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Five stars for the Grand Western Canal

The Grand Western Canal Country Park has gained a five-star ‘Pride in Parks’ award. The prestigious award, from the Royal Horticultural Society’s Southwest in Bloom, showcases community involvement as well as recognising the standard of the park itself and praising the team of rangers and...

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5 Ways in Which the Residents of Plymouth Can Be Even Happier

Plymouth has been ranked the eleventh happiest place to live in Britain based on whether the residents felt safe, had good relationships with their neighbours, and were unworried about crime-rates in their local area. The study found that “Residents barely have any complaints about their neighbours, with only parking spaces being their biggest bug bear”.

It is a huge achievement for...

Plymouth friends sail to fundraising success for the Stroke Association

Two Plymouth friends have taken on a sailing voyage from Bristol to Jersey over five days, raising over £2,000 for the Stroke Association.

Steph Booth, 37, from Stoke, was inspired to fundraise for the Stroke Association alongside her friend Sharon Smith, who had a stroke in 2009 at the age of 43. After her stroke, Sharon was told that she would never walk again. Sharon spent three...

Tesco serves up 79,092 meals in Plymouth,

Tesco’s food surplus redistribution initiative, Community Food Connection, has now served up 79,092 meals from Plymouth stores, a total 270,167 from Devon stores and 10 million meals nationally, helping more than 5,000 charities and community groups across the country.

This work is a key part of Tesco’s target to ensure no food safe for human consumption will go to waste by the end of...

Community Transport Award winners honoured for dedication

Awards have been presented to 10 proud Community Transport volunteers and staff members from across the county at a special ceremony.

Devon County Council marked the 18th anniversary of its annual Community Transport Awards at County Hall last Thursday night (15 June).

The awards, sponsored by local printers Pollards, with coachbuilders GM Coachwork Group sponsoring the prizes...

Devon public health leaders sign up to skin cancer campaign

Public Health leaders in Devon are supporting a national campaign urging men who spend a lot of time outdoors to protect themselves against the sun, to reduce the risk of skin cancer.

Skin cancer rates are higher than average and rising in the South West, and the NHS “Cover Up, Mate” campaign launched today (Mon 19 June) will target male agricultural and construction workers, gardeners...

Plymouth Dads Best at DIY

DIY (74%), setting up TV’s (44%) and building dens (37%) have been revealed as the three most popular ‘dad skills’ for Plymouth, just a few days ahead of Father’s Day. In a survey of 2,000people by British Land, owner of Drake Circus, Plymouth identified their top dad skills from a list of more than 20 which included cooking, telling bedtime stories, playing sport and being a regular taxi...

Plymouth cabbies make national TV debut

A BBC South West documentary which charted the weight loss attempts of two Plymouth-based taxi drivers is to receive a national TV premiere on BBC One on Monday, 19 June at 7:30pm.

Aired on BBC South West in April 2016, Supersize Cabbies followed the fat-busting fortunes of Roger Laughton and Mike Davis from Plymouth taxi company Need A Cab as they embarked on a six-week community...

Plymouth SOUP event to support Plymouth Art Weekender

Plymouth City Council’s Arts and Heritage Service, the Real Ideas Organisation and Visual Arts Plymouth have joined forces to support two local artists’ involvement in this year’s Plymouth Art Weekender.

The three organisations are holding a ‘SOUP’ event at Ocean Studios, Royal William Yard on Thursday 29 June from 7.30pm. During the event four artists or artists groups will be...

Police appeal after pedestrian hit by car

Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious collision between a pedestrian and a Fiat Punto on Saturday 13 May 2017.

Emergency services were notified at around 1.10pm to reports of the collision opposite The Pheasant Pluckers pub on Albert Road, Plymouth.

As a result of the collision, the pedestrian, a 45-year-old woman from Plymouth, received serious injuries and was taken...

Plymouth’s Armed Forces Day fundraising pin badge design winners announced

The winner has been chosen in this year’s competition to design the fundraising pin badge for Plymouth’s Armed Forces Day.

This year’s winner was six year-old Sophia Broome from Yealmpstone Farm Primary School. Sophia’s wonderful design includes military figures and was selected from hundreds of entries from schools across the city.

Sophia said: "My daddy works for the Royal...

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