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A primary school headteacher says an innovative form of coaching is transforming the self-confidence of pupils who are shy or under-achieving. The coaching programme at Woodlands Park Primary School in Ivybridge, Devon is the brainchild of the senior teaching assistant and Liz Scott Coaching and Training. Final year pupils are trained as coaches so that they can work with younger children at...

Plymouth City Council has successfully secured £0.71million from the Government’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) to support sustainable travel in two of the city’s growth areas.

Plymouth’s scheme is one of 44 across the country that will receive a share of £64 million of investment from the Department for Transport (DfT) to deliver environmental, health and economic benefits...

The Dartmoor site has been prepared and on Monday (14 July) archaeologists will begin a new phase of excavation at a Bronze Age hut circle site in Bellever plantation.

A quick look during the last season of excavation in 2011 revealed a possible stake hole along with internal paving and potential occupational deposits in a small hut circle. Hopes are high that they will recover some...

Plymouth’s local lead for championing victim’s rights has been invited to an event at the Houses of Parliament to celebrate 40 years of the charity Victim Support.

Selena Newbery, who is the Anti-Social Behaviour Victim’s Champion at Plymouth City Council, and is on secondment from Victim Support, has been selected to attend for her “outstanding contribution” to the work of the charity...