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The man who’s taught 50,000 children to stay safe from abuse with the help of Buddy

A man who has dedicated his life to children, teaching thousands of primary school pupils how to recognise the signs of abuse, has spoken about his work with the NSPCC.

Peter Frost has worked tirelessly, delivering the Speak Out Stay Safe programme for the children’s charity for the last six years, empowering more than 50,000 children to know about the different types of abuse....

Charity Calendar Raising Funds for British Lung Foundation Research

The iPlymouth Photography Group on Flickr has united with the South West Mesothelioma Support Group to produce a 2019 calendar which is raising funds for the British Lung Foundation's Mesothelioma Research Scheme.

A full preview can be found here .

The calendar was produced for free by Plymouth University Cartographer Jamie Quinn, in his spare time, and features the work of 41...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas as Drake Circus

Santa’s sleigh is packed and he’s preparing for another Christmas to remember in Britain’s Ocean City with it’s dazzling illuminations, great shopping and delicious food.

Father Christmas will arrive at Drake Circus on November 15 to kick off festivities with the launch of his Smeaton’s Tower lighthouse grotto and the Centre’s light-switch on.

The annual event also marks the...

Help for Heroes commemorates Armistice in Plymouth with Tommy projections

In the 100th year of the Armistice, a haunting reminder of those who gave their lives in WW1 is being projected onto the former Civic Centre in Plymouth city centre and will appear in Plymouth’s Illuminate Festival.

Help for Heroes and There But Not There – the campaign by the charity Remembered – are projecting a giant image of a ‘Tommy’, the nickname for a WW1 soldier, to galvanise...

Sir Walter Raleigh visits The Donkey Sanctuary

W. Bro. Brian Elms the master of Sir Walter Raleigh Masonic Lodge who meet at the Masonic Hall in Oreston, Plymouth selected the Donkey Sanctuary as his charity of the year and after many raffles and drawers he raised the magnificent sum of £750.

On a sunny day, just before this cold weather set in, Brian visited the Donkey Sanctuary at Ivybridge which opened in 2007, this sanctuary...

Giraffe death shocks zoo

Staff and volunteers at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park have been left shocked by the sudden death of male giraffe Yoda. The 14-year-old northern giraffe was found collapsed in the giraffe house early this morning.

Zoo spokesperson Phil Knowling said: “This has come as a huge shock. He was a noble animal, one of the best-known and best-loved characters in the Zoo. There was no warning...

Work on much awaited café begins

Work has started on the new Central Park cafe.

The café will be one of the flagship projects of the overall Central Park improvements project, located adjacent to the clock tower, at the busiest and most visible point of the park.

It will overlook the recently re-opened Play Space, and will be in easy reach of the Community Sports Hub.

The café will be built by...

Drake Circus turns purple for UK's first Accessible Shopping Day

Plymouth’s premier shopping destination, Drake Circus, will light up purple on November 13 in recognition of the UK’s first accessible shopping day.

Purple Tuesday is coordinated by disability organisation Purple, with the endorsement of the Department for Work and Pensions and aims to increase knowledge and awareness of the needs of disabled customers by supporting long-term change to...

Dawlish drop-in session provides insight into plans to protect vital railway artery to the South West

Network Rail’s South West Rail Resilience Programme held its first community drop-in session last week (Tuesday 30 October) to update residents and the local community on ongoing work to improve the resilience of the railway between Dawlish and Teignmouth in Devon.

The event, held at Dawlish Methodist Church, saw hundreds of people attend over the course of three hours, in which...

Plymouth becomes second Devon city to earn cash and prizes for good driving

Lightfoot, the creator of the first connected car technology to reward better drivers, has chosen Plymouth as the second city in its home county of Devon to benefit from its in-vehicle device. Lightfoot, which can be bought in Plymouth’s Halfords store at Marsh Mills Retail Park, is designed to help users become more efficient drivers for individual and global benefit. Research has shown...

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