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GB baseball stars coming to Exeter

Women’s baseball players from across the region will descend on Exeter next month for a special tournament celebrating the growth of the sport and encouraging more women and girls to get involved.

The event, organised by Exeter Baseball Club, takes place at Winslade Park on Saturday,...

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Plympton Bike Nights

There was a great turnout for the first Plympton Bike Nights at Plymouth Harley-Davidson and Triumph Plymouth and a nice lot of donations for Woodside Animal Welfare Trust and Jeremiah's Journey local charities.

Check back later for more pictures and details of the charity collection total.

Special thanks to all the volunteer marshals from Plymouth Chapter UK.

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Marine Tech Expo returns to Plymouth

Following its huge success in 2016, the Marine Tech Expo is returning to Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City, on Thursday 21 June at the Roland Levinsky Building on the University of Plymouth campus.

The event programme features 34 high profile, inspiring speakers, including international keynote Ralph Rayner, non-executive chairman of Sonardyne International; Michael Jones from USA’s...

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Police appeal for witnesses to Mutley burglary

Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information following a burglary in Mutley, Plymouth.

The incident took place between 3.15am and 3.30am on Monday 26 March at a property on Seaton Avenue.

Offenders gained entry to the property by breaking a downstairs window and took a 42” Hitachi LCD TV.

Police would like to speak to anyone who witnessed anyone acting...

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A Brighter Dental Future for Cornwall

A new dental practice has opened in Saltash as part of an expansion which will see an award-winning community interest company provide dentistry for thousands of local people.

Smile Together is opening new centres and expanding the existing facilities of its Brighter Dental practices throughout 2018 and ploughing profits back into local communities.

Brighter Dental Saltash,...

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Bravery award for police control room worker

Julie Burgess, a resource deployment officer (RDO, sometimes known as a “dispatcher”) for Devon and Cornwall Police has been honoured in the first national awards for staff who work in the control rooms of the UK’s blue light services.

Julie was recognised with a Special Recognition Award for Bravery and Courage in the APD Control Room Awards 2018. The awards celebrate the...

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Tops Rock! Tops Day Nurseries saves Prince Rock Nursery from closure.

Tops Day Nurseries are welcoming Prince Rocks Day Nursery to their family of nurseries today, Tuesday 3rd April.

Tops Day Nursery, the leading provider of top quality and flexible childcare in Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Somerset, is excited to announce the opening of its 20th nursery, based in Plymouth. The nursery will provide high quality, happy and nurturing care for children...

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Plymouth woman to run Virgin Money London Marathon to help prevent cancer

Laura Goodbourn, 31, from Derriford in Plymouth, is running the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 22 April to raise money for World Cancer Research Fund's cancer prevention and survival work.

Laura, an assistant data manager, is doing this because her father Robert (Bob) Mayes died of a rare cancer in September 2017.

Laura has never run a full marathon before,...

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Tesco offers more surplus food to community groups in Plymouth

Charities and community groups in Plymouth are being invited to sign up to receive surplus food from their local Tesco store. Across the UK the supermarket distributes hundreds of thousands of meals to good causes every week as part of its Community Food Connection scheme, which is run in conjunction with food redistribution charity FareShare and powered by FoodCloud technology. Almost 7,000...
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Dinosaur fans set to have a roar-some time at Lord Mayor’s Festival

The Lord Mayor’s Festival will return to Plymouth city centre on Saturday 26 May.

The festival, sponsored by Rowes Honda and Rowes Suzuki, will welcome Councillor Sam Davey to his new role as Lord Mayor when he takes over from Councillor Wendy Foster in May.

The theme for this year’s festival is ‘dinosaurs’ and there’s plenty planned for young explorers to enjoy, including a...

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London Marathon run to raise funds for colleague’s inspirational charity

Office manager at Luscombe Drinks, Natalie Cook, is going the extra mile this April to raise awareness and funds for Paignton-based Leah’s Fairy Fund. On Sunday 22nd April, Natalie will be pounding the streets of London and clocking up 26.2 miles as she aims to complete the 2018 London Marathon.

With a fundraising target of £3,500, Natalie is running for Leah’s Fairy Fund, a charity...

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