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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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Lost Gardens of Heligan Celebrate 25 years with a new educational barn opening

Sir Tim Smit and the Heligan team are today celebrating one of Cornwall’s biggest success stories: The Lost Gardens of Heligan - discovered deserted and derelict a quarter of a centre ago, now transformed into one of the UK’s most loved gardens - by opening a new educational barn.

‘The Barn’ - opened today by Sir Tim and Heligan Shire horse Izzy - is a new agricultural space designed...

Bogus trading standards officer scam warning

Householders are urged to be on their guard following reports that fraudsters, falsely claiming to be trading standards officers, are operating in Devon and Somerset.

Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service says that the fraudsters have been knocking on doors and 'advising' residents that they can obtain a refund and compensation following poor work carried out previously....

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Get out, get wild and uncover the nature on your doorstep

The RSPB and ALDI are challenging families in Plymouth to get out and get wild in nature this Easter and be in with a chance of winning a bumper pack of prizes worth £500 as it launches its new and exciting Wild Challenge.

With the amount of time children and their families are spending outside in nature on the decline, Europe’s biggest nature conservation charity and discount...

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Buckland Abbey’s Rembrandt returns home

After being out on loan to the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, for the last five months; Rembrandt’s flamboyant self-portrait has now returned home to Buckland Abbey.

The portrait is the only verified painting by the Dutch master within the National Trust collection. Previously doubted as being authentic, the self-portrait was scientifically verified as being from Rembrandt’s own...

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Summer Mix 2016 going local - celebration event

Young people, youth workers and parents came together last week for a special celebration event as part of last year’s Summer Mix programme.

The event highlighted the range of exciting activities that were on offer by showing a short film created by young people and Marjons.

The 2016 Summer Mix programme, organised and funded by Plymouth City Council’s Youth Services and...

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Police appeal after assault in Plymouth nightclub

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in an unprovoked attack in Plymouth.

The incident happened at Pryzm Nightclub, Barbican Leisure Park at around 3:50am on Sunday 26th March.

An altercation took place on the dancefloor in the ‘Ice Room’, a 19-year-old man acted as the peacemaker and was subsequently hit in the face with what is believed to have been a...

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UKinbound presents Outstanding Contribution Award to City College Plymouth student

UKinbound – one of the UK’s leading trade associations – gave an Outstanding Contribution Award to Luis Inacio, a student from City College Plymouth, during the college’s Student of the Term Awards on the evening of Thursday 23rd March.

18 years old, Inacio is from Tavistock in Devon and studying a BTEC Extended Diploma in Travel and Tourism. He was presented with the prize for having...

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£2m Coastal Communities boost for Plymouth History Centre

The impact of the Plymouth History Centre on the city’s culture, heritage and visitor offer has been recognised by the Coastal Communities Fund today, with confirmation of an amazing £2million’ worth of funding towards the project.

The Coastal Communities Fund aims to encourage and promote sustainable economic growth and jobs in coastal towns and cities throughout the UK. It began in...

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Drive with Moor care on Dartmoor

An initiative to reduce the numbers of animals killed on Dartmoor roads has been launched.

New interactive traffic signs are being installed at several locations in Dartmoor National Park in an effort to reduce the numbers of animals killed each year due to speeding motorists.

The signs, which are being funded through a partnership between the Dartmoor Livestock Protection...

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New app makes parking even easier at Royal William Yard

Having consulted with customers in Plymouth, The Royal William Yard management team has responded to feedback by launching a new way to pay for onsite parking, making the process more flexible - and possibly a little cheaper for visitors.

The Yard team recently introduced a new simpler pay and display system, which also offers visitors the ability to pay using a new parking app....

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