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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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Zero tolerance on social housing fraud

An Exeter man has been sentenced at Plymouth magistrates after illegally subletting his Local authority council flat when he was living somewhere else.

David Mukanirwa, 31, of Darwin Court was prosecuted under S1(2) of the prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 for subletting his Exeter flat on two occasions whilst he lived in Swindon after advertising it for rent on Gumtree....

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Pre-war pole renovation underway in Plymouth

Engineers from Western Power Distribution (WPD), the electricity distributor for the South West, are removing steel poles in Plymouth that have been in place since before the First World War.

Western Power Distribution (WPD), the electricity distributor for the region, is committed to investing in its network to further improve supply reliability and customer service levels.

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Plymouth tanning salons still allow underage use

Over 40 per cent of Plymouth tanning salons failed a recent test purchase operation.

Public protection officers visited seven salons in Plymouth and staff in three of them did not challenge a 16-year-old volunteer about their age, despite the age limit being 18.

The volunteer did not use the sunbed but was given access to the bed, which is a criminal offence. The Sunbeds...

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2016 school admission places now open

The school place application process is now open and Plymouth City Council is now taking applications from families whose children:

are due to start at primary school for the first time or junior school (having completed Year 2 in an infant school) in September 2016 are due to transfer from Year 6 in a primary school to a secondary school in September 2016 or who wish to move from...

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Postgraduate autism researcher shortlisted for top award

A postgraduate student whose research focuses on team working in the diagnosis of autism is in the running for a major award.

Nicole Parish, in the final year of a Clinical Psychology Doctorate at Plymouth University, is one of six PhD students vying to win the Vitae Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

Held at the annual Vitae Researcher Development International Conference...

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A photography competition with a twist!

On Saturday the 26th of September 2015 you will have 6 hours to take 6 pictures on 6 given topics.

These topics are kept top secret until the day and will offer plenty of room for interpretation and creativity!

All you will need to complete the challenge is your Eventbrite voucher/ Booking form, your camera or phone, comfy shoes...

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Event raises over £3,000 for Moorgate Ward

Nurses and staff at Derriford Hospital have said a huge thank you to Josh Mark and his mum Amanda Menear, who paid a special visit to Moorgate Ward to generously donate £3,423.00.

Josh had a bike accident in April 2014 and following surgery, had to stay on Moorgate Ward for eight days.

This year, his family decided that they would like to give something back and organised a...

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Are your cosmetics killing the oceans?

Everyday cosmetic and cleaning products contain huge quantities of plastic particles, which are released to the environment and could be harmful to marine life, according to a new study.

Research at Plymouth University has shown almost 100,000 tiny ‘microbeads’ – each a fraction of a millimetre in diameter – could be released in every single application of certain products, such as...

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Charity set to make September Spectacular

A charity which supports cancer sufferers in Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital is gearing up for one of its biggest months of the year.

The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust which supports 13-24-year old sufferers of cancer across the UK, is calling on people to do something spectacular this September.

From donating your birthday to taking a #SeptemberSelfie, wearing a headscarf to...

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Patients with abnormally fast heart rates to benefit from modification to treatment

NIHR-funded study reveals simple, safe and cost-free modification to an emergency treatment for patients with abnormally fast heart rates

A simple, safe and cost-free modification to a technique used to treat patients in the emergency department with an abnormally fast heart rate could improve its effectiveness by more than a quarter, according to a study published in The Lancet on...

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