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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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Plymouth’s landmarks get some TLC

A £500,000 programme of safety and maintenance works across several of Plymouth’s best known landmarks will get underway in the autumn.

The programme of works include resurfacing the children’s pool at Mount Wise, stabilising the Cliff face at West Hoe and demolishing the old fruit store in How Street.

Council Leader Tudor Evans approved the funding for the project and said: “...

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SMEs warned over new pensions rules

Many of the country’s 1.8 million small employers approaching their pensions auto-enrolment staging dates are in danger of missing deadlines by underestimating the amount of data needed to complete the process, warns Lighthouse Group, one of the UK’s leading financial advisers.

Tens of thousands of SMEs and micro employers are now starting to grapple with the complexities of employer...

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Plymouth man wins £28,000 with 50p each-way bet

A recruitment consultant from Plymouth has scooped more than £28,000 with bookmakers William Hill after placing a 50p each-way bet!

Ryan Jarvis, 31, placed the tiny bet on a seven-horse accumulator on the racing and managed to turn the £1 stake in to a huge jackpot.

Mr Jarvis said: “Nobody believes me that I’ve won such a massive amount! I was sitting on my own watching the...

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Caerhays Cinema on the Beach

On Wednesday 19th August film fans and beach goers alike can enjoy an evening screening of popular movie Mamma Mia starring Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Dominic Cooper and Pierce Brosnan.

The screening will take place on Porthluney Beach, part of the Caerhays Estate, with gates opening at 7pm and the screening beginning at 9pm.

The Caerhays Beach Café will be open late...

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Plan your journey ahead of major event

Ten of thousands of people will be taking to The Hoe for the British Firework Championships and people are encouraged to think how they are going to get to and from the event.

With the championships taking place on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 August many of the city’s main car parks will be open 24 hours with Western Approach and Lambhay Hill open until midnight.

In addition...

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Register to vote and have your say

Preparations for next year’s elections are already under way and Plymouth City Council wants residents to make sure they’re able to vote and have their say.

More than 116,000 forms have been posted to households across the city as part of the Council’s annual voter registration canvass. Residents are being asked to check the forms and make sure the information listed for people living...

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Police appeal after dangerous driving incident

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward who may have seen a car being driven dangerously around Plymouth.

Officers received reports of a green Renault Megane being driven erratically around Beacon Park Road, Montpelier Road and Westeria Terrace around 10pm on 27 July.

The vehicle, containing around five people, was seen mounting pavements and doing wheel spins before...

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Police hunt teenagers following attack on pregnant woman

Detectives in Devonport have released EvoFIT images of the two teenagers they are trying to trace in connection with an attack on a pregnant woman on Friday 31 July.

The teenage boy is described as being 14 or 15, with mousy brown bobbed hair, 6ft tall and of skinny build. He was wearing dark jeans and bright white trainers.

The teenage girl is described as being 14 or 15, with...

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MARS mission aims to make historic autonomous Atlantic crossing

A pioneering project has been launched to design, build and sail the world’s first full-sized, fully autonomous unmanned ship across the Atlantic Ocean.

The Mayflower Autonomous Research Ship, codenamed MARS, will be powered by state-of-the-art renewable energy technology, and will carry a variety of drones through which it will conduct a variety of experiments during the crossing....

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Extensive footway resurfacing programme gets underway

An extensive footway resurfacing programme is due to get under way in Plymouth on Monday 10 August.

Around 60,000 square metres of ‘slurry seal’ will be laid in 61 locations across the city, on footways that are showing the first signs of deterioration.

Slurry sealing is used as a preventative measure; as well as filling defects, levelling the surface and making it waterproof...

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