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Digital Nomads in the UK Find New Ways to Unwind Online

The shift toward remote working has opened the door to a new lifestyle that more people across the UK are embracing. Known as digital nomads, these workers are untethered from fixed offices and are instead choosing to travel while working. Coastal towns, countryside cottages and quiet cities...

Ivybridge Community College celebrates ‘outstanding’ Ofsted status

Ivybridge Community College staff and students are celebrating after achieving a fifth ‘outstanding’ Ofsted report in a row.

It is one of a small few schools in the UK to have received an outstanding rating in every one of its inspections since Ofsted was established in 1992 and the only secondary school in Devon to have retained this status since the Ofsted framework was updated in...

Great Gorillas auction raises incredible sum

The Paignton Zoo Great Gorillas Project auction has raised £100,000.

A total of £99,800 was bid on the night - a secret donation of £200 made the sum up to six figures.

The project, celebrating Paignton Zoo’s 90th birthday, is supporting gorilla conservation and Children’s Hospice South West.

Life-size model gorillas, sponsored by businesses and community groups,...

'The Day Of The Doctor' is coming! Matt Smith thrilled to be part of 50th anniversary

Doctor Who returns to BBC One in a special 50th anniversary adventure on 23 November, starring Matt Smith, David Tennant and Jenna Coleman with Billie Piper and John Hurt.

The shows chief writer and executive producer, Steven Moffat who has written the episode, said: "Since I was a little boy, the idea of writing a Doctor Who story at all was remarkable enough to me. But writing the...

Pedal for Pudsey challenge kicks off in Plymouth

Pudsey puts his paws to the pedals with help of DFS employees to cycle sofa rickshaw over 400 miles in support of the retailers’ fundraising drive for BBC Children in Need

Staff from DFS in Plymouth used their pedal power to complete a gruelling cycling challenge, as part of the furniture retailer’s endeavour to raise £1million for BBC Children in Need this year.

Karen...

Plymouth explorer-in-residence set for nutrition, dementia and music research at South Pole

Polar explorer Antony Jinman will be promoting good nutrition to children, assisting dementia researchers and composing music as part of his latest epic adventure.

Plymouth University’s Explorer in Residence will be following in the footsteps of another great figure, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, when he sets out later this month on a 730-mile solo expedition to the Geographic South...

Plymouth MP joins UTC Apprentices at the 2014 UK Youth Rocketry Challenge Launch

More than 20 MPs attended the launch of the UK Youth Rocketry Challenge taking place in Westminster on Wednesday (6 November). The MPs worked with apprentices from their constituencies, to assemble and launch an air pressure powered rocket as far as possible.

Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, was delighted to meet Joe and Jordan, both apprentices at UTC Aerospace in Plymouth...

Plymouth Arts Centre holds fireworks themed workshop for little sparks

A free fireworks-themed workshop to ignite children’s creativity following Bonfire Night is being held next week.

The event next Tuesday at Plymouth Arts Centre, run in conjunction with Plymouth Play Association, is for under 6 year olds. Artists and learning specialists will help children ignite their creativity.

The workshop, at the venue in Looe Street, will run from 1-2....

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust appoints new Medical Director

Consultant Radiologist Dr Phil Hughes been appointed to the position of Medical Director with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Medical Director is the most senior doctor’s role in management in the Trust and Dr Hughes will sit on the Trust Board providing experience and advice on all medical matters and ensuring that appropriate systems and mechanisms are in place to safeguard the...

Sherlock returns to BBC One in 'The Empty Hearse'

With anticipation building around the return of Sherlock , BBC One has released the first official picture of the new series.

The question on everyone's lips will finally be answered when Sherlock returns with three brand-new action-packed adventures. How did he do it? And how will John (Martin Freeman) take the news that his best friend faked his own death? What will Sherlock (...

Council House opens its doors to the public for graduate art exhibition

An exhibition of striking artwork by Plymouth graduates will be on display as the Council House opens its doors for public viewings.

Paintings, prints, photos, ceramics and sculptures feature in the display borrowed from degree shows at Plymouth University, Plymouth College of Art and the University of St Mark and St John.

The exhibition will be open to the public on three days...

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