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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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£2 million contract for reablement services to discussed by Plymouth City Council

Improvements to the social care reablement service are to be considered by Plymouth City Council's Cabinet on Tuesday (3 September).

The council will discuss plans to award a £2million a year contract to an independent company to provide Plymouth’s reablement service.

Reablement is a key service that helps people regain their mobility and independence after illness or injury...

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Civic Centre to become high end hotel providing huge job boost for city

Plymouth’s iconic Civic Centre is to be transformed into a four star hotel with commanding views of the city and its stunning waterfront as part of an exciting development that will create hundreds of jobs.

Tired offices will be turned into a prestige hotel which will form the anchor development in a project that will seal the West End of Plymouth’s role as a cultural quarter of the...

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Plymouth enjoys Bank Holiday sunshine

Plymouth saw a sunny start to Bank Holiday Monday, and the good news that dry weather and sunny spells are expected to continue through the week.

Shoppers and tourists enjoyed temperatures hovering around the 21°C mark on Monday, with cloud cover expected to build through the afternoon. But according to the Met Office, clear skies should emerge by Monday evening.

Tuesday will...

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Council set to outsource £2million social care contract

Changes to how Plymouth's social care reablement services are delivered are to be considered by the City Council.

In partnership with the Western Locality NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), the City Council Cabinet will decide whether to award a contract worth approximately £2 million a year, at a meeting on Tuesday September 3.

If approved, the reablement team...

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Plymouth teenager rescued from swing

Firefighters rescued a teenager at a Plymouth park after he got stuck in a child’s swing.

The 13-year-old had to be cut free at the play park in Rothesay Gardens, Crownhill, soon after 6pm on Sunday.

One fire engine from Crownhill attended.

Earlier in the day, two fire engines were called to reports of a small building fire in Carroll Road. Devon and Somerset Fire...

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Free WiFi cover on the cards for Plymouth to help city get better connected

Free WiFi covering areas of the waterfront and the city centre could be on the cards for Plymouth.

Visitors, businesses and residents will be able to get online with ease while on the move through their mobile phones, tablets and ipads as part of Plymouth’s wider broadband strategy to get the city better connected through high speed roll-out and digital inclusion.

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Coast path improvements welcomed by visitors

The thousands of visitors walking the South Devon coastline this summer are benefiting from several improvement projects as part of the South West Coast Path 40th Anniversary.

Thanks to funding from the Great South West Walk, Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) and the National Trust, several projects have been completed, with more to go ahead later in the summer.

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Major new city attraction will make history

Plymouth is set to invest in a major visitor attraction that will proudly bring to life the city’s rich history and tell the stories of some of the city’s legends and heroes.

Cabinet will fire the starting pistol on 3 September on plans for an exciting historic and cultural centre that breathes life into Plymouth’s most influential historic figures such as Scott, Darwin and Drake, and...

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Enjoying the great outdoors? Beware of silent killer

With the summer festival season in full flow people in Devon are being warned to keep safe from the silent killer.

Gas distribution business Wales & West Utilities is warning of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning from camping stoves and barbeques and is asking parents to make sure their festival-going teenagers are well aware of the risks before they set off on their camping...

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South West Farmland prices more than treble within nine years

Farmland prices in the South West hit yet another record high during the first half of 2013 and have now more than trebled in less than a decade, according to the latest RICS Rural Land Market Survey H1 2013.

During the first six months of the year, the cost of farmland jumped to £7,250 per acre across the region, hitting a record high for the eighth consecutive period. The cost of...

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