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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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The girl with the frog tattoos

Zoo keepers are dedicated, passionate – even obsessed. They are devoted to the animals with which they work...

For one keeper at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon, each conservation success means so much to her that she gets a permanent reminder.

Dr Katy Upton marks her team’s first successful breeding of each rare frog species with an anatomically correct frog tattoo....

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New kit for Plymouth’s green spaces

A brand new fleet of state-of-the-art grass cutting equipment will cover a massive 55 million square metres this summer.

Over £500,000 was invested in new ground maintenance equipment in January to keep the city’s parks neat, verges tidy and wildflower meadows at their best.

Ride on mowers with flail decks especially designed for wildflower meadows are among the new fleet, as...

The Broadway welcomes community support team

On Saturday 10 March The Broadway shopping centre helped support Plymstock shoppers by hosting a local advice clinic in collaboration with the Devon and Cornwall Police.

Supported by Trading Standards, Plymstock City Council and Age Concern, free advice and confidential consultation was given throughout the day, providing shoppers with direct access to information on a variety of...

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Plastic art with a conservation heart at Living Coasts

Conservationists in Torquay have turned marine waste into thought-provoking art.

A new installation at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium, combines education, plastic waste and inspirational creativity. And for zoo artist Jackie Kidd, the task has turned into an obsession - and a new hobby.

Jackie collected rubbish on beaches for 6 weeks to make the work. And she...

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Explore the oceans with the National Marine Aquarium

The National Marine Aquarium is pleased to announce it will be offering boat trips to explore the famous Plymouth Sound from April. Setting off from Shepards Wharf, visitors will join the Aquarium’s team of marine biologists and ocean conservationists to discover the wonders of our oceans and learn more about its habitat and the animals which live in it.

The Plymouth Sound is one of...

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Course improvements set to make racedays an even better experience for racing fans

Leading up to the start of this year’s summer jumps season on Easter Saturday, the team at Newton Abbot Racecourse have been hard at work implementing a number of important new improvements and changes.

Over the winter break the racecourse has invested tens of thousands of pounds in improvements both on and off the track, to better the total experience at Newton Abbot Racecourse for...

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Families Living for the Weekend as they Embrace the Great Outdoors

Children are now spending more time outside for the first time in recent years, a new survey has revealed – with families living for the weekend and using school holidays to embrace the great outdoors. A whopping 96% of families now say that they make a concerted effort to spend as much time outside together as possible in their free time – making up for busy weekdays at school and work with...

Better Places £13 million boost

Plymouth’s plans to transform the heart of the city centre will get a £13 million boost to crack on with the exciting project to create Better Places.

Last week exciting concepts were unveiled to give residents, shoppers and businesses the chance to see some of the changes being put forward to revitalise the city’s heart.

Now Council Leader Ian Bowyer has signed a decision...

CPRE Devon launches competitions to celebrate nature and the countryside

The Devon branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England is inviting church communities and primary school children from across the county to enter competitions to celebrate some of the things that make Devon so special.

CPRE Devon has launched three separate competitions this spring and hopes to be inundated with entries.

Devon’s Best Churchyard Competition 2018

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Woman punched while walking her dog in Plymouth

Detectives investigating a robbery in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a woman was punched while walking her dog.

The woman in her 40s was walking with her dog on the pathway next to Uxbridge Drive, Ernesettle, through a field when she was approached by a man who punched her and stole her handbag before running away towards Hawkinge Gardens.

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