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Georgina Lamb, Head of Partnerships at FCN shaking hands with Moorland Fuels tanker driver

Moorland Fuels pledges long-term support for South West farmers with FCN partnership

Okehampton-based Moorland Fuels , which provides domestic, agriculture and commercial fuel services to customers across Devon and Cornwall, has announced a long-term partnership with mental health and wellbeing charity, The Farming Community Network (FCN).

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Councillors call for more cash to tackle health issues

Plymouth councillors are calling on Government for a fairer amount of cash to tackle major public health issues in the city.

Despite the significant health challenges Plymouth faces, the city receives just £43 per person, £12 per person less than the Public Health England target figure of £55.

A Motion set to be discussed at today’s Full Council from Councillor Sue McDonald,...

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Charity volunteers clock up 26,000 hours

Wildlife charity volunteers have given more hours than ever before.

Volunteers at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park and Living Coasts in Torquay gave more than 26,000 hours during 2013 - equivalent to nearly 3 whole years, 155 weeks or more than 1,000 full days.

For the year ending in October 2013, 166 volunteers gave 26,074.5 hours – 1,932.25 more than in 2012.

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Students set a course for success in international sailing challenge

A team of talented sailors from Plymouth University will be taking on some of the world’s most experienced crews during a 16-day stage race across the Arabian Gulf.

The students will be taking part in Sailing Arabia – The Tour 2014, which will see them travelling in the region of 800 nautical miles over the space of 16 days.

It is the second time the team has taken on the...

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If you thought you'd seen the last of the rain, think again

Forecasters are warnng of possible icy patches again tomorrow morning as temperatures dip.

And if you thought you'd seen the last of the rain, think again.

Bookmakers William Hill cut the odds of 2014 being the wettest year on record from 8/1 to 6/1.

Yesterday the Environment Agency said 148 flood alerts and 11 more serious flood warnings were in place.

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Beat the January blues at Whitleigh

Whitleigh residents are invited to St Chads Church, Whitleigh Green this Saturday (1 February) where they can get involved in lots of fun activities at the Every Penny Counts event.

Back by popular demand the Plymouth City Council’s Neighbourhood Regeneration Team and Plymouth Community Homes are running the second Every Penny Counts following the success of the first event held last...

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Glaciers existed in Britain as late as Georgian era

New evidence indicates glaciers present 11,000 years later than believed.

Research led by a scientist from the University of Exeter has shown that Britain was home to small glaciers within the last few centuries – around 11,000 years later than previously thought.

Dr Stephan Harrison has established that small glaciers almost certainly existed in the Cairngorm mountain range in...

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Trust recruitment team are promoting career opportunities in the community

Our Recruitment Team are getting out and about in the community this month to actively promote career opportunities and vacancies at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.

Working in partnership with Jobcentre Plus, members of the team attended an event at the Plymouth Guildhall on Wednesday 22 January, which was aimed at people looking to explore opportunities within the healthcare sector....

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Plea to help clean storm damaged beaches

After a Christmas and New Year period that saw Britain battered by high winds, lashing rain and storm waves believed to be amongst the most extreme in living memory, many of the UK’s beaches have been left strewn with huge amounts of litter.

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS), which organises the annual Beachwatch Big Weekend in September when thousands of people clean and survey...

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The cost of caring in Plymouth

Caring for Plymouth’s most vulnerable children and adults costs approximately £115 million per year and makes up almost 55 percent of Plymouth City Council’s overall budget.

Councillors Nicky Williams, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People and Sue McDonald, Cabinet Member for Adult Health and Social Care are determined to protect frontline services for Plymouth’s most vulnerable...

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Derriford's Arctic trio to hold charity event ahead of trek

Three military junior doctors from Derriford Hospital, who are preparing for a 150km race in the Arctic next month, are hosting a fundraising event next week ahead of their gruelling challenge.

Next month, representing all three of the armed services, Flight Lieutenant Michael Thompson, Surgeon Lieutenant Alex Bamford and Captain George Graham, will face a challenge of a lifetime when...

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