Lifestyle

There’s gruesome fun for all the family on Saturday 20 September as Plymouth’s Central Library hosts an afternoon of ‘Horrible Histories’ activities.

Staff in the children’s library will be transformed into Rotten Romans and Smashing Saxons and there may even be an appearance from Henry VIII so hold on to your heads!

The costumes are on loan from Mount Edgcumbe and from the...

Dozens of cyclists including a team from Ginsters successfully completed the Tri Moor Cycle Challenge in aid of children’s charity CHICKS.

Following hot on the heels of the Tour of Britain which passed through Tavistock last Thursday, the CHICKS Tri Moor Cycle Challenge began on Saturday in Illfracombe and covered 122 miles, finishing at the charity’s retreat in Tywardreath, Cornwall...

Twenty-five team members from Plymouth Albion RFC are to benefit from protected smiles, thanks to the Devonport Dental Education Facility (DEF), Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and run by the Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise.

The DEF team has provided advice to team members, and created and fitted tailored mouth guards for each player.

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Plymouth Hospitals Charity raises money for every ward and department in Derriford Hospital, for the Child Development Centre and Plymouth Dialysis Unit.

They aim to support the work of staff and raise standards above the level that NHS funding alone allows. On Sunday 12th October, 11:00 to 2:30pm, there is a sponsored Autumn ‘Walk for Wards’ at Saltram House Woods and Parkland,...