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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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Aircraft carrier team cycle capital to capital

FIFTEEN sailors from the Royal Navy’s future Flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, are preparing to cycle their way to charity success covering an impressive 500 miles in just 5 days.

Joined by five of their industry partners from the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, the 20-strong cycle team which includes the Senior Naval Officer, Captain Simon Petitt, will bring together the ship’s affiliated...

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A passion for fuchsias

Members of the public are in for a treat when they visit Otter Nurseries at the beginning of August.

The British Fuchsia Society’s Far South West Show is being held at the garden centre in Brixton, Plymouth on August 4, and visitors will get the opportunity to see hundreds of colourful fuchsias that have been grown in pots, baskets and hanging pots.

Additionally, exhibits will...

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Game on this summer at Saltram

Every Wednesday during the school holidays the garden at Saltram, on the outskirts of Plymouth, opens its gates to games, sports and activities.

Charlie McGuin, Sports Development Officer at Saltram, said: “Get your ‘Game On’ and challenge your friends and family to spend time outdoors being active this summer. Come along between 11am and 3pm each week to see if you can become a...

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Devon Scouts presents Jam FM

Scouts from Devon will be taking part in “Run to the Fun” at Mount Edgcumbe from 25th July. The camp will be held on the site that held one of the first camps run by Scouting in the South West and was visited by Baden Powell. The Scouts will be following in the steps of their founder. The last time Devon Scouts hosted a jamboree was in 1986.

Scout Radio will be providing a live FM...

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Rural crime survey supports call for fair funding

Preliminary findings from the National Rural Crime Survey support calls for Fair Funding for Devon and Cornwall Police.

Although the full results are yet to be released, initial findings from the rural crime survey of over 17,000 people in England and Wales indicate that victims in rural areas have a lower perception of policing than the national average.

Tony Hogg, Police and...

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Man assaulted outside Plympton pub

Police are appealing for information after a man was assaulted in Plympton as he left the pub.

On Friday 17 July between 9.30pm and 10.30pm, a 38-year-old man was assaulted outside the Joshua Reynolds Inn, in the Ridgeway area.

The victim was attacked as he left the pub following an argument in the car park next to the Co-operative store.

He was punched in the face and...

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Police concerned for missing Ivybridge man

Police are concerned for the welfare of 58-year-old Raymond Langham missing from Ivybridge.

Raymond Langham was last seen at an address on Crescent Gardens, Ivybridge, at around 7.30am on Thursday 23rd July.

Raymond is described as 5"10, medium to large build, fair/mousey brown hair going bald on top, mousey/brown moustache, blue eyes, glasses could be wearing flip flops and...

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Ham Woods flies the Green Flag

Ham Woods Nature Reserve has been awarded a prestigious Green Flag. The Green Flag Awards are the national standard of excellence for parks and green spaces

This is the first time that Plymouth City Council has submitted Ham Woods to be considered for a Green Flag and now the council are proud to be able to say that Ham Woods is one of only a very few Nature Reserves to be given the...

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Ping! Pong hits the nation!

Why has the sound of ping pong balls bouncing on tables, happy voices and shrieks of laughter become a familiar sound in city centres nationwide this summer? It’s all down to Ping!; the sensational public street festival which has taken the nation by storm once again!

By placing 1,000 ping pong tables in the streets of 19 towns and cities, Ping! offers members of the general public the...

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Illegal tattoo equipment seized

Tattoo equipment has been seized as two more ‘scratchers’ have been raided through Plymouth Council’s Operation Itchy.

Officers from the Council’s Public Protection Service, together with the police, executed Court orders at addresses in Devonport and St. Budeaux over the last two weeks in the continued crackdown on illegal tattooists known as ‘scratchers’ who have bought a tattoo kit...

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