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Classic British Hotels collection Partners with the Tiverton Hotel in Devon

Classic British Hotels is delighted to announce a major expansion of its curated collection following a new partnership with Crest Hotels Group, including the 69-bedroom Tiverton Hotel in Devon. All nine distinctive properties within the Crest Hotels portfolio have officially joined Classic...

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Supermarket of marine rubbish opens for business at exhibition

A remarkable ‘supermarket’ stocked entirely from marine litter is set to feature in a new exhibition dedicated to raising public awareness of the problem of pollution in our seas.

My Sea, Your Sea. Keep it Litter Free will showcase photographs and sculpture from artists who’ve used marine rubbish as the medium for their work.

The centrepiece will be ‘TruCost Super M-Art’, an...

PCSO hailed a hero for saving baby

A police community support officer has been praised by a father after he dramatically stopped a car, with a baby girl inside, from rolling down a hill in St Agnes.

PCSO Richard Hill (pictured) was parked nearby when he saw what he thought was an empty convertible rolling backwards down the slipway towards the beach at Trevaunance Cove.

He saw a man frantically trying to stop...

Bogus police scam continues to target Cornwall

Elderly residents in Cornwall are asked to remain on their guard after more householders were targeted by a bogus police scam.

Offenders posing as police have contacted residents in mid and west Cornwall in the last two weeks as part of a national scam which is commonly known as ‘courier fraud’.

Devon and Cornwall Police has recorded more than 100 of these offences since last...

Round 6 of Regional Growth Fund is now open

Businesses in Plymouth could follow in the footsteps of key city companies such as Fine Tubes and Becton Dickinson and get financial support from the Government as part of a wider scheme to encourage enterprise and job creation.

The latest round of the Government’s Regional Growth Fund is now open and as with previous rounds, is aimed at capital investments, training, research and...

Get e-books for free with your library card

Library members in Plymouth will soon be able to get e-books and audiobooks for free using their library cards.

From Monday 7 July, anyone with a smartphone, tablet, PC, laptop or other digital device with an internet browser will be able to enjoy a range of best-selling novels, well-known classics, autobiographies and more.

The service will be available 24 hours a day, seven...

Local property market figures contest national reports of property "boom"

With growing reports in the national media about escalating property prices and another property ‘boom’, local estate agents, Maitlands Sales and Lettings, have reported a more realistic picture here in the Plymouth area based on activity over the first half of 2014.

Andrew Blacklock, Managing Director of Maitlands Sales and Lettings, looks to share some facts on the true picture for...

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Celebrating the best of UK coding talent

Young people with a keen eye for coding are competing in a national competition taking place across the country this week.

i-DAT, the Institute of Digital Art and Technology at Plymouth University, is a host centre for the Young Rewired State Festival of Code, which will see under-19s presented with real world problems and challenged to address them through their self-taught hacking...

Tony Hogg calls for minimum unit pricing to reduce harm caused by alcohol misuse

Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg is calling on the Government to introduce minimum unit pricing immediately, as part of the battle to reduce the harm caused by alcohol misuse.

He is also demanding that opposition parties make manifesto commitments to introduce similar legislation.

“It is now time to act.” said Mr Hogg. “The Government has put plans to introduce a minimum...

National Infection Control Rating corrected

Derriford Hospital has had its infection control rating changed to blue, after officials recognised that the red rating previously given earlier this week was wrong.

On Tuesday (24 June), data was published on the NHS Choices website, which rated Derriford Hospital as red or poor for infection prevention and control.

Staff at the hospital raised questions and an analysis of the...

Plymouth and Exeter’s museum partnership nets over £3.2 million

Plymouth and Exeter are celebrating a joint victory today after scooping over £3.2M from a national arts funding pot to continue their excellent joint heritage and cultural work across the South West.

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery in Exeter (RAMM) learned their Major Partner Museum (MPM) status was renewed today by the Arts...

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