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Cranbrook to Host First eat:Festival Food and Drink Event

eat:Festivals will be hosting a food and drink festival in Cranbrook on Sunday 13 September 2026.

The festival will be happening in the heart of the town, on and surrounding the Tillhouse Road. eat:Festivals are a small social enterprise who have been delivering one day food and drink...

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Devon Tour for Classic Tale: Elves on Hand to Help this Christmas!

Popular Devon based Theatre Company Above Bounds are delighting audiences this Christmas with The Elves & The Shoemaker, their theatrical retelling of the Grimms Brothers classic story.

This magical, heart warming and interactive show for 3-7s and their families will be in Plymouth (22 December 2018) and Great Torrington (11–12 December 2018) as part of a South West tour. This...

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Plymouth pupils compete in national STEM Challenge

A nationwide initiative aimed to encourage UK secondary school pupils to consider a career in the subsea industry will take place in Plymouth this week (3 December).

The STEM Challenge, led by industry body Subsea UK, and supported by The Smallpiece Trust, National Oceanography Centre and the Glasgow Science Centre, will see 10 teams of second year students from across the UK compete...

Rebecca Smith selected as Conservative Parliamentary candidate in Plymouth

A city councillor with a wealth of experience in the public, private and charity sectors has been selected as the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport.

Rebecca Smith has been tasked with winning the seat back from Labour’s Luke Pollard.

She was chosen by members of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Conservative Association at a selection...

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First anniversary for Acute Assessment Unit

As today marks the first anniversary for the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU), we reflect on some of its achievements over the past year.

On 27 November 2017, Ann James, Chief Executive at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, cut a ribbon to officially open the new unit, thanking both Livewell Southwest and local GPs for helping to make it happen. She said: “Staff from all the teams...

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The countdown is on to Newton Abbot Racecourse's first Christmas Fayre

The countdown has begun to Newton Abbot Racecourse’s first Christmas Fayre on Saturday 8 December which will boast around 80 stalls, festive treats, Christmas trees, ‘Reinpony’ rides and much, much more.

The free to attend Christmas Fayre starts at 10am and runs until 4pm with a fun-filled festive day planned for visitors of all ages.

Over 70 exhibitors will be in attendance,...

Plymouth community group wins national community award

A Plymouth community group has won a national award in recognition of its work in making the local area a better place to live.

Environment Plymouth won the Best Community Group Contribution to Environmental Sustainability award at the Groundwork Community Awards at a national awards ceremony hosted by the charity in the Houses of Parliament on Thursday 22 November.

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Prime Minister backs campaign to raise a statue to Lady Nancy Astor

THE London launch of an appeal backed by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to raise a statue to the first female MP to take her seat in the Houses of Parliament will take place on 28th November - 99 years to the day since Nancy Astor won the Plymouth Sutton by-election.

Theresa May is joined in her support of the appeal by some of the most long-standing and iconic female MPs...

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Arts Council England award The Art of the Possible Project £700,000

Funding will strengthen cultural connections between England and Massachusetts as part of Mayflower 400 Commemorations on the lead up to 2020

Arts Council England has announced (22 November) a £700,000 award for the Mayflower 400 ‘Art of the Possible’ programme, headquartered in Plymouth. This project and grant will support and strengthen the cultural connections between England and...

Trading Standards telephone scam warning

Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards is warning residents to be on their guard after unscrupulous telephone scammers attempted to con a grieving ex-serviceman out of half his savings.

Last month retired Royal Navy serviceman Stephen Burgess, 64, from Frome in Somerset, was called by someone falsely claiming to be from Virgin Media.

And he was on the verge of handing...

FUSE UV Street Party at Illuminate Festival of Light 2018

Members of Barbican Theatre’s FUSE Diverse Dance team are bringing an eye-catching UV performance to Illuminate 2018 on Friday 23 November at Plymouth’s historic Royal William Yard.

This innovative piece features 139 dancers and participants from all ages and backgrounds, led by our FUSE Diverse Dance Lead Practitioner and Choreographer Suzie West

“The performance we’ve...

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Join us for the FUSE UV Street Party at Illuminate Festival of Light 2018

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