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Bampton Beaver Scouts meet Olympic race walker, Chris Maddocks

On a hot and humid early Wednesday evening, I joined an enthusiastic group of Bampton Beaver scouts for a walk, quite a fast walk! For the umpteenth time I came out of competitive retirement to join these 5-8 year olds and share my Olympic Games' experiences with a chat and outdoor fun. At the...

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Post Office secures further Government funding

The Post Office has secured further government funding to complete its modernisation programme which has already brought huge benefits to customers up and down the country.

Postal Affairs Minister Jo Swinson announced investment of £640 million from 2015 to 2018 to maintain the network of over 11,500 Post Office branches. This investment will make sure Post Office branches are...

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City Museum acquires painting by Turner Prize nominee

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery’s permanent art collection has received a prestigious boost thanks to the acquisition of a new painting by current Turner Prize nominee, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

To Tell Them Where It’s Got To (2013) has been purchased with a grant from the Contemporary Art Society and the support of London based Corvi-Mora Gallery.

The painting shows a woman...

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Serco wins £42 million contract with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Serco has won a three-year extension to its hotel services contract with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust. The extension is worth £42 million and means that the contract will now continue until September 2019.

Employing 650 people in Plymouth, Serco provides a range of facilities management services including cleaning services, patient catering, retail catering, portering services, and a...

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Trust supports domestic violence campaign

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is showing its support to ADVA (Against Domestic Violence and Abuse) across Devon during Domestic Abuse Awareness Week.

This year’s campaign is ‘Is This Safe?’, which focuses on the growing problem of cyber-stalking and its link with domestic abuse.

The aim of the campaign is to make people aware of the potential risks inherent in our use of the...

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Npower to cut 1,500 UK staff

‘Big Six’ Energy Company, RWE Npower who scrapped the £4 billion Devon wind farm, has announced today plans to cut 1,500 jobs in the UK.

The cuts are the latest development in a series of re-structuring moves which have lead to speculation that RWE Npower may be preparing for a departure from the UK energy market.

On Tuesday (26 Novemeber), RWE Npower scrapped plans to build...

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Changes to opening hours at Plymouth libraries

Plymouth City Council is revising opening hours at its libraries to make them more consistent and better meet customer demand.

The improvements form part of the Council’s library service modernisation plans and follow public consultation carried out last year.

The new timetables will start on Thursday 2 January and will mean the city’s 17 libraries are open an extra 11 hours...

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Welcome to Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City!

Twenty volunteers from Plymouth University School of Tourism and Hospitality will play a key part in welcoming visitors to Plymouth in a new pilot scheme.

Plymouth Hosts is due to be launched today (27 November) by Destination Plymouth working in partnership with the City Centre and Waterfront partnership Business Improvement Districts.

They have been selected to welcome...

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Taxis answer 999 calls in South West

A Freedom of Infomation (FOI) request has revealed that the South Western Ambulance Trust (SWASFT) has sent taxis to 158 999 calls in 2013/14.

The evidence was presented to the House of Commons yesterday by Shadow Health Secretary, Andy Burnham who claimed that the news revealed a deepening crisis in UK A&E’s.

Andy Burnham MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, said: "People...

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Christmas comes early for prize winners

Three lucky Plymouth residents have walked away with an iPad after signing up to the electoral register this year.

Plymouth City Council launched a ‘Don’t lose your voice’ campaign earlier this year to get as many people as possible signed up to the register.

Over 116,000 forms were sent to households during September and everyone that returned their form before Wednesday 6...

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REACH team set up to reduce number of young runaways

Children who go missing from their homes are the focus of a new team in Plymouth who will work with parents and their children to reduce the number of runaways.

Plymouth City Council has teamed up with the police to create the REACH team (Reducing Exploitation and Absence from Care and Home) in an effort to reduce the number of young people reported missing and prevent the sexual...

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