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What Window Glazing Is and Why It Matters for Energy Efficiency

If you've ever wondered about ways to improve the energy efficiency of your home, you might have come across the term high level glazing . But what exactly is window glazing, and why is it gaining so much attention when it comes to reducing energy consumption? In this article, we will delve...

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'Eggcellent' Easter events in Plymouth

Enjoy the Easter holidays in with lots of ‘eggcellent’ events and offers. Whether it’s a day out with the family or an extended weekend break, there are plenty of things to do in Plymouth this Easter.

Here are just a few of the events taking place in Plymouth to be enjoyed over the Easter Holidays.

Saltram Easter Trail Cadbury Easter Eggsplorer trails return this year for more...

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Sarah Millican returns to Plymouth

Plymouth Pavilions are thrilled to announce that Sarah Millican is returning with her Outsider Tour on Friday 12th February 2016. Tickets are on sale

In the past when you put Sarah Millican outside, she asked things like: ‘Why? Where is the taxi? Do I need a cardie?’ and said things like: ‘There’ll be wasps. I’ve nothing to sit on. Is that poo? Can we go home?’

But things have...

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Raise your hat for Brain Tumour Research

From top hats to bowlers, boaters to sombreros, beanies to tam o’ shanters, hundreds of people in and around Plymouth are expected to don their hats on Friday 27th March, Wear a Hat Day, to raise money for Brain Tumour Research.

A grand ‘hat-a-thon’ will take place at Drake’s Place, main University campus, and the Brain Tumour Research Wall of Hope at the John Bull Building, at 12 noon...

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Fairy Gokmother to make Cinderella's dreams come true!

TV Personality Gok Wan and ventriloquist Paul Zerdin to star in Theatre Royal Plymouth’s spectacular pantomime Cinderella

Theatre Royal Plymouth is delighted to announce that everyone’s favourite fashion-guru Gok Wan and comedy ventriloquist Paul Zerdin will star in this year’s magical pantomime adventure, Cinderella.

Gok Wan will play The Fairy Gokmother, offering helpful...

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Popular garden waste scheme restarts

Plymouth’s popular garden waste collection is starting up again from 30 March.

This year the scheme will be extended by a month until the end of November so that people can sweep up autumn leaves and put their garden to bed for the winter.

The collection operates every fortnight – the same week that people’s recycling is collected.

The service starts just ahead of the...

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Squeeze announce Plymouth date

Squeeze: From The Cradle To The Grave Tour with very special guest Dr John Cooper Clarke

Squeeze, the enduring British pop act whose songs have tenderly and wittily chronicled life and love stretching across four decades, are to play an extensive UK tour in the autumn – their first, as a band, for three years. As well as a vast catalogue including hits such as Cools For Cats, Up The...

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Bright new future for adult learning

A brand new adult learning venture is being set up in Plymouth to protect access to courses and skills development in the city for years to come.

Plymouth City Council approved plans last week to allow its Plymouth Adult and Community Learning service (PACLS) to become an independent joint venture with two key city based partners – Shekinah and YMCA Plymouth.

The proposals were...

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Children believe in dragons, not dragonflies

Research from UK holiday property rental company, holidaycottages.co.uk has revealed that one in seven children believes that they might come across fictional creatures from the Harry Potter series in the British countryside.

14 per cent of the UK’s 7-12-year-olds have said they believe in dragons and werewolves, creatures commonly spotted at Hogwarts, while more than one in ten (11...

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Book: The Lost Band of Brothers by Tom Keene

Fifty handpicked men formed this secret army. They attacked, kidnapped, ambushed and killed Germans across Europe during the Second World War.

After the fall of Dunkirk in 1940, elite special units were formed into a secret army to make mayhem and sow fear into the hearts of those guarding the enemy shore.

They were endorsed at the highest level by Churchill. These cross...

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Capture the region's wildlife on camera

Photographers with a keen eye for flora and fauna are being invited to take part in a competition in the South West later this month.

OPAL South-West and the Plymouth Woodland Project, who are part of Plymouth University’s outreach programme to engage wider audiences in the study of biology and ecology, have set the challenge for participants to capture ‘urban wildlife’ and ‘wildlife...

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