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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,...

Loving the Beach Festival a Huge Hit

The sky was blue, the water looked crystal clear and the beach was rocking. Set against the most idyllic setting imaginable, The Venus Company’s first ever Loving the Beach Music Festival on Saturday was an unprecedented success. Blackpool Sands was buzzing with families enjoying a first-rate day out. The afternoon got off to a lively start when ‘Mafia 4’ took to the stage. Another local band...

Calls to RSPCA about hot pets topped 2,000 in June

The RSPCA is poised for a huge increase in the number of calls to its emergency hotline as more hot weather arrives this July - the worst month for incidents of dogs being left in hot cars.

The animal welfare charity - which works alongside 11 other animal charities and organisations to raise awareness of the dangers of leaving pets in hot cars - is predicting a peak in reports of...

Police encourage mutual respect between motorists and cyclists

On Tuesday 11th July 2017, the Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police Alliance roads policing teams simultaneously launched Operation Close Pass.

Operation Close Pass is an initiative intended to improve the safety of cyclists on the road by educating drivers on how to overtake them safely. It aims to raise awareness amongst motorists and cyclists alike on how to behave...

Five Fishy facts about Britain’s Ocean City

Award-winning artisan crisp brand Burts Chips has partnered with its Plymouth-based neighbour – premium seafood restaurant Rockfish owned by celebrity chef Mitch Tonks - for the launch of a brand new, limited edition Fish ‘N’ Chips flavour.

The new flavour hit shelves in June with an on-pack promotion for shoppers to win a fantastic meal at any 5 of the Rockfish restaurants including...

New Neighbourhood Forum for Hoe Area

Residents living around the Hoe will have more of a say in future developments in their area, thanks to a new neighbourhood forum.

Plymouth City Council has approved the designation of a Neighbourhood Area to cover the Hoe, taking in West Hoe, with Ballard House on its west boundary and up to and including the Citadel on the east. The northern boundary of the area includes Princess...

New excavation at Dartmoor Medieval Manor

This month archaeologists will be working with the local community in Widecombe in the Moor to try and uncover more of the secrets buried at the site of one of only four moated medieval manor houses in Devon.

North Hall Manor has, in recent years, been the subject of a series of archaeological excavations which have revealed much about this enigmatic site in Dartmoor National Park....

Project SEARCH graduates have every reason to be proud

Parents, relatives, colleagues and friends watched on with enormous pride as nine equally proud interns, graduated last week from Project SEARCH Derriford, following nine months of intensive work-based training, gaining Diplomas in Progression.

Project SEARCH is a partnership between Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Pluss, Serco and City College Plymouth who work together to create...

Works starts on new memorial garden at Weston Mill

Work gets underway this week at Weston Mill Cemetery on a new memorial garden.

The new garden is designed around 250 solid granite memorial vaults. Each vault is designed to hold up to two sets of cremated remains and comes with a plaque that gives families a choice of personalised artwork to commemorate their loved one.

The garden is an expansion of the range of onsite...

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Wimbledogs seeking love match

As Wimbledon fever grips the nation, Dogs Trust Ilfracombe has named some of its canine residents after Wimbledon champions past and present in a bid to find them loving new homes.

‘Wimbledogs’ Anna, Laura, Murray, Jamie, Venus, Serena, Martina, Rafael, Steffi, Roger, and Boris are new arrivals to the rehoming centre and are all hoping to take game, set and match in the form of a...

Plymouth residents asked to commemorate HMS Vanguard centenary with new community project

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is encouraging people to start taking part in its new initiative by remembering the 74 men commemorated on the CWGC naval memorial, who lost their lives a century ago on HMS Vanguard.

The Commission’s ‘For those in Peril’ project, is encouraging Plymouth residents to research the names on the CWGC Plymouth Navy Memorial and share their...

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