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Stubbing out illegal tobacco sales in Devon

Work to stub out illegal tobacco sales in Devon is being highlighted next week.

Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service is visiting Green Lanes Shopping Centre in Barnstaple on Thursday 30 August between 10am and 5pm to let residents know about the real harm caused by illegal tobacco and how residents can help to prevent its supply.

The event is part of the...

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Redrow is the first housebuilder to team up with Royal Life Saving Society on their Summer Water Safety Campaign

Redrow is working with the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) on their annual Summer Water Safety Campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of swimming in open water and publicise some simple advice to make sure people are enjoying the summer weather safely.

Redrow is the first housebuilder to team up directly with the RLSS and together they are hoping to educate people on the risks...

Drake Circus helps young people kick-start their career with free training programme

Drake Circus is calling for young people in Plymouth to take the first step in their retail careers by registering for its free training programme, Bright Lights Starting Out in Retail.

The five-week programme starts on the 10th September and will give young people in Plymouth access to high quality training, including advice from industry experts, support with interviews and CV...

Work progressing well at Manadon

Work to create a brand new football, cricket and outdoor sports centre for the Manadon and Honicknowle communities is progressing well, with phase two underway and phase three about to start.

A Football Association-standard all-weather pitch opened at the site in May and is already proving popular with players of all ages and abilities, both through Trust-related programmes and general...

The World Encompassed at Buckland Abbey

The World Encompassed exhibition at Buckland Abbey celebrates Francis Drake’s famous voyage around the world, exploring his adventures and discoveries as well as his personal life at home at Buckland Abbey.

When Francis Drake returned from his circumnavigation of the globe, it was to a rapturous reception. The World Encompassed is an account of this voyage based on the notes and...

Recent heatwave reveals a historic farm in Devon

This summer’s hot, dry weather has revealed cropmarks in a field in Bicton that show a Romano-British farmstead once stood there.

Aerial photography of the farmstead, originally discovered by former Devon County Archaeologist Frances Griffith in 1984, has been released by Historic England.

The cropmarks suggest the field in Bicton may have contained farm buildings surrounded by...

University Hospitals Plymouth achieves highest-ever scores in patient-led assessment

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has achieved its highest scores to-date since the introduction of patient-led annual assessments five years ago.

The Patient-Led Assessment of the Care Environment (PLACE) is part of a national system that aims to help NHS organisations understand how well they are meeting the needs of their patients and to identify where improvements can be made...

Quality of care above national average at Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre

Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre has scored above the national average for all criteria in the annual assessment, Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment (PLACE), an assessment which is carried out across all hospitals and other clinical facilities.

The hospital scored 100% for cleanliness, 95.29% for food, 97.14% for privacy, dignity and wellbeing, 99.69% for condition,...

Britain's Got Talent is back as auditions head to Plymouth

The nation’s favourite talent show is hitting the road once again on its search to find talented acts for our brand-new series.

This year, the Britain’s Got Talent team is coming to the Plymouth Guildhall. If you think you’ve got a talent which can impress and entertain, now is the time to show us what you’ve got.

Successful acts will then be in with a chance of securing a...

Parents of premature and sick babies to receive extra support thanks to new app

Parents of premature and sick newborn babies being cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Derriford Hospital will now receive extra support, through the use of a new video messaging app.

vCreate Neonatal is a safe and secure service that allows hospital staff to record and send video updates to parents when they are unable to be with their child.

“Having a...

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