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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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Sutton Harbour lock gates to undergo £250,000 upgrade

The lock gates at Sutton Harbour in Plymouth are being upgraded as part of a £250,000 investment by the Environment Agency in maintaining the Barbican flood defences and ensuring a reliable working system for the future.

The repairs will begin during a first phase of work from Monday 2 March until Saturday 7 March, when the harbour will only be able to be accessed during the published...

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Essential maintenance on Gdynia Way

Gdynia Way will be closed overnight on Wednesday 28 January for planned essential maintenance.

The road will be closed from 7pm to 6am while multiple agencies work together to complete work including cutting back vegetation, regulating the gullies and clearing the sewers.

For more information call the watchman team on 01752 668000, email plymouth.watchman@amey.co.uk or follow @...

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Warning after serious thatch fire

The Service is issuing advice to the owners of thatched properties following a fire which destroyed a thatched cottage in Ide, near Exeter, on Friday (23 January).

Twelve fire engines were at the incident in Little John’s Cross and fire crews have re-visited throughout the weekend to dampen down hotspots.

Firefighters covered neighbouring thatched properties with foam to...

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Books on Prescription for dementia sufferers

The latest Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme will be launched across Devon’s libraries on 2 February, to support people with dementia and their carers.

The scheme, which already helps over 275,000 people across the country with common mental health conditions feel better through self-help reading, is now turning its attention to the enormous need for quality-assured support for...

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British Gas Energy Trust helps tackle fuel poverty

The British Gas Energy Trust has been established since 2004 and has helped over 120,000 individuals and families facing fuel poverty to clear their energy debts or with advice to help them get back on their feet.

Over the past 10 years the business has donated £75 million to the charity which has enabled the Trust to award grants to people in need to help them clear their energy debts...

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City businesses in the frame

Key businesses from Plymouth and the surrounding area were in the frame as part of an exhibition to showcase interesting manufacturing companies

The exhibition is the end result of a project led by UK arts organisation, Multistory and world famous photographic co-operative, Magnum Photos.

The images were taken at over 100 workplaces across the UK and 11 of them were companies...

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Organ Donation Committee chair retires

Denis Wilkins, a retired Consultant Surgeon in General and Vascular Surgery, is now retiring as the Chair of the Trust’s Organ Donation Committee.

The committee was formed in 2008 by Dr Martin Walker, Consultant Anaesthetist, and Denis was asked to be the Chair. Its aim is to support the work of the Transplant Co-ordinators, the local Transplant Champion and the transplant teams, in...

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Denis Wilkins retires from the Organ Donation Committee

Views sought on draft Plymouth Plan

Residents, businesses and organisations are being asked to see if their views have been taken into account in the first draft of the Plymouth Plan.

The plan sets out an ambitious agenda what Plymouth could be like in 2031 and covers a range of subjects such as health, transport, homes, jobs and the economy, arts and culture and education.

Part One of the draft Plymouth Plan...

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Britain's top 20 worries uncovered

Just three in 10 Brits are happy with their lives, a new study has revealed.

Money worries, dead-end relationships and unfulfilling jobs were among the reasons many said they are unhappy.

The study of 2,000 people found that 69 per cent feel trapped in the same old routine and over 40 per cent are unhappy with their lives.

Lifestyle niggles, worrying about their image...

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MP demands action on equal pay for women

Alison Seabeck, Labour MP for Plymouth Moor View, today wrote to Business Secretary Vince Cable demanding to know why the Government continue to block action on equal pay.

Last month MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of measures for pay transparency that would see big companies (with over 250 staff) publish their gender pay gap. However the Government has so-far refused to implement...

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