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PCC helps charity plant seeds for a brighter future

Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has backed a charity’s attempts to steer young people away from a life of re-offending.

Grow 4 Good, based in the grounds of Dartmoor Zoo, Sparkwell, aims to use horticultural work to reduce social isolation in young people which can lead them into lives of crime.

It received a grant of £2,789 from Tony Hogg’s small grant scheme for a new...

Young musicians stage concert for Lord Mayor's charities

Young musicians will be staging a concert at the Plymouth Guildhall on Wednesday 30 April to help raise money for the Lord Mayor’s chosen charities.

Plymouth's Youth Music Service (PYMS) has organised the event, which will include performances from the PYMS Concert Band, HMS Drake Volunteer Band, the Military Kids Choir, Devonport Community Choir, Plymouth Youth Steel and The Co-...

It's Gold for Plymouth University!

Plymouth University is a winner of a prestigious Gold Award in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2014.

The Gold Award in the prestigious annual scheme run by RoSPA will be presented during a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, at the National Exhibition Centre, on May 14, 2014.

Plymouth University...

Flybe to close 'sun routes' from Exeter Airport

Flybe have confirmed that they are to cease operations on four major ‘sun routes’ flying from Exeter airport, from October.

The move will see four regular Flybe routes, from Exeter Airport to Spain and Portugal, closed as the airline changes focus to regional flights.

The Exeter routes due to close currently fly to Alicante, Malaga and Palma Mallorca in Spain as well as Faro in...

Plymouth University co-hosts global summit

Plymouth University is to partner with the UK’s foremost Higher Education publication in hosting the first-ever global summit of the world’s leading modern universities.

The Times Higher Education Young Universities Summit with Plymouth University, takes place in Miami on 28 April 2014 ahead of the publication of the 2014 THE 100 Under 50 rankings which Plymouth University will also...

Local producers invited to take a stand in outdoor market

TALENTED artists, food producers and crafters are being invited to air their wares at a new outdoor market launched in Plymouth this summer.

The Local Produce Market will be held in the streets surrounding Plymouth City Market on the second Saturday of every month from May (starting May 10) to September.

Traders will be able to show of their creations from homemade cupcakes and...

New geocache trails for Meeth and Dunsdon

Devon Wildlife Trust has announced the opening of geocache trails at two of its most popular nature reserves.

Geocaching is an outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices (Global Positioning System). Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the small geocache (container) hidden at that location.

Thirteen geocaches have been...

Things are growing fast at Mount Edgcumbe

A new monthly produce market is starting up at Mount Edgcumbe thanks to a partnership between the estate and Tamar Grow Local and Let them Eat Cake.

The market will focus on food and drink made in the Tamar Valley and take place every second Sunday of the month from 11 May to 16 November.

The new market is just one of many new events planned at the park this year and follows on...

Daily Flybe flights from Exeter to London

Direct flights between London and Exeter are set to begin this October as part of a major expansion deal by locally-based airline Flybe.

Three city-to-city flights will run from Exeter to London City Airport as part of a five year agreement with the capital airport.

The expansion to the airlines’ Exeter flights will also see daily flights service Edinburgh and Dublin, two...

Warning over cold calling as weather warms

Plymouth residents are being warned against high pressure selling of services on the doorstep after a spate of complaints.

Plymouth City Council's Trading Standards has seen a series of incidents where tradesmen targeted elderly and vulnerable people to carry out work such as power-washing, roof repairs and guttering.

In all the cases the work was commissioned after the...

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