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Jennifer Bell from Chilcotts with costume jewellery

June sale tops auction record as costume jewellery sparkles

Chilcotts Auctioneers has revealed that its June sale was the most successful to date.

The total achieved at hammer price was £280,000. This success reflects the current spike in silver and gold prices with top performers including gold proof coin sets from the Royal Mint.

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Call for more nursery teachers in Plymouth

A fresh call has been launched in Plymouth to get high quality candidates to train as nursery teachers – and help further improve early education of young children.

Across the South West more than four out of five nurseries and other early years providers (87 per cent) are rated as good or outstanding, up 16 per cent on 2010.

Tax-free bursaries of up to £9,000 plus training...

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Crime Commissioner appeals to PM over fairer funding

As David Cameron and his family take their annual family holiday in Cornwall, Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has written to the Prime Minister asking him to ensure fair funding for Devon and Cornwall Police.

Mr Hogg’s office further reveals the shocking effects of the Government’s proposed police funding formula. His letter highlights the unfairness of the Government’s plan...

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Bags of toys for children’s wards

Paula Sutton has presented more than eight bags of toys to our children’s wards at Derriford Hospital. After launching an online campaign only two weeks ago to encourage friends, family and other parents to donate unwanted items, Paula received a fantastic response and managed to collect eight bin bags full of toys for children of all ages.

Paula said: “There has been such an amazing...

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Sunshine to return in time for Bank Holiday

There are early signs much of the UK will see an improvement in weather over the bank holiday weekend and this will last through much of next week, according to the Met Office.

Whilst rain and showers are likely across much of the country on Saturday and at first on Sunday, there are signs of an improvement from the west as we go through Sunday and Monday.

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Benefit campaign tackles Elephant in the Room

Plymouth City Council is launching an awareness campaign to remind people to inform them of any changes in circumstances for housing benefits.

The ‘It’s great to be up to date’ campaign - which has been grant funded by the Department of Work and Pensions - aims to encourage more people to come forward and tell the Council about important life changes.

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Plymouth-led divers survey wildlife beneath the waves

Secrets of the seabed are being revealed as divers undertake exploratory scientific surveys in a bid to better understand the UK’s marine environment and help protect it for the future.

Five professional divers and marine ecologists, commissioned by The Wildlife Trusts, are gathering evidence and data from areas where existing knowledge about marine habitats is limited.

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Signed snooker cue stolen in Plymouth

Police are appealing to the public after a snooker cue signed by legends of the game including five-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan was stolen in Plymouth.

The unique snooker cue and case is owned by Stuart Craig (pictured) who won the cue in raffle run by Snooker Legends and was signed by Ray Reardon, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Jimmy White, John Virgo and Michaela Tabb.

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Graduate's robotic prosthetic scoops national award

An inventor who began developing prosthetic hands while studying at Plymouth University has been named the 2015 winner of the National UK James Dyson Award.

Joel Gibbard graduated in 2011 with a First-Class degree in BEng (Hons) Robotics, and has since developed an advanced robotic hand through his company Open Bionics.

At a fraction of the cost of conventional prosthetics, the...

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A wave of events announced for Ocean City Festival

Over 45 events, all with a sea theme, will be taking place in Plymouth this September for the spectacular Ocean City Festival.

Organised by Plymouth City Council, and sponsored by Ocean BMW, the festival runs from Saturday 5 to Sunday 27 September.

Celebrating everything that makes Plymouth’s waterfront location, and its relationship with the sea, so special; the events offer a...

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Information day announced for new bus network

Passengers are being offered an opportunity to find out about a new bus network for Plymouth at a special event.

Stagecoach South West has previously announced it is taking over the Plymouth and South Devon bus operations from First Devon and Cornwall from 6th September 2015.

The information day, to be held at Place de Brest on Saturday 29th August, will give people a chance to...

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