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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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A day dedicated to play on Plymouth Hoe

Play providers from across the city will take over Plymouth Hoe, offering a wide range of free play activities for children and young people and their families.

Playday is the biggest play-sector event in the UK, and possibly Europe! As well as a celebration of children's right to play, Playday is a campaign that highlights the importance of play in children's lives.

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Summer engagement scheme is bigger and better this year

It’s hoped that more young people will be able to benefit from the Council’s summer engagement scheme this year.

The scheme is part of the Youth Offending Team's (YOT) work with young people in Plymouth who have committed, or who are at risk of committing, criminal offences. The aim is to help them get involved in positive, exciting and challenging, activities during the summer...

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Ocean Studios opens with A Taste of Things to Come

Ocean Studios, Plymouth’s £4.2 million artistic development within an approximate 60,000 ft2 Grade I listed, former naval building, was officially launched yesterday (Thursday 30th July) by Sir Nicholas Serota, Director of the Tate, and Tudor Evans, Leader of Plymouth City Council.

Serota highlighted the fact that, “In the modern world, the creative industries are an increasingly...

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Police reveal summer drink drive figures

Figures have been released for Devon and Cornwall Police’s summer drink driving campaign for 2015.

Police officers administered a total of 788 breath tests of which 163 were positive, refused or failed to provide, equating to 20%.

Last year the comparable figures were 776 breath tests with 132 positive, refused or failed to provide which equates to 17%.

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Volunteers wanted for Parkinson’s study

Researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, in collaboration with the Oxford Computational Neurosciences Lab and the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), are looking for volunteers in the South West of England to assess a new technology for detecting Parkinson’s disease at an early stage.

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Plymouth to host first 'White T-Shirt' Day

On the 15th August Plymouth City Centre will play host to the city’s first White T-shirt day, which aims to raise vital funds for Derriford Hospitals’ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Shops and businesses across the city centre will come together wearing plain white T-shirts to work on the 15th August – each donating £1 to NICU.

Volunteer business across the city, Plymouth’s “High...

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Chamber welcomes £360m investment for London to Cornwall train fleet

Plymouth & Devon Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the Government’s announcement, made today, giving the go ahead to a £360million investment in state of the art trains between London and Cornwall.

The deal comes following a letter written by Plymouth & Devon Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive, Peter Hartland, to Devon MP’s earlier this summer, urging them to reach a positive...

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SW competitors take part in Transplant Games

A team and supporters from the South West are heading to Newcastle to compete at the British Transplant Games.

All eight competitors, who are aged between 22 and 70, have received a life-saving kidney transplant at Derriford Hospital. From July 30 to August 2 they will be taking part in a huge variety of events including swimming, bowling, tennis, golf, archery, badminton, shot putt,...

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Special visitors attend Enid Blyton exhibition

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery welcomed some very special visitors to its ‘Mystery, Magic and Midnight Feasts: The Many Adventures of Enid Blyton’ exhibition recently, when the late author’s granddaughter and great-grandchildren popped in to look around the show.

Sara Lane, who lives in Cornwall, her elder children Dominic and Georgina and her youngest son Jeremy, who attends...

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Police appeal following assault in Plymouth

Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault on New George Street, Plymouth last night (Tuesday 28th July).

At around 10pm, a 22-year old man was attacked by a number of men in an unprovoked attack on New George Street and sustained a number of injuries, including a deep laceration to his neck which is believed to have been caused by a broken bottle.

The victim went...

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