brickfields Sports Centre, Plymouth, and will include medals for all superheroes, a mini superhero toddle, a teddy bears’ picnic, afternoon tea and a family...

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Kidney patient innovations at Derriford

The renal unit at Derriford Hospital has joined in a national project to encourage kidney patients to play a more active role in their own health care.

The unit has also appointed an Acute Kidney Nurse – a new role at Derriford.

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is now one of 23 in the UK involved in the innovative Transforming Participation in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Programme...

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