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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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Online book of remembrance for charity zoo

Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has launched an online In Memoriam book for people with a special affection for the Zoo. And the first names in the book are those of two very special people.

Sylvia and Tony King were long-time Zoo supporters and volunteers. Their son Alan, also a volunteer, recalls: “My father’s parents were keen on the Zoo. They knew Philip Michelmore, who was Herbert...

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Plymouth baby is first to receive life-changing surgery

A Plymouth baby has become the first in the UK to receive life-changing surgery for spina bifida while still in the womb.

Sat with her doting parents and smiling at the camera, eleven week old baby Frankie Lavis, is still totally unaware of the revolutionary operation she had before she was even born.

In May this year, Gina Beddoe, 35, and her partner Dan Lavis, 39, from...

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Call for more green jobs in the SW

A new report, released today by renewable energy experts Regen SW, reveals that 16,000 people are employed by south west construction businesses in making our homes more energy efficient – but with, the right backing, this could be much higher.

The report – ‘The South West Retrofit Market Study’ – warns that, if we don’t act to support the sector now, the region could miss the...

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City to Sea project is runner-up for Grow Wild England flagship site

Plymouth’s City to Sea project has been named as a runner-up for the Grow Wild England flagship site, after a four-week voting campaign that saw nearly 65,000 votes cast.

Led by Plymouth City Council, the City to Sea project aimed to reinvigorate the city centre with a striking kilometre-long wild flower corridor and over 12,500 votes were cast in support of the vision.

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Burnt food, empty glasses and squabbling guests!

As the nights draw in and with Christmas soon approaching, over half of people from Plymouth (55%) are shunning pubs, restaurants, and parties, and instead opening their homes to friends and family.

However, this increase in generosity has led to a plethora of problems, with hopeless hosts admitting to a myriad of dinner party disasters; from not being prepared enough with food, drink...

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Campaign launched to save Dartmoor Zoo

Campaigners have launched a high-stakes bid to secure the future of Dartmoor Zoo, immortalised in the Hollywood Movie “We Bought a Zoo” starring Matt Damon.

The zoo, on the southern slopes of England’s last wilderness area, was bought in 2006 by journalist Benjamin Mee who wrote a book about his struggle to bring it back from the brink of ruin, inspire his family and save the animals...

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New standards for home care in Plymouth

New standards are to be put in place in Plymouth for people who require care at home.

Plymouth City Council is working together with NHS Northern, Eastern, Western (NEW) Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to drive up standards in domiciliary care. Council Cabinet has agreed in principle to a new improved contract, at its meeting on Tuesday 11th November.

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Campaign launched to target speeding and careless drivers

Road safety charity Brake is today launching a campaign calling on all road users to look out for each other, to help stop the five deaths and 61 serious injuries that happen every day on UK roads, and particularly to protect people on foot and bike.

The call comes at the start of Road Safety Week, coordinated by Brake, during which police across the country will be stepping up traffic...

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Networking opportunities for next generation of entrepreneurs

Regional enterprise experts and a former Dragon will be encouraging entrepreneurs to ‘get connected’ as part of a week-long global business event.

Professor Julian Beer, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Regional Enterprise at Plymouth University, will launch Plymouth Enterprise Week 2014 – part of Global Entrepreneurship Week – on 17 November, alongside Tudor Evans, Plymouth City Council Leader...

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Plymouth library worker launches novel

Plymouth author, student and part-time library customer services assistant AJ Cunningham is launching her first self-published children’s fiction novel ‘The Flight of the Naturne’ next week.

AJ Cunningham is the pen name of 20-year-old Abigail Cunningham, who started volunteering at Efford Library at the age of 14 and continues to work part-time for the Council’s library service while...

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