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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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Appeal after stones thrown at car windscreen

A Plymouth family had a lucky escape when their car windscreen was cracked after being hit by a stone thrown by a youth.

The incident took place at around 3.40pm on Monday 3 August on the A38 near Eggbuckland in the city.

The 32-year-old mother and her two children were travelling in their Toyota Yaris past the Donnington Drive footbridge when stones landed on the windscreen...

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Council to prosecute Quality Hotel owners

Plymouth City Council are to start legal proceedings to prosecute the owners of the Quality Hotel after they failed to comply with an Untidy Land Notice.

The derelict Quality Hotel, dubbed an “eyesore” by concerned residents, has been subject to vandalism and anti-social behaviour over several years so the Council was forced to take tough action with owners.

The notice which...

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Plymouth shortlisted for Dementia Friendly Awards

Plymouth has been shortlisted for a prestigious national Dementia Friendly Award.

For the past few years, Plymouth City Council and the Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance (PDAA) have been committed to making Plymouth a Dementia Friendly city.

The National Dementia Friendly Awards 2015 has shortlisted Plymouth under the “Best Dementia Friendly Community Initiative” category....

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Motorcycle legends join forces for Gold Dust

Motorbike racing legend Paul Smart and Isle of Man TT winner James Hillier will be helping to raise money for the Gold Dust Appeal at GT Motorcycles’ Open Day on Saturday.

GT Motorcycles has invited the racing stars to help celebrate the opening of their brand new Legends café and roof terrace plus revamped showroom. They will be signing autographs as part of the day’s activities aimed...

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Child sex abuse on the rise in Devon

Victims of child sex abuse in Devon will be given personal support and trauma counselling to help them rebuild their lives – as figures show reports of abuse are on the increase.

The service, which will draw from Cognitive Behavioural and Family Therapies, will provide one-on-one help and advice and counselling and will be delivered by The Children’s Society’s Checkpoint project in...

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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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