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Alcohol Harm: Reducing the Strength in Plymouth

A new project is being launched this week to help reduce alcohol related harm in Plymouth.

Reducing The Strength is a new scheme which aims to encourage retailers to stop selling very cheap, high percentage lagers, beers and ciders, in their shops, which should contribute towards reducing alcohol related crime and health costs in the city.

A launch event for Reducing the...

Tea dance entertainment for elderly

A local young lady, Katie Wheeler has joined the Cat's Whiskers Tea Dance Company to help spread joy amongst the elderly people in Plymouth.

Katie has recently graduated with a degree in Dance and Theatre Arts and strongly believes in the happiness music can bring to those who need it most.

Katie will be visiting local care homes and putting on vintage tea dances for the...

Plymouth 10k on course for sell out

GO2, organisers of the Plymouth 10K, sponsored by Mansbridge Balment are urging runners not to leave it until the last minute to sign up for this year’s race, as numbers have already surpassed those of 2013, with just under five weeks to go until race day.

The Plymouth 10k, taking part on Sunday 2nd November, is the largest 10k road race in Devon and Cornwall, and is known for its...

Monty Halls to give charity talk

TV adventurer Monty Halls is offering to take people on a tour of the world in just one evening.

Monty, who lives in Dartmouth, is coming to Living Coasts in Torquay to talk about his life as a TV presenter, marine biologist, travel writer, public speaker and diver. His talk promises to roam the world in just one evening.

Monty explains: “This is a lifetime of ocean exploration...

Stop and think before visiting A&E

“Stop and think before visiting A&E” – that’s the message from doctors in Devon as the NHS gears up for the cold months ahead.

Doctors are urging people to visit or phone their GP practice, pharmacy or NHS 111 if it’s not an emergency.

They are also calling for who have not yet registered with a GP practice to do this. Groups of people who have not yet registered with a...

Plans for Bretonside take significant step forward

One of the city centre’s biggest developments has reached a significant milestone, with terms and conditions now agreed by British Land and the Council.

The Drake Circus Leisure scheme will provide a brand new 12-screen cinema, restaurant complex and car park on the tired Bretonside bus station site, transforming the eastern gateway to the city centre.

As part of the agreement...

New arrangements for replacement bins

People who have lost their rubbish and recycling bins will be able to pick up a replacement free of charge from Prince Rock depot from Wednesday, with further locations planned for the future.

Arrangements have been made for a stock of bins and bags to be made more easily available for people, ahead of the introduction of a delivery charge for replacing lost bins.

The £15...

Witnesses sought following sexual assault in Plymouth

Police are appealing for witnesses following an allegation of rape in Moor View Terrace, Plymouth.

A woman in her twenties was allegedly assaulted on Sunday 28 September between 2-2.30am. The suspect is described as white, 5’6 in height of small build in his twenties.

Police believe the incident may have been witnessed by a man who may have taken photographs near to the scene;...

Health staff get creative for The Vinci Staff Art Prize

Patients, staff and members of the public will get the chance to vote for their favourite piece of art at a forthcoming exhibition at Derriford Hospital.

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Vinci and Devon Art Pop launched the ‘The Vinci Staff Art Prize’ last month. In total, 26 entries were received, which have now been shortlisted down to a final 12 to be exhibited at Derriford Hospital on...

Plymouth University leads global study examining wave energy transfer on rocky coastlines

The extent to which rocky shore platforms can reduce the impact of waves on the world’s coastlines is to be analysed in a major international study led by Plymouth University.

The two-year multi-agency project will see field studies conducted at locations around the UK, using cutting edge sensory equipment to measure wave energy transformations between the sea and cliffs.

It...

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