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Trunk in charge!

A charity beer has raised an elephantine sum for wildlife conservation. Bays Brewery helped generate £3,282 by selling a special beer – Trunk Ale - on behalf of wildlife charity Paignton Zoo Environmental Park.

Paignton Zoo supports environmental education in the Omo Forest of south-western Nigeria, where the elusive forest elephant still survives. The Zoo has been funding work there...

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University Hospitals Plymouth trials group antenatal care

A new approach to antenatal care is being piloted with midwives from University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust next week.

Traditionally, antenatal care involves one-on-one appointments for pregnant women with their midwives. However, a number of NHS Trusts are trialling group antenatal care, whereby several women meet with their midwifery team for collective support.

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New Non-Executive Director announced at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

NHS Improvement has appointed Colonel (Retired) Graham Raikes MBE as a new Non-Executive Director at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, with effect from today, Tuesday 25 September 2018.

Graham Raikes With a public sector career spanning over 40 years, Mr Raikes is currently the Director of Resources at the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). He had a successful military...

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Flybe launches FlyShe programme following gender diversity findings

“I firmly believe that young women cannot be what they cannot see”…

…Christine Ourmières-Widener, the CEO of Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has today (18 September 2018) launched FlyShe, a programme aimed at inspiring the next generation of young women to consider a wider variety of high trust career options when they grow up, such as becoming a pilot, engineer or a member...

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Stuart Road car park receives coveted Park Mark award

The Premier Parking Solutions car park in Stuart Road, Plymouth has achieved the coveted Park Mark, Safer Parking Award. This award was handed to Premier Parking Solutions by Inspector Simon Hardwick, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary’s Local Policing and Partnership Unit and Chief Inspector Rob Moony the officer in charge of Local Policing and Partnership.

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Torpoint Scouts’ donation to help children who have cancer

The 2nd Torpoint Scouts Group had a very personal reason for making a donation of £308 towards Derriford Children’s Cancer Service.

The 2nd Torpoint Scouts “One of our cubs spent some time on the children’s cancer ward last year whilst receiving treatment for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He has a brother in our scout troop who visited him on the ward”, said Sue Gosling, Assistant Group...

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Devon smokers offered quit support for Stoptober

Devon smokers will get extra help and support to quit their habit this month (October) as the national Stoptober campaign returns for its sixth year. Since the campaign first started in 2012, Stoptober has prompted over 1.7 million quit attempts. Research shows that if you can stop smoking for 28-days, you are five times more likely to kick the habit for good.

This year, the stop...

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Plymouth’s spectacular light festival returns to Royal William Yard

The incredible light-based festival, Illuminate, returns to Plymouth’s historic Royal William Yard from 22 to 25 November 2018 with a host of projections and light installations set out across the yard, live performances and interactive opportunities.

Claire Honey, Project Manager for the festival said: “Last year’s Illuminate was an amazing spectacle, which was enjoyed by more than 5,...

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Warning over illegal puppy breeders

Plymouth residents are being warned to look out for the signs of illegal importation when buying a puppy.

The warning comes after a puppy – illegally imported from Romania, was found by a vet in the city who alerted Trading Standards officers. The dog had not been vaccinated against rabies.

The Shih Tzu puppy was only 13 weeks old. Puppies are not allowed to be imported into...

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Parents less likely to donate child’s organs, new figures show

New figures show parents are significantly less likely to donate their child’s organs for lifesaving transplants, which limits the number of organs available for children on the transplant waiting list.

The statistics, released by NHS Blood and Transplant for Organ Donation Week, shows only 48% of families supported donation for a relative aged 17 and under last year. That compares to...

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