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Firefighters aim high for Dartmoor tor challenge

Plymouth firefighters will be aiming for the top this summer – of every tor on Dartmoor within seven days.

There are 155 tors marked on the Ordnance survey map and the team will have to walk between 12 and 16 hours per day to reach them all in a week.

The firefighters from Greenbank fire station - Mark Rogers, Kevin Elford, and Nick Williams – will be raising money for St Luke’...

Major road repair programme continues in Plymouth

A major programme to repair some of the most severely damaged roads in Plymouth is continuing throughout July.

This month more than 32 sites on eight roads are scheduled to be patched. Patching involves resurfacing large areas of road where multiple potholes have developed and the general surface quality is deteriorating. Amey, Plymouth City Council’s highways contractor, is carrying...

Police shed some light on summer thefts

This summer, Devon and Cornwall Police are encouraging homeowners to take simple security measures to help secure their shed and contents from opportunist thieves.

People in the UK are spending more and more leisure time in the garden so the value of the items within our sheds has risen, making these areas attractive to thieves.

Simple tips such as locking sheds and putting...

Brand Impressions Count!

What does your branding say about your company? Branding is more than just about colour, font and visuals; it goes way deeper than that. Your brand is everything about your company and it is represented by every member of staff, whether you’re in the marketing department, sales department or accounts. As marketing techniques have expanded and as each company engages in more and more areas of...

St. Luke’s Hospice need your Postage Stamps!

Before you decide to discard that envelope with the used stamp on it, refrain and save it for the St Luke’s Hospice. The hospice would like your used stamps, as they can raise money for St Luke’s by selling them on to raise much needed funds.

Last year they raised over £1500 but this year they are hoping they can do a lot better and need your help to do so.

You can drop off...

Local food partnership reaches across the Channel

Councillor Brian Vincent, Cabinet member for Environment and Sustainability, Plymouth City Council and Traci Lewis, Food Plymouth Coordinator, Soil Association had a successful trip to St Brieuc in France last week, meeting with local partners and elected representatives as part of the a programme to increase local food sales within Plymouth.

Cabinet member for the Environment Brian...

BBC announces all-star Celebrity MasterChef line-up

The ever popular Celebrity MasterChef returns to prime time BBC One this summer with a fresh batch of well-known faces from the fields of sport, music and show business battling to take the title of Celebrity MasterChef 2013.

John Torode and Gregg Wallace once again put the celebrities’ palates to the test when they must make it through six formidable challenges over two days, to prove...

£25,000 for a house with a sea view - too good to be true?

A house with enviable views across the English Riviera is up for grabs at the outstandingly low price of £25,000.

However, there is a catch, the land behind the house, known as Tor Cottage, has slowly been eroding over the past couple of years meaning it is just 150 yards from falling into the sea.

It has been marketed in a brochure as: “an interesting opportunity to acquire a...

You're Hired! In search of Plymouth's most employable 17-year-old

The final of Plymouth’s ‘You're Hired!’ will take place today and tomorrow in the Roland Levinsky Building at the University of Plymouth.

The concept of ‘You're Hired!’ is to find Plymouth’s most employable 17-year-old sixth-former. In order to get to these final stages, 11 city sixth forms each staged one of the heats and students competed in two of the challenges provided...

Project Search interns graduate following nine months of work-based training

Eight interns from Project Search, Derriford, graduated this week following nine months of intensive work-based training gaining Diplomas in Progression.

The interns, who all have learning disabilities, have been working in Derriford Hospital, on honorary contracts while developing and learning new work skills.

The project partners’ representatives from Plymouth Hospitals NHS...

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