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A wealth of opportunities to get active is available at the touch of a button, with a new website launched by Devon County Council Public Health.

Get Active Devon provides a range of activities, from exercise classes to sports clubs; from learning a new skill to developing an existing one, all at the touch of a button. The website offers the chance to search for an activity based on...

A special guest was the first to pull a pint at the newly refurbished Tamar on Moorshead Road recently.

Britain’s Got Talent finalist, Michael Collings, was invited to open the new-look Tamar on Monday 2nd February, following its £463,000 transformation into a Flaming Grill pub restaurant with a focus on providing great value steaks and grills.

The pub reopened last week,...

Alzheimer’s Society’s Singing for the Brain groups have teamed up with Plymouth University to launch a bid for chart success with an emotional song that aims to highlight the full impact of dementia.

Never Will Forget (John’s Song) was penned by songwriter and radio presenter, Ian Calvert. Ian was inspired to write the song and raise funds for charity, having witnessed his father-in-...

A crowdfunding appeal has been launched to raise money to find and save a spider from global extinction.

A Buglife petition urging a Government planning inspector to reject plans for a housing development in Radford Quarry, Plymouth on the basis it would wipe out the Horrid ground-weaver spider has attracted more than 9,500 signatures.

The spider has only ever been found at...