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Daily Candle Practices to Cultivate Calm and Clarity

Today we are filled with information overload and constant noise, integrating a calming candle ritual into your daily life can become a foundational habit for nurturing mental clarity, easing anxiety, and creating intentional moments of presence. As a mindfulness aid, candles...

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Flybe announces Booking.com partnership

Flybe, Europe’s largest independent regional airline, has joined forces with the world’s leading online accommodation booking site, Booking.com, that allows agents and independent customers seamless access to Booking.com’s extensive worldwide accommodation database.

The direct link to Booking.com accessed via the airline’s website www.flybe.com provides a ‘one clickbooking’ gateway to...

Mozart concert in aid of Brain Tumour Research

Funds raised at the concert will go to groundbreaking research taking place in Plymouth

The University of Plymouth Choral Society, together with aspiring and enthusiastic singers and musicians under the direction of conductor Simon Ible, will be ‘Celebrating Amadeus’ with a performance of Mozart’s Requiem in aid of charity Brain Tumour Research.

The concert, promoted by...

Poultry link to 244,000 food poisoning cases

New research published by the Food Standards Agency gives the most detailed picture yet of how many people suffer from food poisoning in the UK every year and how much food poisoning can be attributed to different foods.

The findings are important as official data for food poisoning cases significantly under-estimates how big the problem is, as only the most serious cases get reported...

City College Plymouth honours its students

City College Plymouth hosted its Student of the Year event, to celebrate some of the amazing achievements of its students, on Monday 23 June.

The Student of the Year event publically recognises and rewards students who are making a positive contribution to their course, the College or the local community, and celebrates this with their course tutors, family and friends.

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Relaxing with a rhino!

Two key local names have joined forces to sell beer for charity this summer.

Paignton Zoo and Bays Brewery are hoping Rhino Ale will raise funds for Critically Endangered black rhinos in Africa.

The beer is being sold in bottles and casks across the South West, with Wetherspoons stocking it in 24 pubs in Torbay, Exeter and Plymouth. The Zoo, a registered charity, will receive...

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Mr Pretzels opens its doors at Drake Circus

Popular pretzel store, Mr Pretzels, opens at Drake Circus today (Saturday).

The new store is the 28th store in the UK and sells everything from the classic salted pretzel to the best-selling cinnamon and sugar pretzel.

“We are passionate about offering the very best shopping experience, and quality brands, that we can” commented Greg Lumley, Centre Director, Drake Circus....

Taking the classroom to the beach

Teachers from across the South West of England have been getting hands-on Teach on the Beach learning in a brand new initiative supported by the Ecover Blue Mile in partnership with Plymouth University-based Natural Connections.

The Teach on the Beach sessions are taking place at locations in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Bristol throughout this summer and are delivered by a number of...

Audiences invited to experience Heaven on Earth?

A dynamic dance film premiere and performers from across the world are heading for Plymouth as part of a major European cultural initiative.

Heaven on Earth? brings together creative practitioners from Greece, Spain, Turkey and Plymouth to explore the dynamics between people and ports.

It is inspired by the work of French writer, dramatist, film-maker and activist Jean Genet (...

Shakespeare storms Plymouth Arts Centre

Shakespeare from The Globe Theatre is being screened for the first time at Plymouth Arts Centre this summer.

A production of The Tempest, filmed in high definition live at Shakespeare’s reconstructed Globe Theatre in London in 2013, is coming to Plymouth Arts Centre for a storm of a show.

The Tempest is one of three critically-acclaimed productions from Globe On Screen which...

Prospective students invited UTC Plymouth open day

As the end of the first academic year nears at one of Plymouth’s newest schools, students entering years 10 or 12 in September are invited to attend UTC Plymouth’s open evening this week to find out what the college could offer them next year.

On Wednesday 25th June the college will open its doors to prospective students who are moving into year 10 or 12 in September. Starting at 5:...

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