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Over 18s wrestling returns to new rooftop venue

Have you been asking for an all out, no filters, no holds barred, 18+ wrestling event right on your door step?

Well after six long years of asking, REACH wrestling is here to fulfill your needs for violence and carnage.

REACH wrestling is the Premier wrestling organisation in...

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Free fitness fun at St Aubyn Library

St Aubyn Library is hosting a drop-in health and fitness event for young people in Devonport this half term.

‘The Only Way is Fit’ is a chance for 12 to 18-year-olds to get advice on living well, staying healthy and feeling ready for the summer. It will run from 12pm to 4pm on Friday 30 May.

Tom Woods, 2013/14 player for Plymouth Raiders, will be dropping in at 1pm to show...

Woods and waves activities for half term

Families wanting fresh air and fun have got their pick of events in the city from the seashore to woodlands this half term.

Plymouth’s Stepping Stones to Nature team have put on a packed programme of activities designed to get Plymouth people out and about.

Four organisations dedicated to helping people learn about nature, as well as feel happier, healthier and more connected...

Kaiser Chiefs to perform when MTV Crashes Plymouth

Chart-topping British band Kaiser Chiefs are the first act to be announced for this summer's eagerly awaited MTV Crashes Plymouth event.

The spectacular live music event, being organised by MTV in collaboration with Plymouth City Council, will take place on Plymouth Hoe on Tuesday 15 July.

After 10,000 tickets were snapped up by Plymouth residents in minutes, 5,000 more tickets...

City Museum and Alzheimer’s Society join forces for dementia awareness event

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and Alzheimer’s Society are collaborating on a special event at Drake Circus Shopping Centre on Thursday 22 May as part of Dementia Awareness Week (18 to 24 May).

The focus of this year’s Dementia Awareness Week is on ‘opening up’ and encouraging people who are concerned about dementia-related issues to talk about their worries rather than bottling...

Scientists find best way to rid a garden of snails

Gardeners wanting to rid their spring flowerbeds of pesky snails can ditch the beer traps and egg shells and instead develop a strong throwing arm.

This is according to a new study published today, 16 May, in the journal Physica Scripta, which has used statistical models to show that removing snails out of the garden by a distance of over 20 metres or more is just as effective as...

Support for people with life threatening allergies

A woman with a severe, life threatening allergy has started a support group to help support others affected by severe allergies, or anaphylaxis.

Katy Hannaford, from Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, has a severe drug allergy herself and is also carer to her daughter 12-year-old daughter, Alicia, who has multiple severe allergies.

Food allergies are thought to affect around 5-8% of...

Barbican International Jazz & Blues Festival 2014

American musicians will be playing close to the Mayflower Steps at the Barbican International Jazz & Blues Festival 2014.

Mississippi blues guitar-man Robin Henkel will headline the event, which takes place from June 13-15 on The Barbican, close to where the Pilgrims left for the New World in 1620.

The Festival’s music programme is due to run between noon and 9pm on...

Plymouth's new lifestyle destination launches today

Ocean Crescent, which changed its name from Zero 4 following the acquisition by Burrington Estates and is currently undergoing a £1 million refurbishment, is officially due to launch today between 5.30pm and 7pm.

There is a range of studio, one- and two-bed apartments, many of which benefit from an underground parking space as well as four stunning luxury duplex penthouses, which boast...

Charity football in aid of St Luke's Hospice

The Range have organised for a charity football match in aid of St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth which will take place this Sunday (18 May).

Two teams have been made, one with employees from our Plymouth based Head Office and the other made from employees from our Devon and Cornwall stores (Exeter, Plymouth and Truro). All money raised will be going to St Luke’s Hospice, a charity chosen by...

Families buzzing about free events inspired by bee exhibition

Plymouth University will be a hive of activity on Saturday 17 May when it hosts two fun family-friendly events inspired by an exhibition about bees.

‘Bee Happy’ will be led by the Wild About Plymouth team – a partnership between the City Museum and Art Gallery and Plymouth University, which organises a natural history or science-based event each month throughout the year.

The...

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