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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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A great place to lay your S-head

To launch the annual Shed of the Year competition, sponsors Cuprinol are giving Brits the chance to book their very own ‘shedcation’ at some of the UK’s most spectacular sheds, by joining forces with alternative accommodation site, Airbnb.

The shed ‘wishlist’, which has been curated by founder of Cuprinol’s Shed of the Year, Uncle Wilco, is encouraging people to book a stay at a number...

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Judge Jules heads for Plymouth

DJ Judge Jules is set to visit Plymouth this spring as part of his Judgement tour.

Judge Jules has been a pioneer of the electronic music scene since day one, establishing himself as a master behind the decks, a ruler of the airwaves and a legend on the White Isle for almost 30 incredible years. With his every move, mix and melody influencing each generation of clubbers to grace the...

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SW renters have paid £38,000 on average to their landlord since 2010

Someone paying rent for an average two bedroom home in the South West would have forked out £38,137 to their landlord over the last five years, new analysis by housing and homelessness charity Shelter reveals today.

This is just under the sum needed for a 20% deposit on the average first time buyer home in the region, which is currently priced at £195,672.

With millions of...

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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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