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Ambulance service shares safety tips during school summer holidays

As the South West prepares for the start of the school summer holidays, the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is calling on residents and visitors to take simple, preventative steps to stay safe and well during the summer break.

The school summer holiday...

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Plymouth University medical courses are best in the west

Students studying medicine and dentistry at Plymouth University are experiencing the best courses of their kind in the west, according to a national university league table published this week.

The Guardian University League Table 2014 ranks the Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry degrees fourth in England (sixth and eighth respectively in the UK).

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Libraries and GPs join forces to offer books on prescription

A national scheme offering ‘books on prescription' to people with mental health problems is to be rolled out across Devon.

Devon County Council has teamed up with leading independent charity The Reading Agency and the Society of Chief Librarians to help launch the Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme, which aims to use reading as a tool to help those who suffer from conditions...

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Plymstock Library promotes healthy minds

Plymstock Library is hosting a dementia awareness event on Friday 28 June.

The event, which will run from 11am to 2pm, will be a chance to learn about dementia and mental wellbeing and find out how to keep both mind and body active.

Local organisations including the Alzheimer’s Society, Plymouth Mind and the Council’s Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery will be on hand to give...

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The Anchor Inn gives its backing to Devon’s food and drink campaign

The Anchor Inn in Ugborough is giving its full support to a campaign that champions some of the best restaurants and food and drink producers in Devon.

A special BBQ month to promote the leading initiative ‘Devon Restaurant Month’ is being organised by The Anchor Inn as part of a month-long series of events in June.

Food and Drink Devon will work in close partnership with ‘...

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Student's design lights the way for Boston Marathon relay

A design student’s eye-catching creation will be making its way across America at the head of a relay in support of those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings.

One Run for Boston sets off from Los Angeles on Friday 7 June, with thousands of runners taking part before its scheduled arrival in Boston just over three weeks later.

Lighting the way throughout the 3,300-mile non-...

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Russell Brand returns to Plymouth Pavilions this October

Love him or hate him, Russell Brand is returning to Plymouth Pavilions on Wednesday 23 October and tickets are set to sell fast when they go on general sale at 9am this Saturday (8 June).

Messiah Complex is a mental disorder where the sufferer thinks they might be the messiah.

Did Jesus have it? What about Che Guevara, Gandhi, Malcolm X and Hitler? All these men have shaped our...

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Devon County Council supports new safety card for motorcyclists

Devon County Council's road safety team is supporting a new scheme which could help save the lives of motorcyclists if they are involved in a road traffic collision.

The Motorcycle CRASH Card is an initiative created by the Ambulance Motorcycle Club, a group of experienced paramedics and ambulance staff who are passionate about motorcycling. The scheme encourages motorcyclists to...

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Get creative with Devon Libraries

Libraries across Devon are encouraging residents to ‘think differently’ this month as part of a project to inspire creativity.

A series of events and activities associated with experiment, discovery, play, learning and reflection will be held throughout June aimed getting people to try something new.

Designed for those of all ages, they include activities such as learning to...

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Lawson take centre stage at Plymouth Pavilions

Lawson have announced details of their Everywhere We Go Tour which will take in fourteen shows across the UK. Lawson’s fifth headline tour will see them play to their biggest audiences yet.

After visiting the Pavilions in previous years supporting the likes of Will Young and The Wanted, Lawson now take centre stage as the headline act

On the tour, lead singer Andy Brown said: “...

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Final chance to enter prestigious Taste of the West Awards

Are you the owner of a restaurant or pub in the South West? Maybe you run a café or tea room or perhaps you have a desirable farm shop or delicatessen? Whatever your line of business, if it’s in the food and drink industry, don’t miss out, enter Taste of the West’s ‘Hospitality & Retail Awards’ now. To ensure everyone has time to be included in these highly regarded awards, the deadline...

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