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Arson Awareness Week focuses on children

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service are supporting Arson Awareness Week (May 3-9) by focusing on their Firesetter Intervention Programme aimed at young children who are drawn to lighting fires.

The Firesetter Intervention Programme helps children and young people understand and control the feelings and circumstances that lead them to set fires.

Most children show a...

Racecourses ready to welcome charity walker

On Tuesday 5th May, fundraiser and 53-year-old father of four, Richard Farquhar, will arrive at Exeter Racecourse’s race meeting having walked all the way there from Taunton Racecourse. Two days later, Farquhar will walk on to Newton Abbot Racecourse - a hop, a skip and a jump, in comparison - arriving at the race meeting on Thursday 7th May. These two walks are the next stages of his 2,750...

Healthier fish & chips at Harbourside

Harbourside Fish and Chips, named as the South West’s best Independent Takeaway Fish and Chip Shop of the Year in the National Fish and Chip Shop Awards for 2015, is on a mission to prove fish and chips can be a healthier dish.

Co-owned by Sarah Lock and Philip Thompson since 2009 Harbourside focuses on fresh, sustainable seafood, and aim to provide good quality tasting dishes using...

82% of Brits admit their homes are filthy

New figures have shown that 82% of Brits admit their homes are filthy, as they shun the once popular spring clean, for more frequent, basic surface cleans; and those over 55 are the worst culprits.

A new study of 1,000 UK families, by online electricals retailer, ao.com, found that while this month is the most popular month for Brits wanting to do their spring clean, 1 in 10 Brits will...

First in restorative dentistry training for Peninsula

Tim O’Brien is the first the first speciality registrar in restorative dentistry to pass the Intercollegiate Speciality Fellowship Examination (Exit Speciality Training Examination) in Restorative Dentistry at Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry.

Tim’s achievement firmly marks the School and the Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise as a speciality training centre in...

Bird expert banks on success in South Africa

A bird expert has travelled from South Devon to South Africa to help save an endangered African seabird. And within days of arriving, Living Coasts Senior Head Keeper Lois Rowell has found herself hand-rearing precious chicks.

Lois, an experienced bird keeper practiced in the delicate art of hand-rearing, is spending six weeks working with bank cormorants. She is helping SANCCOB, a...

New imaging equipment benefits patients

Four new pieces of digital imaging equipment are now being used in our Radiology Departments at Derriford Hospital.

The installation of the X-Ray machines began last April, with all four rooms on level 6 now being open and equipped with the latest technology.

The main benefit of this technology is the reduction in radiation dose for the patient and improved image quality. In...

Students are offered life-changing opportunities

From a sustainable grass roots project in South East Asia to working with psychiatric patients in Sri Lanka, more than a dozen students at Plymouth University have been offered life-changing opportunities through an awards fund.

Thirteen undergraduates have been chosen to receive this year’s Roland Levinsky Memorial Fund, which means they can use up to £1,500 to undertake personal...

Charity bout helps Jeremiah’s Journey punch above its weight

Business people from across Plymouth went toe to toe at a glittering black tie event at Plymouth Pavilions on Saturday to raise thousands of pounds for popular city charity Jeremiah’s Journey.

Glenn Kelly from Bruton Knowles’ Lockyer Street office flew the flag for the city’s leading commercial property consultancy earning a very respectable draw against opponent Ken York from Security...

British Red Cross Shop Drop for Nepal

The British Red Cross is today (Thursday 30 April) launching ‘Shop Drop for Nepal’ to give people another way to donate to its Nepal Earthquake Appeal.

The Red Cross is appealing to people to clear out their wardrobes and cupboards and donate their unwanted clothes and goods to their local Red Cross shop.

Funds raised from the sale of the items will aid the organisation’s life-...

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