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From Devon With Love: Villages in Action Brings Bold Double-Bill of New Performance to Buckfastleigh and Totnes Fringe Festival

This July, Villages in Action presents two vibrant evenings of early-stage performance as part of its acclaimed artist development programme, From Devon With Love . The first of two Summer Scratch events takes place on Thursday 10th July at the Moor...

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Last chance to enter Plymouth's Race for Life

Women in Plymouth are being urged to grab their last chance to enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life at the Plymouth Hoe as there are just two weeks left until registration closes.

Entries will close at midnight on Friday 20th June and organisers are encouraging mums, daughters, grannies, sisters, friends and workmates who want to take part in the 5k women-only event to sign up as...

Researchers warn mobile phones negatively affect male fertility

Men who keep a mobile phone in their trouser pocket could be inadvertently damaging their chances of becoming a father, according to a new study led by the University of Exeter.

Previous research has suggested that Radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMR) emitted by the devices can have a detrimental effect on male fertility. Most of the global adult population own mobile...

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Easy Diner set to open at Drake Circus

Drake Circus is set to welcome Ed’s Easy Diner in Summer. It will be the first of the popular and much-loved retro American Diner's to open in Devon and Cornwall.

Ed's is the home of great hamburgers, delicious hot dogs and arguably the best milkshakes in town, remaining a firm favourite for diners everywhere and it's authentic American interiors make it a hotspot for film and TV...

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Young musicians join forces for a musical extravaganza

Young musicians and singers from across Plymouth will be making beautiful music together in a thrilling concert linked to Armed Forces Day.

Talented youngsters from the Plymouth Youth Concert Band will be sharing the stage with the musicians from HMS Drake Royal Navy Volunteer Band and the recently-formed Rwindband for a rousing concert at the Minster Church of St Andrew on Wednesday...

Young people needed to give blood and join the greatest team in the world

Young donors are crucial to ensuring there will be enough donors in the years to come. Despite the percentage of 17–24 year old blood donors in Devon being higher than the national average, more younger donors are needed.

NHS Blood and Transplant has released the figures at the start of National Blood Week to encourage more people across Devon to ‘get off the bench’ and start giving...

New approach to writing changes policy and practice

A decade of research into the development of writing in school-aged children at the University of Exeter has shaped classroom practice in the teaching of writing and informed national and international policy.

This has resulted in measurable improvements to children’s writing abilities and has changed ways of thinking about writing.

The research is being celebrated by the...

Live Music Night is set to rock Plymouth

The Sound, Ashes to Ashes and Joker are set to rock the town at this year’s third Plymouth Live Music Night on Friday 13 June.

Crowds are expected to gather as the three local bands perform their sets from 7pm.

The Sound is first up and will be taking to the stage at 7pm. The four-piece indie-rock band from Plymouth covers tracks from bands including Oasis, the Kings of Leon,...

Museum event to celebrate ‘Fantastic Fathers’

Children will get the chance to make some special treats for their dads at the City Museum and Art Gallery this weekend.

Staff are running two 'Fantastic Fathers' craft sessions from 11am to midday and from 1.30pm to 2.30pm on Saturday 7 June.

Children will be able to make handmade gifts and keepsakes to give to their dads on Father's Day on Sunday 15 June. Activities will...

Example joins line up for MTV Crashes Plymouth

Chart topping singer and rapper Example is the latest act to be added to the line-up for this summer’s eagerly awaited MTV Crashes Plymouth event on Tuesday 15 July.

He joins the BRIT Award winning Kaiser Chiefs for the unique show on Plymouth Hoe, with more acts yet to be announced.

Example first found success with the release of his second studio album 'Won't Go Quietly',...

Going, going… Ebay auction for CHSW

Exclusive Online Auction to raise funds for the Children’s Hospice South West is now on!

Fancy a new Mulberry handbag, or tickets to the X Factor final? Bid for these items on the exclusive Precious Lives Atlantic Challenge Ebay auction, which starts on Friday 6 June, and you will be helping children across the South West.

The exclusive auction is in support of the Precious...

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