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Toby’s Garden Festival Reveals Official 2026 Line-Up

Set against the stunning backdrop of Powderham Castle on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd May 2026 (10am–5pm), Toby’s Garden Festival has revealed an exciting programme of expert speakers and special guests set to headline this year’s event. Building on the 2026 theme of Discovery, the festival’s...

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Plymouth primary school pupils help children Speak out Stay safe with fundraising danceathon

Children at a Plymouth primary school have raised almost £1,400 for the NSPCC after getting their dancing shoes on for a huge fundraising event they organised themselves.

Pupils who sit on the School Council at Salisbury Road Primary School planned a danceathon to raise money for the children’s charity after 485 students met the NSPCC’s Schools Service team, and mascot Buddy, when they...

Hospital teams up with local charity

Members of staff at popular hospital Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre have chosen Improving Lives Plymouth as their adopted charity for 2020.

The charity will work with Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre throughout the year, which sees the hospital’s 15th anniversary.

Improving Lives Plymouth can trace its history back to 1907. The charity delivers services and creates new ones to...

How to use your vehicle to make some extra cash for Christmas

The most wonderful time of the year is upon us again, and its crept up quickly on a lot of us. Christmas seems to become more expensive every year, especially if you have teenage children.

There are a lot of opportunities for drivers to make a little extra money at this time of year to help them cover all the costs of Christmas. If you are looking for a way to increase your earnings in...

The Furniture Reuse Project opens new coffee and advice centre in Plymouth

The Furniture Reuse Project , a community business in Plymouth which offers second-hand furniture and vital support to people across the South West, is opening a newly built coffee and advice centre to help some of the region’s most vulnerable people.

The centre was built using a £10,000 grant from charitable trust Power to Change, awarded as part of the Community Business Challenge...

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What to do if You're Snowed in

It's only November and the snow has started to fall in Plymouth and other parts of Devon, as reported in https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news . People in Devon have shared videos showing huge snowfall in their areas, as fields and streets are covered in snow, making it difficult to see and stopping people from going anywhere too.

There is likely to be more snow in Plymouth...

Prestigious photography award now open to Plymouth students

The search is on to find the cream of Plymouth’s creative photography and film talent, as one of the nation’s most prestigious student photography awards launches today.

The annual ‘EIZO Awards’ organised by leading manufacturer of monitor solutions, EIZO, is designed to champion creativity behind the lens and provide a vital career kick-start to talented students looking to follow in...

Online GP consultations leap in first week

In their first week of full operation, around 1,000 online GP consultations were made to Beacon Medical Group, with 42% of all patient contacts in that first week made via online GP consultations.

Some 62.7% of patients who used an online GP consultation did not need an appointment, freeing up appointments for those who did. Anyone who used the online GP consultation service and who...

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Know the Different Classes of Campervans and Mobile Homes

It's a beautiful idea to take a vacation while still enjoying the comforts of home. If you have a recreational vehicle (RV), you can do both. You can take some outdoor activity gear with you, cook food, have picnics, and enjoy sightseeing and outdoor adventures.

An RV is like a small home or a tiny apartment with complementary facilities and features to ensure that you can have a...

New Wheels for Little Harbour

Funds from an annual charity ball have enabled Little Harbour children’s hospice in St Austell to buy a new vehicle for use by its Sibling Team.

Dave and Paula Whitfield and their family were supported by the charity when their two-year-old grandson Ethan died in 2011 after suffering from the incurable disease Tay-Sachs. Sadly Ethan died just one month before Little Harbour opened...

Breaking down workplace barriers for people with learning disabilities

Two determined and enthusiastic workers from Plymouth are proving to be great advocates for employing people with learning disabilities.

With only six per cent of people with a learning disability being in paid employment, this week’s Learning Disability Work Week (#LDWW) celebrates the contribution people with learning disabilities can make to the workplace.

According to...

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