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Inaugural Plymouth boating festival makes a splash

Glorious sunshine and a packed schedule of maritime fun helped make the inaugural Plymouth Boat Fest a huge success, as thousands of visitors gathered at Plymouth Yacht Haven; the city’s largest and busiest marina, to celebrate the region’s rich marine heritage and industry...

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Travel money bureau reopens at Sainsbury’s Marsh Mills, Plymouth

Open for business: a number of Sainsbury’s Bank’s Travel Money Bureaux, which were closed temporarily during the Coronavirus pandemic, have now re-opened across the UK.

Residents of Marsh Mills, Plymouth can once again buy and sell more than 12 different foreign currencies, and transfer money abroad with Western Union at their local Sainsbury’s supermarket.

Since re-opening...

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South West to receive share of £29.7 million to upgrade A&Es ahead of winter

The South West will receive £29.7 million to expand and upgrade A&Es at five Trusts, ensuring they have the physical space to treat patients, manage patient flow and improve infection control, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced today.

This is in addition to the £300 million announced recently for 117 Trusts to upgrade their facilities, meaning the Government has now...

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Torquay Neighbours Celebrate Lottery Win

Wednesday is off to a winning start for ten people in Torquay who have scooped £1,000 each all thanks to their postcode.

The Peasland Road neighbours netted the windfall when TQ2 8PA was announced as a Daily Prize winner with People’s Postcode Lottery on Wednesday 16th September 2020.

People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Danyl Johnson sent his well-wishes to the winners....

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Jurassic Fibre introduces full fibre broadband to Honiton

Jurassic Fibre has announced that Honiton and Taunton will be the next two areas to benefit from ultrafast full fibre broadband.

The extension of the company’s network is part of a pioneering £250 million project to deliver fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband technology to towns and villages in the South West, overlooked by other service providers.

Work has already...

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New #YouCanAdopt campaign launches in Devon

Regional Adoption Agency Adopt South West and independent adoption charity Families for Children, join the coalition of National, Regional and Voluntary adoption agencies across the country, supported by the Department for Education (DfE), to launch a nationwide recruitment campaign to raise awareness of adoption.

In the UK, there are almost 3,000 children that are in need of an...

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From parking to COVID-19 – local people quiz NHS during online public meetings on Teignmouth and Dawlish proposal

Local people asked questions on topics ranging from parking and population growth to COVID-19 readiness and GP branch surgeries during the first online public meeting held as part of an NHS consultation on services in Teignmouth and Dawlish.

Friday (11 September) saw the first of six public meetings where anyone can ask questions and share their views on an NHS proposal for the...

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Dementia support worker and husband walk 250 miles of the South West Coastal path to raise vital funds

A Devon dementia support worker who has seen first-hand how badly coronavirus has hit people affected by dementia on her patch, has laced up her trainers and trekked the South West coastal path to help raise funds.

As coronavirus has put a stop to large fundraising events taking place, Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Support Worker Karen McElfatrick decided to march out to raise much-...

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Openreach adds another 67 locations to its future-proof broadband build pl

Openreach today announced a further 67 locations in its Fibre Cities programme where it will be building its new, future-proof Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology , as part of a new tranche of build. Work will begin in March 2021.

The new locations stretch across the country – from Alloway, in Ayrshire; to Helsby, in Cheshire; and Ivybridge, in South Devon – and the...

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Love at first bite: Nearly one in four Brits ditch dates who aren’t ‘food compatible’

It’s long been said that a man’s stomach is the way to his heart, but as it turns out, the same could probably be said for women.

Since lockdown restrictions eased a few months ago, thousands of Brits have been firing back-up the dating apps, eager to end the dating drought.

A new study of 2,000 adults has unveiled that it is a case of ‘love at first bite ’ for more than one...

South West nurse joins popular hospital as Ward Manager

A nurse who has dedicated her career to caring for patients in Devon and Cornwall, has joined popular hospital Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre as Ward Manager.

Marie Aitkenhead gained her Diploma in Adults in Acute Care Areas Adult Nursing at the University of Plymouth in 2007. She gained other qualifications at the University, culminating in a BSc in Health Studies in 2015.

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