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Calvo Loco opens in Exmouth

Popular Exeter tapas restaurant Calvo Loco is opening a second site in Exmouth following a £70,000 investment.

The restaurant, which has built a loyal following at its original site, is taking over the former Wine Hub at 32 The Strand in the town and opens later this month. The new...

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Plymouth’s Stylish Students Gear Up For This Year’s Fabulous Fashion In The City

Students from Plymouth College of Art have been working hard behind the scenes to make this year’s Fashion in the City the most stylish yet.

The budding fashionistas are putting the finishing touches to their designs, which will be shown at the on-trend Autumn/Winter catwalk shows, which last year attracted more than 25,000 people.

The students have been involved in every...

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Plymouth’s Stylish Students Gear Up For This Year’s Fabulous Fashion In The City

All-female crew return to Plymouth to finish pioneering journey Round Britain

A pioneering Round Britain sailing expedition will come to its end in Plymouth, back in Sutton Harbour where the boat set sail on 8th August.

The eXXpedition Round Britain sail this summer saw a diverse group of women sample the UK’s waters for plastic pollution and run awareness-raising events along the beautiful British coastline. The female crew members included scientists, students...

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All-female crew return to Plymouth to finish pioneering journey Round Britain

Planning application on historic house submitted

Preparations to make one of the oldest properties in Plymouth ready to play its part in the Mayflower commemorations look set to get underway in the Autumn.

Plymouth City Council has submitted a listed building application for a detailed structural condition investigation to be carried out on the Elizabethan House.

The application asks to carefully remove all internal finishes...

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Planning application on historic house submitted

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Mass open water swim to raise tens of thousands for charity

One of the UK’s most scenic and popular open water swims, which is also becoming a major charity fundraising event, enters its eighth year when it takes place on the river Dart in September.

The Dart 10K was the first swim of its kind on the open water calendar and quickly grew from 200 swimmers taking part to 1,600 over two days.

It now raises tens of thousands of pounds for...

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Trio cycle to Paris to raise money for a swimming pool

Two brothers and their best friend are planning to cycle from London to Paris to raise money for a swimming pool for young people with learning difficulties and disabilities.

Elliot and Max Pettifer, along with their life-long friend Matthew Weston, have nicknamed themselves the Reliant Robins and will take on the gruelling 300-mile sponsored bike ride this Sunday 3rd September....

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3 lads are cycling to Paris this Sunday to raise money for a swimming pool

WW1 nurse given CWGC headstone more than 100 years after death

A special ceremony will take place on Wednesday, September 6 at Ford Park Cemetery for a World War One nurse who has been given a Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s headstone more than 100 years after her death.

Nurse Olive Bennett of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) died on October 30, 1916, but her death was never recorded as a casualty of war and she was therefore not given a...

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WW1 nurse given CWGC headstone more than 100 years after death

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Last chance to nominate your community heroes

The opportunity to reward your community heroes with a free party is coming to an end in the next week. People up and down the country have been asked to nominate their community heroes, people or groups who go above and beyond in their acts of kindness or in some cases, bravery. Heroes nominated will be in with a chance to win one of five surprise parties in their honour, complete with catering...

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Last chance to nominate your community heroes

Police appeal after Plymouth burglary

Officers are seeking information following a burglary at a shop on Albert Road in Plymouth on Friday 18 August.

It is believed that an unknown male offender gained entry into the store through a window at around midnight on Friday.

Amongst items stolen was a 3ft model Galleon ship with sails [pictured]. The Galleon was a display model used in the shop window and was donated by...

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West End entrance to be made more inviting

An uninviting route into the West End of the City Centre looks set to be transformed with landscaping.

The steep, unattractive concrete ramp leading from Western Approach is to be replaced with a path that will snake more gently down towards Market Way. The path will have handrails and be surrounded by coastal grass landscaping. Granite paving will also be laid along the path and both...

Ready, Set, GO… Drake Circus hosts its own indoor sports day

Drake Circus put on a range of sporting events that would put Plymouth's very own mini athletes to the test last week.

With Little running races, skipping challenges and the 2017 HOOPLA championships, visitors had the chance to prove themselves as the best athlete in Drake Circus Indoor Sports Day.

This was part of the Summer events at Drake Circus to get families...

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GO… Drake Circus Hosted Its Very Own Indoor Sports Day!