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Will You Be My Friend?

Five Mile Films - the makers of Channel 4’s The Dog House - are currently casting in Devon for a new BBC series about childhood friendships.

Will You Be My Friend? follows children aged 5 to 8 who are finding it...

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Plymouth grandmother celebrates 107th birthday

Theresa Ryan, from Plymouth has celebrated an incredible milestone in their 107th birthday on 2nd June 2021 at Anchor’s Care Manor Court Home on Blandford Road.

Mrs Ryan blew out her candles at the party held for her at Manor Court where she has lived for 7 years. In celebration of her incredible achievement, Theresa was treated to a High Tea by the care team at Manor Court, who also...

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Running the London Marathon for Theatre Royal Plymouth

In October this year Theatre Royal Plymouth’s Director of Engagement and Learning, Mandy Precious, will be running the London Marathon to raise vital funds for one of their flagship community projects Our Space.

About the challenge Mandy said: “I am not really a runner but since the first lockdown I've been running to stay fit and sane. And I think it's worked! And now I am doing the...

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Nuffield Health Plymouth hospital awarded for commitment to patient safety

Nuffield Health Plymouth Hospital is celebrating after being named as a National Joint Registry (NJR) Quality Data Provider after successfully completing a national programme of local data audits.

The NJR monitors the performance of hip, knee, ankle, elbow and shoulder joint replacement operations to improve clinical outcomes for the benefit of patients, clinicians and industry. The...

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3,000 new trees planted by National Trust in South Devon

At Southdown Farm near Salcombe, the National Trust team have been working hard on various projects to increase the value of the area for wildlife. With the help of local volunteers the team have been planting up over one kilometre of new hedgebanks with shrubs and also planting trees around sheltered corners of fields. The new hedges have created smaller, more sheltered fields on the exposed...

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Drake Circus joins the Great British Spring Clean

Volunteer litter pickers from Drake Circus recently joined the Keep Britain Tidy Great British Spring Clean in a bid to help tidy up Plymouth.

A team of four volunteers joined forces on 28th May for the first of two community litter picks, where they conquered the stretch from Civic Square to Plymouth Hoe.

In a team effort, Sylvia Hamilton, James Farley, Joe Meakin-Scott and...

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Plymouth’s historic Elizabethan House to open to the public

Plymouth’s Elizabethan House will reopen on Tuesday 20th July following a major restoration as part of Plymouth’s Mayflower 400 commemorations. The historic property, which dates from the late 1500s, has survived the slum clearances of the early 1900s and the Blitz of World War II. After undergoing vital structural and strengthening works, it’s been reinterpreted as an immersive visitor...

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£50k available for outdoor projects in Sovereign communities

Sovereign residents living in Plymouth are invited to submit project ideas for creating great outdoor spaces for their whole community.

Proposals can be submitted through Sovereign’s Your Community, Your Choice (YCYC) grants programme, with up to £10k available per project.

YCYC lets people submit project ideas for their community to vote on to receive funding - last year,...

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UK’s Beach Hut of the Year 2021 competition invites a new season of beach hut stories

Every Hut’s a Castle: The hugely popular competition celebrating the UK’s iconic and much-loved coastline havens has returned for its second year, with Beach Hut insurance specialists, Ryan’s Insurance inviting owners to enter to win over £1000 of prizes.

This year, in collaboration with both Millie’s Beach Huts, and the bestselling British author and scriptwriter, Veronica Henry,...

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Planning application submitted for next section of Teign Estuary Trail

A planning application has been submitted for the next phase of the Teign Estuary Trail.

Devon County Council has been supported by Teignbridge District Council in preparing the proposals to develop a 5km section of multi-use trail between Passage House Inn in Newton Abbot and the A381 at La Roche Maurice Walk, east of Bishopsteignton.

The Trail will also include a shared-...

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Devon Air Ambulance journeys towards sustainability

Devon Air Ambulances endorses the Devon Climate Declaration

The declaration invites public, private and voluntary organisations, as well as people who live and work in the county, to set the ambition of tackling climate change across Devon. Devon Air Ambulance recognises that our world is facing a serious and urgent threat to climate change. The journey towards environmental sustainability is...

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