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Devon Young Carers shine at the 2025 Young Carers Festival

Seventeen young carers from across Devon have enjoyed a well-deserved break from their caring responsibilities at the largest festival in the world dedicated to young people with unpaid caring roles.

It’s the 25th year that Devon Young Carers has attended the Young Carers...

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City unveils second commemorative slab in honour of First World War hero

The second of four commemorative paving slabs dedicated to Plymouth and Devonport-born soldiers who received the Victoria Cross for their courage during the First World War has been unveiled on the Hoe.

The slab is located near the Plymouth War Memorial, at the junction of Citadel Road and Lockyer Street, and is in memory of Captain John James Crowe VC (28 December 1876-27 February...

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La La Choirs raise £17,000 for CLIC Sargent

On Friday 8th December 2017, La La Choirs held their third annual ‘CLIC for Christmas’ concert at Exeter Cathedral. Performing to another sold-out audience, they started the festive season off with a bang with a selection of Christmas favourites, old and new.

La La Choirs were joined on stage by the winning choir from their Devon Schools Choir Competition, Kingsley School from Bideford...

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Charity team on the road to highlight the return of Race for Life in Plymouth

PLYMOUTH residents will have the chance to find out about the return of Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life outside the Life Centre this Sunday (15 April).

The local event manager will be promoting the local Race for Life 5k event, which will take place at The Hoe, Plymouth on Sunday 17th June.

They will be encouraging passing mums, daughters, sisters and friends to sign up...

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Charity football match to kick off marathon fundraising

Local dad Stuart Kerry is hosting a charity football match in aid of Leukaemia as part of a funding drive to support running his debut marathon next month.

The 43 year old is getting ready to toe the line at the London Marathon and has organised a Dads v Lads match at Optimus Park, Plymouth on Sunday 15th April as he hopes to raise over £2000 for Leukaemia Care.

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Police appeal for witnesses to hit and run

Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to a hit-and-run collision in Plympton.

The incident happened at around 6.30pm on Tuesday 3 April near shops on Newnham road.

A man in his 30s was unloading a vehicle from a recovery truck when a Land Rover, believed to be dark green or grey in colour collided with him before driving away from the scene.

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How to make the most of summer 2018

Summer 2018 is just around the corner, and it feels like the length and breadth of the country is eagerly counting down the days until the sun shines and the warmer months arrive. Make the very most of this summer and get prepared to enjoy it as soon as you can. If you’ve got time off from work, then be careful not to waste your time and let the days get away from you. Instead, prepare and...

1 in 6 not registered to vote in South West

The Electoral Commission estimates that 16% of people are not registered to vote in the South West, as Plymouth and Exeter get set to go to the polls on 3 May.

The Commission’s brand new campaign “Got 5?” is encouraging people across the South West to register online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote before the 17 April deadline if they have local elections in their area.

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Plympton Bike Nights

There was a great turnout for the first Plympton Bike Nights at Plymouth Harley-Davidson and Triumph Plymouth and a nice lot of donations for Woodside Animal Welfare Trust and Jeremiah's Journey local charities.

Check back later for more pictures and details of the charity collection total.

Special thanks to all the volunteer marshals from Plymouth Chapter UK.

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Marine Tech Expo returns to Plymouth

Following its huge success in 2016, the Marine Tech Expo is returning to Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City, on Thursday 21 June at the Roland Levinsky Building on the University of Plymouth campus.

The event programme features 34 high profile, inspiring speakers, including international keynote Ralph Rayner, non-executive chairman of Sonardyne International; Michael Jones from USA’s...

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