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Tally Ho! ...moving into top gear

South Hams based coach holiday company, Tally Ho, is preparing for further growth in 2015 with the appointment of coach industry expert, Graham Messenger, who has joined the team as a tour manager.

Graham’s considerable coaching and transport industry experience will help Tally Ho’s growing travel business to achieve its ambitious growth targets as he plays a key role in planning and...

Students mark solemn centenary

A Plymouth secondary school has marked 100 years since the start of World War I with a special week of remembrance throughout the College.

The events at Stoke Damerel Community College began on 17 October with a non-uniform day for students, their £1 donations going to the Royal British Legion (RBL).

The culmination of the week was a Remembrance Fair in The Street on 23 October...

Chartered Accountants Celebrate National Award Success In Style In Aid Of Local Charity

Haines Watts North Devon LLP based in Bideford, held a glittering event with fast cars and diamonds in aid of Children’s Hospice SW (CHSW). It was hosted at the new state-of-the-art Roger Young Jaguar Land Rover showroom in Saltash the only of this design in the World with the two other dealerships based in Dubai and Los Angeles. Spectacular staging and lighting was supplied by independent...

Registration open for 2015 History Festival

Registration for next year’s Plymouth History Festival is now open to all local event providers.

The annual celebration of the city’s heritage will run from Friday 1 to Sunday 31 May 2015.

Since it was launched in 2012, two successful festivals have taken place, offering more than 250 events that have been enjoyed by thousands of people.

The festival programme includes...

Plymouth medical partnership a first

A training partnership between Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PU PSMD), Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Weston Area Health NHS Trust and Yeovil District Hospital, believed to be the first of its kind, has been announced.

PU PSMD has introduced a postgraduate Diploma...

Dental students contribute to better oral health for children in rural Nepalto i

Two dental students from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry are to travel to rural Nepal to help children there keep their teeth and gums healthy – and they are using the innovative and exciting method of crowdfunding to fund their trip.

Sarah Armstrong and Josie Kane will travel to the foothills of Annapurna, a remote area of Nepal, to deliver a...

Plymouth campaign goes wild!

Plymouth’s Grow Wild campaign has gone wild on the web, on twitter and in the streets but time is running out as voting ends on midnight of Tuesday 4 November.

Now the Council and its partners are asking for one last push to get the City to Sea the votes it needs to get wildflowers planted from North Cross to the Hoe as part of the city’s bid to be Grow Wild’s English flagship and...

Visitors spending more in Plymouth

Visitors are staying longer in Plymouth and spending more money which is good news for the local economy and businesses.

The annual visitor numbers for 2013, released by Destination Plymouth, show that visitors to the city have increased their length of stay to an average of 3.3 nights and that their average spend has risen from £158 per night to £172 per night.

Overall...

WWI artwork comes to Plymouth

The artwork from a comic which depicted the horrors of the World War One battlefields to audiences young and old will go on show at Plymouth University next week.

Charley’s War, launched in the late 1970s by writer Pat Mills and artist Joe Colquhoun, told the story of the Great War through the eyes of a 16-year-old boy, who lied about his age in order to go and fight for his country...

Increase in suicidal feelings among young

THE NSPCC today warned there has been a large increase in sucidal feelings among young people.

In a new report On the Edge, ChildLine reveals what it descibes as disturbing trends amongst young people in Britain.

A total of 34,517 counselling sessions were held by ChildLine (UK) in 2013/14 with children who talked about suicidal thoughts – a 117% increase since 2010/11....

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