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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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Heads of terms agreed for Brixham lab

World-leading environmental research and safety studies company Smithers Viscient is pursuing the opportunity to become anchor tenant at Plymouth University’s Blue Environmental Hub.

Smithers Viscient – which currently operates from sites in the United States, Japan and Yorkshire – has agreed “heads of terms” which could see it take up 29,000 square feet in the laboratory in Brixham,...

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MP seeks action on mobility scooters

Alison Seabeck, Labour MP for Plymouth Moor View, wrote to the Transport Minister, Robert Goodwill MP, last week to express her ongoing concerns about the safety and regulation of mobility scooters. This came after picking up on a number of concerns raised locally and around the country following a series of interviews she gave to the national media.

The safety and use of mobility...

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Employees offered help to get online

Employees across Plymouth are being offered ICT training to help hundreds of people get better skills for work.

Council leader Tudor Evans has written to organisations and companies in the city offering ICT training for employees who would like to get more confident around computers and online.

The initiative follows the Council’s own successful pilot scheme to improve basic...

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Declare your love on the Big Screen

Would you like to declare your love to someone on the Big Screen in Plymouth City Centre? This Valentine's day we are giving the chance to do just that.

Visit Plymouth are asking anyone feeling the love this Valentine's to upload a video message to their loved one for our Big Screen.

All messages will be shown on Saturday 14th February on the Big Screen located on the Piazza,...

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Halfway point reached on Laira Rail Bridge scheme

Work to refurbish Plymouth’s disused Laira Rail Bridge has now reached the halfway point.

The £3.5 million scheme, funded through the Department for Transport’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund, will see the former rail bridge restored and converted into a new walking and cycling route over the River Plym.

Built in 1887, Laira Rail Bridge stopped carrying passenger trains in...

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Roman cemetery discovered in Devon

Fifteen ancient skeletons have been discovered on an archaeological dig in Ipplepen, a major Romano-British settlement in Devon and now the best preserved Roman cemetery in the county.

University of Exeter archaeologists and a team of students and volunteers uncovered the human remains during an excavation of a Roman Road and found a roadside cemetery, the like of which has never been...

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Procurement team shortlisted in national GO Awards

The Procurement Team at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust have been shortlisted as finalists in the Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement, for the Initiative of the Year Award for 2015/16.

The team have been shortlisted for developing a Trust-wide programme, known as the ‘Non Pay Programme’. Starting in 2013, the programme has helped to manage with inflation and has...

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Crossing improvements on Alma Road

Work to improve the zebra crossing at the bottom of Alma Road (near the junction of Whittington Street) will begin tomorrow (Tuesday 10 February).

The refuge in the middle of the crossing is being widened to provide more space for pedestrians and new tactile paving will be provided on either side for the visually impaired.

Lane closures will be in place in both directions...

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Don't lose your voice! Register to vote

Plymouth City Council is encouraging any local residents not yet registered to vote, to go online now to register.

If you are not yet registered to vote, you won’t have the chance to have a say on who represents you. It can also impact on any applications you make for credit. This is because credit reference agencies use the electoral register to confirm where someone lives when they...

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#RU2drunk pilot could be expanded

#RU2drunk pilot could be expanded The success of a police pilot project in Torquay where doormen at licensed premises breathalysed suspected drunks could see the scheme implemented across Devon and Cornwall.

#RU2drunk was piloted in 23 of Torquay’s key nightspots during December to see if it helped reduce alcohol fuelled incidents and it resulted in a 39 per cent drop in violent crime...

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