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Now open: Rockfish Sidmouth

Award-winning sustainable seafood restaurant group Rockfish , from CEO and Founder Mitch Tonks, has officially opened its Sidmouth restaurant on Tuesday 17th March, marking the brand’s eleventh restaurant location along the South West coast of England.

Located at Port Royal on Sidmouth...

Interactive learning day proves a success

A visit to Flashpoint - a life skills centre based in Cornwall - proved an enjoyable and educational day for a group from Plymouth with learning disabilities. Flashpoint Lifeskills Centre is an interactive learning centre providing courses dedicated to accident and injury prevention, crime and disorder reduction as well as health and safety messages.

The day was set up by Dave Evans...

Nautical Fun at Good Food Market

The popular Royal William Yard Food Market expands this month, with many exciting new attractions. Taking place on the first Sunday of each month it has quickly become one of Plymouth’s most popular events. A social hotspot, and a great place to meet friends whilst sampling some of the Westcountry’s finest food and drink.

July sees the introduction of Dan the Fishman who will be...

Devon primary school children graduate

Primary school children from across the county were invited to Plymouth University last week as part of a special graduation ceremony to celebrate their learning achievements.

Around 70 students from the Devon Children’s University received their ‘degree’ certificates from Professor Iain Stewart after completing their out-of-school programmes.

Iain, Chancellor of the Devon...

Much-needed affordable rural homes open in Steppes

Raglan Housing celebrated the creation of much-needed affordable rural housing this month with the official opening of Nine Barrow View, a brand-new development of eight rental properties in Steppes, Langton Matravers, on the Isle of Purbeck. The smart new homes - which are close to the popular seaside town of Swanage and exclusively for local people – built by C G Fry & Son were opened by...

Flybe announces Booking.com partnership

Flybe, Europe’s largest independent regional airline, has joined forces with the world’s leading online accommodation booking site, Booking.com, that allows agents and independent customers seamless access to Booking.com’s extensive worldwide accommodation database.

The direct link to Booking.com accessed via the airline’s website www.flybe.com provides a ‘one clickbooking’ gateway to...

Mozart concert in aid of Brain Tumour Research

Funds raised at the concert will go to groundbreaking research taking place in Plymouth

The University of Plymouth Choral Society, together with aspiring and enthusiastic singers and musicians under the direction of conductor Simon Ible, will be ‘Celebrating Amadeus’ with a performance of Mozart’s Requiem in aid of charity Brain Tumour Research.

The concert, promoted by...

Poultry link to 244,000 food poisoning cases

New research published by the Food Standards Agency gives the most detailed picture yet of how many people suffer from food poisoning in the UK every year and how much food poisoning can be attributed to different foods.

The findings are important as official data for food poisoning cases significantly under-estimates how big the problem is, as only the most serious cases get reported...

City College Plymouth honours its students

City College Plymouth hosted its Student of the Year event, to celebrate some of the amazing achievements of its students, on Monday 23 June.

The Student of the Year event publically recognises and rewards students who are making a positive contribution to their course, the College or the local community, and celebrates this with their course tutors, family and friends.

In...

Relaxing with a rhino!

Two key local names have joined forces to sell beer for charity this summer.

Paignton Zoo and Bays Brewery are hoping Rhino Ale will raise funds for Critically Endangered black rhinos in Africa.

The beer is being sold in bottles and casks across the South West, with Wetherspoons stocking it in 24 pubs in Torbay, Exeter and Plymouth. The Zoo, a registered charity, will receive...

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Mr Pretzels opens its doors at Drake Circus

Popular pretzel store, Mr Pretzels, opens at Drake Circus today (Saturday).

The new store is the 28th store in the UK and sells everything from the classic salted pretzel to the best-selling cinnamon and sugar pretzel.

“We are passionate about offering the very best shopping experience, and quality brands, that we can” commented Greg Lumley, Centre Director, Drake Circus....

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