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Containing norovirus "vital" say Plymouth's public health teams

Plymouth City Council’s Public Health team is reminding people of how to protect themselves against the winter vomiting bug, or norovirus, that can affect anyone of any age. It is highly contagious and spreads by contact with an infected person, by touching contaminated surfaces or by eating or drinking contaminated food or liquid. The symptoms of norovirus are very distinctive such as the...

Devon Community Foundation awards £60,000 to groups in Plymouth

Devon Community Foundation has awarded £60,000 of Comic Relief funding to two organisations in Plymouth.

The grants have been awarded to Plymouth Pregnancy Crisis Centre, which will use its £30,000 to fund a baby loss support project working with parents who have suffered the loss of their child and are dealing with often crippling emotions, and Special Olympics Plymouth and District...

More than 2,000 South West children face a homeless Christmas

Charity launches emergency appeal after investigation finds children living in ‘shameful’ conditions.

Shelter has launched an emergency appeal after an investigation by the charity uncovered the shocking conditions that many homeless children will be living in this Christmas.

2,038 children in the South West which includes 111 in Plymouth alone, are currently homeless and...

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....

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