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Customers at Matalan in Plymouth were greeted in store by a giant yellow pants-wearing dinosaur as the city’s #TalkPANTS campaign continues to gather momentum.

Pantosaurus is the mascot for the flagship NSPCC campaign that was launched in Plymouth in September under the Together for Childhood partnership, which aims to prevent child sexual abuse in the city.

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The next General Election is fast-approaching, and this one promises to be an extraordinary event for a number of reasons. Not only will this be the first December election to take place in the UK since 1923, but it will also be the most unpredictable. With the election originally being called in an attempt to break the parliamentary stalemate that has occurred due to Brexit. This may be the...

As BBC One celebrates its 50th anniversary of colour TV (Friday 15 November), TV Licensing has revealed 21 households in Plymouth are still watching TV programmes only on black and white TV sets.

In Devon, Plymouth has the highest number of black and white licences in operation, Exeter has the second highest with 18 and Torquay has seven. Other towns in Devon each have less than five...

We all know that silk is one of the most, if not the most, expensive fabrics that we can lay our hands on. But do we really know why it is more costly than other materials, like cotton or polyester? If you know how silk producers make the fabric and how long it takes to makes a yard of it, you will understand why it is very expensive. There are many things you can make from silk: neckties,...