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From Architecture to Amenities: What Defines a Luxury Home

A luxury home is far more than an expensive address or a large footprint. It is defined by exceptional quality, refined comfort, and meticulous attention to design and lifestyle details. From architectural grandeur to carefully curated amenities, every element is purposefully chosen to create a...

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Children ‘GO BLUE!’ with Ecover Schools Blue Mile!

Children up and down the country will ‘GO BLUE!’ to celebrate the world’s oceans in the Ecover Schools Blue Mile – a nationwide event which is also raising money for the Marine Conservation Society.

The idea is that for a day, schools will organise a project that will teach children about the sea, seashore and marine wildlife. The Ecover Schools Blue Mile has produced a range of...

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Devon and Cornwall artists feature in City Museum exhibition

Visitors to Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery can get a glimpse of the Devon and Cornwall art world thanks to a new exhibition by the Plymouth Society of Artists (PSA).

The show features around 80 works by members from the long-established society. These include works on paper, sculpture, landscapes and oil paintings.

“The exhibition is a chance for our visitors to get a...

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Students and community gear up to celebrate Chinese New Year

A week-long celebration of Chinese culture and commerce will take place at Plymouth University as the city heralds in the Chinese New Year.

From a business networking event to a gala dinner, there will be a range of festivities open to the whole community taking place from January 27-31.

A marquee in the Rolle Plaza, on the University’s city centre campus, will be the venue for...

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Debt Awareness Week launches with new survey findings

A new survey, commissioned by StepChange Debt Charity, reveals that many people are underestimating the seriousness of their debt problems.

Although 15 million people in Britain are showing some sign of problem debt, over a quarter of these remain unconcerned.

The survey, conducted for the charity by YouGov, asked participants questions about the kinds of debt issues they...

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Don’t go on overload!

Electricity is a major cause of accidental fires in homes. Faulty electrics, appliances, wiring and overloaded sockets all cause around 7,000 house fires across the country every year.

Many people have extension leads in their homes, often using four-way bar adaptors to increase the number of appliances that you can plug into a wall socket.

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Museum’s under-fives music programme to feature leading folk duo

Two of the finest folk music performers and song leaders in the South West will lead an interactive event for the under-fives at the City Museum and Art Gallery on Friday 31 January.

‘Nice Warm Socks and Other Songs’ will be led by Paul Wilson and Sarah Owen from Devon-based educational charity Wren Music. Their performance will feature songs from a range of projects they have been...

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Plymouth praised for adoption scorecard results

Plymouth has been praised for being one of only 36 councils across the country to meet tough new government standards for adoption by continuing to reduce the amount of time children wait for new families.

This year’s national adoption scorecards from the Department for Education, which compare the performance of council adoption services across the country, show steady year-on-year...

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Shrug off the January blues at Plympton Library

Plympton Library is hosting a special ‘Looking Good, Feeling Great’ event on Friday 31 January to help re-energise everyone after the Christmas break.

The event, which will run from 10am to 1pm, is being organised in partnership with City College Plymouth and will include pampering sessions.

Hair and beauty students will be providing free tasters including mini manicures, hand...

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Creative careers take off with new training scheme

The Plymouth-based arts company which created last year’s smash hit Fish-Hearted Bride show in the National Marine Aquarium tank is offering unique training for young people aged 16 – 25.

Award-winning company Effervescent, which works across design, marketing, theatre, visual arts and event production, has teamed up with Plymouth University’s School of Art & Media and Peninsula...

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Diabetes blood glucose targets are risk free, research shows

Diabetes research led by the University of Exeter Medical School has underlined the importance of people with diabetes achieving their blood sugar goals, to reduce the risk of complications.

The team analysed people with a specific genetic change (Glucokinase Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, or MODY), which means they have elevated blood glucose levels from birth. These higher...

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