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Devon charities announced as partners for huge weekend of live music

Four Devon-based charities have been selected to be official partners for the county’s biggest music event this summer.

TK Maxx presents Live At Powderham runs for four nights from Thursday June 25 to Sunday June 28, featuring headline shows from vocal powerhouse Teddy Swims, seven-...

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Britain’s Ocean City gives Greta an epic send off

Plymouth’s reputation as a departure point for historic voyages was cemented today with an epic send off for climate change activist Greta Thunberg.

The world’s best known climate change campaigner set sail from Mayflower Marina in Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City, for her historic – and gruelling trip – across the Atlantic on board the zero-carbon sailboat, Malize II.

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Plymouth legal executive up for prestigious national award

A LEGAL executive from Devon has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.

Caroline Packer, from Ivybridge, is one of two finalists for the highly prized gong at the CILEx awards being held next month (September).

CILEx is the leading professional body for chartered legal executives, legal practitioners and paralegals and its awards are fiercely contested.

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Leatherback turtle spotted off Cornwall

A leatherback turtle has been spotted off the coast of Cornwall – the first confirmed sighting of a live leatherback in UK waters this year.

Kayaker James Adger filmed the turtle – estimated to be two metres long – in Falmouth Bay yesterday (Tuesday).

Scientists from the University of Exeter have asked boat users to be careful to avoid collisions, as the turtles swim slowly and...

Young people build community spirit with over 10,000 hours volunteered in Plymouth

New figures released by youth achievement award charity, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE), have revealed the social impact that young people have on their local community. In 2018-19, DofE participants in Plymouth donated a staggering 10,478 hours of their personal time to volunteer for a range of community causes. To quantify the significance of the support given in monetary terms, this...

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Two weeks left to register for The Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme

There are still spaces for farming families to sign up to get FREE business skills training through The Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme, organised by The Prince’s Countryside Fund and delivered in South Hams.

Aimed at dairy, beef, and sheep farmers, the Programme helps farming families to make changes to improve their business – 83% of farmers said they have made greater...

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Further funding for Plymouth parks

Parks and green spaces in Plymouth have had yet another funding boost.

The city has just secured just under €4 million thanks to a successful funding bid by Plymouth City Council and its partners.

The money, which comes from the European Commission, will go towards the Green Minds project which will re-wild urban parks, gardens and verges, introduce a new system of working with...

Plymouth Road improvements set to continue

Junction improvements in the east of Plymouth will continue next month with work on Plymouth Road.

The work will mark the next stage of the Eastern Corridor Junction Improvement Scheme and follows on from work already completed at the Cot Hill and Merafield Road junction earlier in the year.

Now, the focus will be on Plymouth Road itself with ageing traffic signal equipment set...