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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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Fish and chicks at Living Coasts

An African penguin chick has been nursed back to health with fish soup by dedicated zoo keepers. The decision to remove the chick from its parents was taken when keepers saw signs of illness and a lack of appetite.

Since then, staff at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium, have been feeding the chick every 3 hours from 7.30 in the morning to 7.30 at night. The only thing...

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Plymouth confirmed as host city for British Art Show 9

The UK’s largest touring exhibition of contemporary British Art will be heading to Plymouth again in 2021, following the official announcement by London’s Hayward Gallery that the city has been selected as one of the four host locations for British Art Show 9 (BAS 9).

Plymouth will join Manchester, Wolverhampton and Aberdeen for the ninth iteration of this prestigious exhibition,...

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Green light to work up transport plans

A multi-million pound package of schemes to help people get to and from work in Plymouth and the wider travel to work area more easily and more quickly has been shortlisted for funding by the Department of Transport.

Plymouth is one 10 cities to be given the green light to work up more detailed plans for a raft of transport initiatives all designed to keep the city on the move as it...

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New library challenge for Plymouth’s children

Plymouth's library service is introducing a new all year round library challenge for children.

The Findalots Library Challenge will launch in all Plymouth libraries during National Libraries Week (8 to 13 October).

Aimed at 4 to 11-year-olds, all children who sign up will receive a special Findalots library card and an activity journal.

Each month they will be...

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Trunk in charge!

A charity beer has raised an elephantine sum for wildlife conservation. Bays Brewery helped generate £3,282 by selling a special beer – Trunk Ale - on behalf of wildlife charity Paignton Zoo Environmental Park.

Paignton Zoo supports environmental education in the Omo Forest of south-western Nigeria, where the elusive forest elephant still survives. The Zoo has been funding work there...

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University Hospitals Plymouth trials group antenatal care

A new approach to antenatal care is being piloted with midwives from University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust next week.

Traditionally, antenatal care involves one-on-one appointments for pregnant women with their midwives. However, a number of NHS Trusts are trialling group antenatal care, whereby several women meet with their midwifery team for collective support.

“In line...

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New Non-Executive Director announced at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

NHS Improvement has appointed Colonel (Retired) Graham Raikes MBE as a new Non-Executive Director at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, with effect from today, Tuesday 25 September 2018.

Graham Raikes With a public sector career spanning over 40 years, Mr Raikes is currently the Director of Resources at the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). He had a successful military...

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Flybe launches FlyShe programme following gender diversity findings

“I firmly believe that young women cannot be what they cannot see”…

…Christine Ourmières-Widener, the CEO of Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has today (18 September 2018) launched FlyShe, a programme aimed at inspiring the next generation of young women to consider a wider variety of high trust career options when they grow up, such as becoming a pilot, engineer or a member...

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Stuart Road car park receives coveted Park Mark award

The Premier Parking Solutions car park in Stuart Road, Plymouth has achieved the coveted Park Mark, Safer Parking Award. This award was handed to Premier Parking Solutions by Inspector Simon Hardwick, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary’s Local Policing and Partnership Unit and Chief Inspector Rob Moony the officer in charge of Local Policing and Partnership.

A Park Mark is awarded to...

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Torpoint Scouts’ donation to help children who have cancer

The 2nd Torpoint Scouts Group had a very personal reason for making a donation of £308 towards Derriford Children’s Cancer Service.

The 2nd Torpoint Scouts “One of our cubs spent some time on the children’s cancer ward last year whilst receiving treatment for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He has a brother in our scout troop who visited him on the ward”, said Sue Gosling, Assistant Group...

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