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Plymouth based tuning star voted into Revving Red Carpet top 20

The Performance & Tuning Car Show 2020 customisation competition - Revving Red Carpet have selected the Plymouth based tuning star in their top 20 of 2020.

James Legg’s Rover Mini Cooper Sportspack showed a high level of customisation and creativity along with a unique mechanical style.

His Rover Mini Cooper Sportspack features a remapped 90bhp engine, a bagged on airlift...

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Work planned to start on Ivybridge flood risk management scheme

Work is due to start in the New Year on a vital flood risk management scheme in Ivybridge.

The Devon County Council scheme, which is expected to start on Monday 13 January, aims to address surface water flooding experienced by residents at Claymans Pathway and Slipperstone Drive.

There is currently a significant risk of flooding in this area, and the community is prone to...

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Automatic mobile flood warnings coming to Devon and Cornwall

People who live in Devon and Cornwall may be getting a text message from the Environment Agency this week to let them know they have been automatically registered for free flood warnings.

People on the Vodafone mobile network who live in areas at risk of flooding across the South West of England will receive an automated text message informing them that they have been signed up. The...

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Hospital Christmas craft fair to support local charity

Creative patients and members of staff at Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre have been beavering away to produce hand crafted gifts for the hospital’s Christmas craft fair being held in its Care Café on Thursday 5th December, 9.00am to 3.30pm.

Money raised at the craft fair will be donated to the hospital’s chosen charity, Improving Lives Plymouth and a range of homemade gifts, cakes and...

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Festive food fun with Santa

They say you shouldn’t play with your food – but at Living Coasts this Christmas, that’s exactly what kids are being encouraged to do. The coastal zoo’s Breakfast with Santa event features food, presents – and penguins.

Living Coasts spokesperson Phil Knowling said: “Children get a pancake to decorate. They can choose from things like banana, strawberries, chocolate drops, cream and...

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Homebase in Plymouth launches Christmas ‘Communi-Tree’ initiative

Homebase in Plymouth is taking part in a nationwide Christmas ‘communi-tree’ initiative, which will see over a thousand schools, charities and community groups receive a free Christmas tree, helping them to kick start their festivities.

Team members at the home improvement and garden retailer are calling for local schools, charities and community groups to get in touch to be...

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Gold and silver for Kitley House Hotel in Devon Tourism Awards

Kitley House Hotel is celebrating having won Gold and Silver in the prestigious Devon Tourism Awards 2019. The four* hotel at Yealmpton, near Plymouth, was delighted to win Gold as ‘Wedding Venue of the Year’ against stiff competition from other leading businesses, and also scooped Silver in the ‘Business Events Venue’ category.

Kitley House Hotel received its two sparkling Dartington...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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