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Torbay Street Pastors thank police for vital funding to help support safe nights out

Torquay Neighbourhood Police Team has secured £3,000 from the Home Office hotspot policing fund to support the important work of Torbay Street Pastors as they continue to help people who are on a night out.

The money, from a government problem solving fund, will be used by the small...

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Landlords told to tidy up properties

Landlords of untidy properties are being told to smarten their act as part of ongoing enforcement action.

Owners of five properties in the Mutley and North Hill areas of the city are this week being served ‘untidy land notices’ in the post.

The properties are:

• 12 Connaught Avenue • 14 Connaught Avenue • 23 Hill Park Crescent • 28 Headland Park • 25 Armada Street....

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History Festival features packed programme

This year’s Plymouth's History Festival is set to begin later this week and features a packed programme filled with 125 events.

The festival will run from Friday 1 May to Sunday 31 May and is coordinated by Plymouth City Council’s arts and heritage service, with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and a wide variety of local organisations, societies, charities and individuals....

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Plymouth tenants to be evicted following complaints of antisocial behaviour

A closure order has been granted on a flat in Plymouth following repeated complaints of antisocial behaviour.

Devon and Cornwall Police applied to Plymouth Magistrates’ Court for a closure order on 19 Saunders Walk in Southway. They have been supported in the order by Plymouth Community Homes, who own the property, and Plymouth City Council.

The order was brought due to...

Silver surfers lead crowdfunding revolution

Pensioners are three times more likely to pledge on projects than Britain's digital youth*, says Crowdfunder

The UK's No1 crowdfunding platform has revealed that Britain's senior citizens could be leading the huge growth in crowdfunding as they are more likely to pledge money on projects more than any other age group.

Analysis from the alternative funding website found that...

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Veteran race walker to pound the hills for charity

Fundraiser Edmund Shillabeer is attempting to become the oldest person to complete an 85-mile walk in less than 24-hours for assistance dog charity Canine Partners.

Determined Edmund, 75, has signed up to the Isle of Man Parish Walking Race and will trek mainly uphill and down dale for around 20 hours continuously on Saturday 20 June.

The vet, who has never missed a scheduled...

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Social ventures sow seeds of success

Social ventures in Devon, which have been chosen to benefit from a share of £600,000 in funding and development support, have met for the first time at the official launch of the exciting South West social accelerator programme Seedbed.

Representatives from the 19 ventures selected to take part in the cutting-edge Seedbed project, came together at the SPACE Creative Centre at...

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NAFAS say it with flowers

There’s no better way to say it than with flowers. Which is exactly why NAFAS (The National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies) is using beautiful little bunches to spread some love around the UK on National Flower Arranging Day (Friday 1st May 2015).

The charity plans to distribute over 60,000 bouquets across the UK embracing ‘The Lonely Bouquet’ concept for the second year...

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Single parents could decide marginals

The fate of 96 of the 100 most marginal seats in England and Wales could be decided by single parents, new analysis from Gingerbread has found].

Single parents have headed one in four families in the UK for the last decade [2] but this is the first time that their potential voting power has been matched against majorities in marginal constituency seats. In 96 of the 100 most marginal...

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A&E crisis hits Derriford

Across England, more than 30,000 patients each week now wait too long to be seen in local A&E departments – an increase of more than 50 per cent on the same period last year. In Derriford Hospital, this figure is at 54%.

For the first time, Labour Party analysis of official NHS England data names the A&E departments where performance deteriorated most significantly in the last...

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Sustainability experts set to gather for 'Cracking Earth' conference

Plymouth University geologist and BBC television presenter Professor Iain Stewart will be among a host of scientists, policymakers and business leaders who will be speaking at a conference devoted to some of the most pressing issues in sustainability-related research.

‘Cracking Earth 2015: Building Sustainability Research with Foundations’, is the fourth annual conference organised by...

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