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Crimebeat grants available for Devon groups

Applications are now open for groups in Devon to apply for grants of up to £3000.

Grassroots Grants up to £500, Connection Grants up to £1000 and Action Grants up to £3000 are available for projects that can prove they will have a positive impact on vulnerable young people and will help cut crime, especially anti social behaviour, substance abuse or school absenteeism.

Funding...

More Plymouth homes get disabled adaptations

More homes in Plymouth are getting disabled adaptations, including the conversion of two houses into one for a severely disabled teenager.

The teenager and their family (who do not want to be named), will move into the latest house which has been adapted at Cherry Tree Gardens, Plymouth on Friday 3 July.

Plymouth City Council, Taylor Wimpey and Westward Housing Group had to...

More than half of us know someone with cancer

More than half (68%) of the people in Devon – an estimated 651,500 people – currently have, or have had, a family member or a close friend with cancer, reveals Macmillan Cancer Support today1. Earlier this year, Macmillan announced that there are currently 2.5 million people living with cancer in the UK, which is set to rise to 4 million by 20302.

Overall, most people in Devon (76%)...

Consultant Anaesthetist elected Vice President of Royal College of Anaesthetists

Dr Jeremy Langton, Consultant Anaesthetist at Derriford Hospital, has been successfully elected as Vice President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. This will be start from September 2015 and continue for one year.

Dr Langton has worked at Derriford Hospital for 20 years and has been involved with the Royal College since 1997. Starting as a College Tutor for trainees in Plymouth,...

Housing shortage fuels higher prices in SW

House price growth increased again in the South West in June, pointing to renewed acceleration in house price inflation during the second half of the year, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

In the region, 50% more surveyors expect house prices to rise over the next three months, which is the highest proportion since April 2014. As new instructions continue to...

Wildlife organisations call to arms to help Devon's bees

Buglife and other organisations involved in Devon Local Nature Partnership are appealing to Devon's residents to do one simple thing to help bees and other pollinating insects this National Pollinator Week.

Wild bees and other insect pollinators are faced with a perfect storm of pressures which have all led to their decline, these include: a loss of wildflower-rich habitats through the...

Aborocultural traineeships and apprenticeships

The Arb Academy specialises in Forestry and Arboriculture Training qualifications, specialising in high quality Traineeships and Apprenticeships. We are running a 6 week traineeship programme starting on the 27th July at the River Dart for motivated school leavers and job seekers.

The Traineeship is designed to prepare the candidate for a career in Arboriculture, giving them the best...

Council forces sale of derelict listed building

The Council is taking action to force the sale of a derelict and unsafe Grade 2 listed building which has been empty since a fire nine years ago.

Plymouth City Council is starting enforced sale action under the Law of Property Act 1925, a former snooker club Pot Black – also known as the Former Mechanics Institute at 18-20 Duke Street in Devonport.

The action is going ahead...

Witness appeal after Devonport mugging

Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses following a robbery.

The incident occurred at around 2.20pm on Wednesday 8th July in the Devonport area of the City.

The victim, a 20 year old man was walking in the lane which runs between Chapel Street and St Aubyn Street when he was approached by a man carrying a free-view box and a folder. He demanded money and punched the...

Plymouth hosts the first Mayflower 400 International Joint Choirs Project

A group of 31 children from schools in the American city of Plymouth Massachusetts have been visiting Plymouth this week.

The children represent part of the international choir that has been rehearsing, via the internet, across the waves between Plymouth UK and Plymouth USA. Collectively, there will be over 100 US and UK children singing together, at their very first live concert to...

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