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Award-winning Devon dementia champion and advocate turns years of experience into second book

An award-winning dementia champion, advocate and author is drawing on more than a decade of experience to publish her second book, When Time Aligns: Stories of Care from a Dementia Companion , this October.

Gina Awad has spent more than a decade championing better...

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Late night levy back on the table

Plans to make pubs and clubs help pay to keep Plymouth’s streets safe and clean could be back on the table.

Plymouth City Council is to consult again on bringing in a late night levy for businesses that sell drink from 1am, so that those who make money from alcohol contribute more to the cost of clearing up and keeping the city safe.

The consultation starts this week and...

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Could self-disseminating vaccines cut off emerging infectious diseases at source?

An expert review identifies state-of-the-art of self-disseminating vaccines as a new and potentially powerful strategy to circumvent such diseases at the animal source before their establishment as the next human pandemic

The 2014/2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa shone the spotlight not only on the unpreparedness of local health services and science to deal with the pandemic, but...

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Mount Batten Tower lights up

Plymouth’s Mount Batten Tower is going to be lit up for the first time as part of Bonfire Night celebrations.

As the sky above Plymouth Sound is ignited by fireworks, the tower will be illuminated as part of the Council’s popular scheme to put its historic monuments in the spotlight.

A set of 16 LED lights will light up the walls of the 17th Century tower which stands on a...

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Remembrance Day service on Plymouth Hoe

The Lord Mayor, Councillor Dr John Mahony will be joined by HRH Prince Michael of Kent GCVO and the Lord Lieutenant of Devon for this year’s Remembrance Service on Plymouth Hoe on Sunday 8 November.

The Deputy Lord Mayor and Deputy Lady Mayoress, a representative of the Council Leader, the Shadow Leader and Council Chief Executive will also attend the service, which will remember all...

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More funds available for social enterprises

Social enterprises will be able to bid for a share of £180,000 of funding in the next round of our innovative Social Enterprise Investment Fund.

Hot on the heels of the recent announcement of the latest recipients being awarded a share of £420,000, the Council is calling for bids for another round

The funding could be a mixture of loans and grants for social enterprises that...

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New loos planned for Plymouth

A building programme of new toilets is being rolled out across the city.

Two new sets of loos with sea views at Richmond Walk and Devil’s Point are among a round of planning applications that have just been submitted to planners.

Existing facilities near the local shopping centres at Southway, Whitleigh and Crownhill will be demolished and replaced.

Cabinet Member for...

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Transforming Plymouth Together

The Diocese of Exeter is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Chris Forster as the Development Worker for an important new project in Plymouth.

As part of a joint initiative with the Church Urban Fund, a new company entitled ‘Transforming Plymouth Together’ (TPT) has been established to encourage local churches engaging actively with the recommendations of the Plymouth Fairness...

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Senior Fellowship for Plymouth dental educator

Cathy Coelho, Clinical Lecturer at Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry, has been made a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy is awarded to educators in the higher education sector who have a proven, sustained track record in higher education teaching and management and who are seeking to progress into a...

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Skull-like asteroid to skim past Earth

NASA scientists are tracking the upcoming the flyby of a skull-like asteroid which will skim past earth today.

Asteroid 2015 TB145 was discovered on Oct. 10, 2015, by the University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS-1 (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System) on Haleakala, Maui, part of the NASA-funded Near-Earth Object Observation (NEOO) Program.

According to the catalog of...

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BBC Radio Devon's audience plummets

BBC Radio Devon’s audience has plummeted to its lowest level for more than two decades.

Figures obtained by the Express & Echo show the station had an average of 180,000 listeners a week from July to September, down 34,000 from the previous three months.

The number of listeners went up by 24,000 between September 2014 and April 2015, but dropped 7,000 in the following three...

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