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Rowcroft Hospice raises nearly £15k at Live at Powderham concert

Twenty-eight dedicated Rowcroft Hospice volunteers and staff braved soaring temperatures on Friday 26 June to raise an incredible £14,644 during Live at Powderham, where the hospice was proud to be the charity partner for a fabulous performance by Alanis Morissette.

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City's sporting future in the spotlight

The future shape of sport in Plymouth will be discussed at a strategic summit hosted by the University of St Mark & St John on Thursday 19 February.

A hotbed of sporting talent, Plymouth is renowned for breeding gold medalists and Olympic winners; from Sharron Davies to Tom Daley, Ben Proud to Ruta Meilutyte.

The Plymouth City Sport Summit will bring together the UK’s...

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Explore Devon this half term

A host of opportunities to explore Devon the naturally healthy way are on offer during February half term, giving people the chance to take a deep breath of fresh air and make the most of Devon’s fantastic woodlands, parks and urban green spaces, moors and coasts.

Explore Devon is a new website packed with activities and places to go during the February half-term, and ways to entertain...

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Plymouth University scientists seek to enhance satisfaction for multimedia users

Scientists at Plymouth University are part of a global cohort to receive a €3.1m grant to research ways to enhance customer satisfaction for multimedia services.

Funded by the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) – which offers early-stage researchers the opportunity to work with mentors to develop new knowledge and enhance their skills on an approved topic - Dr...

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Costa proposals could kick-start Broadway’s planned regeneration

The consultation period for a proposed new 1,500 sq ft Costa pod on Plymstock Broadway has now closed. If approved, the new unit would mark the beginning of a wider regeneration programme for the Broadway, creating jobs, improving the shopping centre and helping to attract exciting new additional retailers.

The planning application, due to go to Plymouth City Council’s planning...

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Power to Switch: £210m up for grabs by switching energy supplier

1.05 million households across the South West are missing out on their share of £210 million by sticking with their energy company.

By shopping around and taking advantage of the best energy deals on the market, millions of people can save around £200 - and some can save even more.

The ‘Power to Switch’ campaign, launched today, encourages people to switch supplier and save...

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P.A.N.I.C could save a life

Staff from Somerset County Council’s Highways department will be issued with a new mobile phone ‘app’ to help explain what to do if they come across a Road Traffic Collision. The PANIC app is designed to help in the first few moments of being involved in a car crash.

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service have developed the ‘P.A.N.I.C’ app that can be downloaded FREE of charge...

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Help build Plymouth’s biggest community renewable energy project

For a limited time, Plymouth residents are being offered the chance to own the city’s biggest ever solar roof.

Following its hugely successful solar schools initiative last year, which provided solar PV installations for free to 21 schools and community buildings, Plymouth’s award winning community energy groups, Plymouth Energy Community (PEC) and PEC Renewables, have set their sights...

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Plymouth scientist shares experience of helping in fight against Ebola

A Biomedical Scientist from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has recently returned from Sierra Leone after helping with the fight against Ebola.

Katina Kraemer, who is based in the Microbiology Laboratory at Derriford Hospital, answered the call for volunteers to work in West Africa in December. Out in Sierra Leone for Christmas, Katina left on December 21st and returned back to the UK at...

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New Lord Mayor of Plymouth announced

Councillor Dr John Mahony, a Conservative Councillor for the Peverell Ward, will take over the reins from the current Lord Mayor, Councillor Michael Fox.

The ceremony took place today in the Lord's Mayor Dining Room at the Council House.

Councillor Dr Mahony said: "Having been born and lived in Plymouth for most of my life I am greatly honoured and privileged to be selected as...

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Playing Cupid for Zoo's love birds

These love birds at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park are doing what comes naturally, but there can be a lot of hard work behind the scenes to make sure rare species continue to breed.

Paignton Zoo curator of birds Jo Gregson holds the European Studbook for the wrinkled hornbill. “It’s my job to collect and collate information from other zoos on hatchings, matchings and dispatchings for...

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