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Devon father one step closer to completing world-first swim to raise awareness of son’s brain condition

A father from North Devon is set to complete the final six lakes in his bid to become the first person to swim Switzerland’s ten largest lakes after his young son was diagnosed with a rare brain-attacking condition PANDAS, that caused sudden onset aggression, OCD and tics overnight.

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Plymotion offers travel advice and a chance to win a £100 gift voucher

Plymouth City Council are offering residents in Keyham, Devonport, Stonehouse, the city centre and the Barbican a chance to win one of five £100 gift vouchers as part of our Plymotion project.

Plymotion is a three-year initiative that aims to improve walking, cycling and public transport links and encourage people to try greener, cheaper and healthier ways of getting around.

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City centre set for St George's Day celebrations

Plymouth marks St George's Day with a celebration in the city centre throughout Saturday (20 April).

The Piazza plays host to a day of free family events starting from 10am and running until 5.30pm.

England's patron saint will be celebrated with a full entertainment programme throughout the day, ranging from live music to fun competitions and much more besides

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Weekend of pirate fun for families on the Barbican

Plymouth’s Barbican will be hosting a weekend of pirate themed fun for all the family on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May.

At the heart of the activity will be the fantastic tall ship The Bessie Ellen, which will be berthed in Sutton Harbour for the weekend.

Visitors will have the chance to go on board The Bessie Ellen to explore the ship and get a taste of life as a pirate....

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UK independent music retailers countdown to Record Store Day

Tomorrow (Saturday 20 April) is the biggest day in the calendar for independent record shops all over the UK as they celebrate the sixth annual Record Store Day .

Music lovers will flock to the nation's indie music retailers to get their hands on limited edition vinyl issued specially for Record Store Day, see live performances and generally be part of a celebration of record shop...

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Speaker Bercow talks democracy to young people in Plymouth

Young people in Plymouth have been treated to the inside scoop on life in Parliament.

The Speaker of the House of Commons, the Right Honourable John Bercow MP has been visiting Plymouth and came to the Council House to talk to children from HMS Heroes and representatives from the UK Youth Parliament, Plymouth Youth Cabinet and the City Youth Council.

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Plymouth University set to open state of the art community eyecare centre

A new optometry clinic which will bring together patient care, eye research and student training under one roof is being formally opened by Plymouth University next week.

The Centre for Eyecare Excellence will be run by qualified eye care professionals and will provide specialist treatment such as advanced 3D retinal imaging for the city and wider region.

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Award Winning Antenatal Classes come to Plymouth Area

Think of an Antenatal Class and you imagine a group of smiling women, worried looking men and a midwife.

Ok, now imagine a private antenatal class... a lovely hotel, smiling women, worried looking men but who is teaching?

Midwife Antenatal is the only private Antenatal class service taught by a Midwife in the South West. Winner of Inspiring Business 2013, they have just started...

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Jurassic Coast big beach fossil hunt

Family-friendly natural history group Wild About Plymouth are heading to the Jurassic Coast on Sunday 28 April for a ‘Big Beach Fossil Hunt’.

The group, which is a partnership between Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and Plymouth University, usually organises a natural history or science-based event in and around the city every month. For its April event it has decided to travel a...

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Communities encouraged to go wild about their woodlands

Communities in Plymouth will be able to play a major part in protecting their local woodlands thanks to a new project which aims to inspire and reconnect people with wildlife.

Plymouth University has secured £55,900 of Heritage Lottery funding to run the ’Plymouth Woodland Project’, which will work to engage schools, youth groups, community groups and the general public with their...

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Children help design playground of their dreams in Rothesay Gardens

A group of young-looking lumber jacks have been getting to grips with logging as they help design the playground of their dreams for Honicknowle’s Rothesay Gardens.

Youngsters at three schools will be building bridges, log stripping and helping to build log play equipment during a series of sessions this week with play contractors, Earthwrights.

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