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When kids go home, adults Go Ape this summer!

Go Ape Haldon are launching adults-only sessions for the first time this summer. So you can swear up a storm all the way down the zipline guilt free (guessing that happens a lot).

Landing just in time for VAT Summer, where you can save 15% across Go Ape locations until 1st September...

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Sainsbury’s donate toys to Derriford Hospital

Derriford Hospital have said a massive thank you to Sainsbury’s for their generous donation of lots of new toys and games for the children staying on their wards.

Grace Evans, PR Ambassador for Sainsbury’s Marsh Mills Store, said: “We are delighted to support the wards again this year, with our annual toy appeal. Our customers and colleagues have been very generous again this year and...

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Waterfront BID project assistant appointed

Sky Cole has been appointed as a project assistant to help support Plymouth’s waterfront business improvement district (BID) over the next two and a half years.

Working alongside Sarah O’Leary, Waterfront Manager, Sky will provide operational support to help drive forward the business priorities of the Plymouth Waterfront Partnership BID Plan.

Launched in 2012, the BID...

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Shiner brings smiles to children over Christmas

A self-confessed Royal Navy loud-mouth has achieved what for him is an amazing feat – keeping schtum for 24 hours.

Leading Physical Trainer (LPT) George ‘Shiner’ Wright, embarked on a sponsored silence to raise money for the Children’s Happy Hospital Fund, which supports the Children’s ward at Derriford Hospital.

The enterprising Geordie managed to continue his job at HMS...

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New home for Coroner’s Office

The city’s coroner’s office is to move to a new home near Derriford Hospital as part of a programme to improve the service and make it easier for grieving families.

The Coroner’s Service will be leaving the Crescent and moving to Building One at Derriford to new premises which will enable different parts of the service to come under one roof.

The Council has given the go-ahead...

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Plymouth bin collection days are changing

Thousands of Christmas cards are being delivered to let people know what days their bins will be collected as part of a major reorganisation of the city’s rubbish and recycling rounds.

Seasons greetings combined with dates of new recycling and rubbish collection days are being sent out from this week to thousands of homes across the city ahead of the start of the new rounds on January...

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Children choose Harry Potter over PM

Children from Plymouth would most like to share their Christmas dinner with Harry Potter and football legend David Beckham, while one per cent would opt to have Prime Minister David Cameron at their festive table.

New research, released this week by Table Table, suggests a third (34 per cent) would choose to eat their Christmas dinner with the fictional wizard over any other celebrity...

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South West Water bills to fall by 7% by 2020

South West Water's household customers can look forward to improved services and average bills pegged to 7% below inflation by the end of the decade, following today's Final Determination of the company's 2015-20 business plan by water regulator Ofwat.

As well as keeping bills down, South West Water will spend about £1 billion on improving the region's water and wastewater services....

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Suspect 'clown' in Plymouth nightclub assault

Police have released a video of a man dressed as a clown they wish to speak to in connection with two unprovoked assaults in Plymouth.

The assaults happened in the gents’ toilets at the Crash Manor nightclub on Union Street in the early hours of Saturday 1 November at around 3am.

The victim of one of the assaults, a 37-year-old local man, suffered whiplash and concussion after...

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Plymouth Hospitals launches Mayflower Peer Support Group

The official launch of the Mayflower Peer Support Group took place this week.

The support service involves kidney patients helping other kidney patients who are facing similar situations. It aims to give short term practical, emotional and social support to people with chronic kidney disease, their families or carers, based on common experiences.

Peer supporters are patients...

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