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Plymouth woman takes on 100k walk for charity

A woman from Devon is taking on a 100k walk for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women, and is calling on others to join her.

Cindy Willcocks, 38 and from Plymouth, decided to sign up for the Blind Veterans UK 100k London to Brighton challenge after her friend Nigel Evans encouraged her to join him.

Cindy says: “Nigel tried to get...

Pirates and Chips competition

The famous Pirate Weekend is returning to Plymouth on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May.

As part of the pirate festivities Harbourside Fish and Chips have announced a ‘Pirates and Chips’ competition. For all those who visit Pirate Weekend in fancy dress anyone who tweets a picture outside Harbourside Fish and Chips with the hashtag #Piratesandchips will be entered into a competition...

Ocean film Tour Volume 2 kicks off in Plymouth

After a highly successful premiere year in 2014, including a one-off night in London in October, the Int. OCEAN FILM TOUR ( www.oceanfilmtour.com/en ), in partnership with KEEN ( www.keenfootwear.com ), returns with VOLUME 2 which kicks off in Plymouth on Friday 15 May.

Brought to you by the team behind the European Outdoor Film Tour - Europe’s biggest adventure sports film tour - the...

Bed Push to come through Plymouth

26 year old, Rosie Mai in embarking on a mammonth journey travelling through the whole of the UK, whilst pushing a bed.

She is pushing the bed 1200 miles from John O' Grots to Land's End sleeping in it every night. She wants to raise awareness of many children not having a safe place to sleep at night and suffering in appauling conditions.

She is raising £200,000 to set up a...

Former Wren joins Persimmon Homes

A former Royal Navy Wren has become the latest new recruit to jump on board with the region’s leading house builder.

Charlotte Donaldson, who spent four-and-a-half years in the Navy, has been appointed sales negotiator at Persimmon Homes South West and will be based at the builder’s Palmerston Heights development in Plymouth.

It’s a change of direction for Charlotte from...

Starlight create laughter on children’s wards

The Starlight Children's Foundation brought a big dose of sunshine to poorly children at Derriford Hospital today (Wednesday 6 May), when its amazing Storytellers Tour paid a visit.

The interactive theatre group, The Panto Company, treated children, relatives and staff to performances of Beauty and The Beast, The Jungle Book and The Wizard of Oz, as part of an eight week long Starlight...

Harbourside launches fish sandwich

The South West’s Best Fish and Chip Shop has gone one step further and has launched a Fish Sandwich in light of British Sandwich Week.

Harbourside Fish and Chips on Plymouth’s Barbican will donate £1 from the sale of every Fish Sandwich during British Sandwich Week to the Fisherman’s Mission - the only fishermen’s charity that provides emergency support alongside practical, financial...

International charity supports sailing centre

The Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation is delighted to announce its grant of £6,000 to the All-aboard Sailing Project which is run by Mount Batten Watersports and Activities Centre in Plymouth, in partnership with Wheels on Water (WOW) sailing club and Woodlands Special School.

The Project focuses on young people between eight and nineteen years old living in Plymouth that have moderate...

Fire survival advice saves three lives

Fire survival advice given by Fire Control Operators helped save the lives of three people from a fire in Plymouth on Saturday morning (9 May).

Smoke alarms alerted the three adults to the fire in Chaddlewood Avenue, St Judes, early this morning and they immediately called 999.

The fire on the ground floor of the house had trapped the woman and two men inside upstairs, so as...

Follow the ale trail for a taste of Plymouth History

The organisers of this year’s Plymouth History Festival have joined forces with the city’s oldest working brewery to create a special beer and ale trail.

The ‘Plymouth History FestivALE’ is an exciting addition to this year’s programme and will be available at five historic pubs throughout the rest of May.

From the Fortescue Hotel, which was first recorded in the 1867 Directory...

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