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Choir’s summer smörgåsbord: ‘A Feast of English Choral Music’

Exeter Philharmonic Choir is ending its 2024/25 season with a veritable banquet of some of the greatest English choral and organ music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

‘A Feast of English Choral Music’ at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 14 June is the Choir’s closing...

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June celebrates spectacular 60 years of NHS service

Colleagues and Executive Directors were on hand to congratulate Healthcare Assistant June Foster who has notched up an incredible 60 years of service in the NHS.

Since 1953, starting at Freedom Fields, June has always worked with children and young people.

Talking about June’s achievement Chief Executive Ann James said: “An achievement like this deserves a very personal thank...

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Students embark on entrepreneurial action project in Kenya

Two business students from Plymouth University are preparing to embark on a six-week project to encourage entrepreneurship within a Kenyan community.

Luke Mallard and James Holden have been selected to take part in the Balloon Kenya initiative, which brings exceptional young individuals from around the world together to work with budding local business people.

They leave the UK...

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Maxillo-facial department to benefit from silver wedding anniversary

Paul Turner from Hartley has donated two valuable books to Derriford Hospital today to say ‘thank you’ to the staff that helped him through a difficult time.

Mr Turner said: “On returning from a family holiday, I noticed a small lump in my neck. I visited my local GP and was referred to Derriford Hospital for tests where I was then diagnosed with cancer.

“After surgery I faced...

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It's a baker's dozen as The Great British Bake Off returns to our screens

For the first time ever, the tent welcomes a baker’s dozen to do baking battle. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins coax them through their baking trials, all the while under the scrutiny of the judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood. But with 13 bakers, at any time Mary and Paul may decide to lose not one but two bakers. This year, nobody is safe.

BBC TWO's hugely popular show The Great...

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Appointments boost Plymouth dental research

Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry has boosted its dental research portfolio with the appointment of three new members to its research team.

Dr. Vehid Salih joins the Plymouth team from University College London. He has wide experience in studying biomaterials for tissue regeneration, mainly of musculoskeletal origin, for tissue engineering. His work covers...

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Plymouth UKYP members lessons for life campaign

Four schools are leading the way in Plymouth by signing a pledge asking the Government to include the seven topics identified in the UK Youth Parliament's campaign for a curriculum to prepare students for life.

Since November 2012 Members and Deputies of UK Youth Parliament have been writing to the Prime Minister, leaders of all parties, Members of Parliament and Academies to push for...

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Support act and more tickets for Jake Bugg's Plymouth show

Tickets for Jake Bugg’s Plymouth Pavilions show on Sunday 20 October sold out in record time earlier in the year, so it will be good news to fans who missed out that a limited amount of tickets will become available this Friday 9 August from 9am.

Support details have also been announced with Los Angeles duo ‘honeyhoney’ bringing their effortless blend of alt.country, folk, pop rock to...

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St George's to open as an academy for the new term

St George's Primary School in Plymouth will open as an academy for the new term in September, as part of the St Christopher’s Multi Academy Trust, set up by the Diocese of Exeter’s Board of Education to support schools becoming academies.

Bishop Nick McKinnel said he was “delighted” to welcome St George’s into the Trust. “St George’s is committed to meeting the needs of all its...

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MPs to play in charity cricket match for The Chestnut Appeal

A number of MPs will be joining Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP Oliver Colvile in a cricket match in aid of the Chestnut Appeal.

The match takes place on Saturday 11 August at the Plymouth Cricket Club at Mount Wise, starting at 2pm

Founded in 1999 by a team of consultant and a research nurse at Derriford Hospital, The Chestnut Appeal is a Plymouth-based charity that raises...

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Theatre Centre explores the changing role of drama at Lipson Academy

As part of a series of celebrations marking its 60th Birthday, Theatre Centre is presenting a very special performance of a new play by Roy Williams, Advice for the Young at Heart , at a secondary school in Plymouth.

The performance at Plymouth's Lipson Co-opertive Academy is one of five at secondary schools across the country. The others are in Leicester, Burnley, Hove and Sheffield...

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