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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,...

Building industry support for driving up local construction skills

Five new project sponsors have invested in the Council led Building Plymouth partnership which aims to work collaboratively to overcome the skills crisis facing the local construction industry.

National construction contractor Willmott Dixon, regional company Gilpin Demolition, nationwide building services contractor T Clarke, professional construction consultancy Ward Williams...

Skipton Support for Homemaker

Skipton building Society’s Charitable Foundation has donated £628 to Homemaker Limited.

The aim of the Homemaker charity is to prevent homelessness in the Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and Somerset area. The services provide are usually aimed at people who are at a high risk of becoming homeless and are in financial distress and therefore offers money advice, budgeting, debt advice, advocacy...

Telecoms firm dials up support for MTV Crashes Plymouth

Tamar Telecommunications has been announced as Event Partner for MTV Crashes Plymouth 2017.

The Plymouth Science Park headquartered telecommunications company provides a range of business telecom products and services designed and manufactured by their in-house team of technical engineers.

Kevin Christoforou, Company Director of Tamar Telecommunications said: “As a Plymouth...

UB40 to headline Sounds of the Summer festival

Newton Abbot Racecourse is fast becoming one of the South West’s leading music venues with the announcement of its next annual music festival, Sounds of the Summer, which will take place this July.

On Sunday 16 July the racecourse will host UK reggae royalty, UB40, as they treat the crowd to some of the best known and loved hits of the 1980s including Red Red Wine, Rat in Mi Kitchen,...

Olympic Way and Jubilee Road opened up to help keep city moving

Restrictions have been lifted on two roads in Derriford and West Park to help keep traffic flowing and reduce congestion.

Olympic Way, which runs between Tavistock Road and Plymbridge Road, was previously a bus lane but has now been opened to all vehicles.

The bus lane was installed as part of the development of the George Park and Ride site but buses have not needed to use it...

Search begins for Screwfix’s top Trade Apprentice 2017

Apprentices in Plymouth now have the chance to get their first step on the career ladder by entering this year's Top Trade Apprentice award.

The competition, organised by Screwfix which has a store in Plymouth, launched on 6 February to find and reward the best trade apprentice in the UK and to ensure their future in their chosen industry looks bright.

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Closure order extended following drugs and anti-social behaviour

A closure order on a flat in Plymouth has been extended for a further three months to prevent further drugs and anti-social behaviour.

Plymouth City Council applied to District Judge Baker, sitting at Plymouth Magistrates on Tuesday 7 February to extend the closure order on 3E Teats Hill. The original closure order was granted in November 2016.

The application was heard in the...

Cash boost for Gables Farm dogs and Cats Home

Animal charity Gables farm Dogs and Cats Home has received a boost of £424 thanks to the support of customers at Pets at Home Plymouth.

The bumper donation was raised for the charity by the retailer’s local VIP (Very Important Pets) club members .

Every time a VIP club member swipes their card when making a purchase in store, at The Groom Room or Vets4Pets they collect points,...

It's time to take on Race for Life

Plymouth women are being encouraged to kick-start their New Year by signing up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.

The New Year is a great time to embark upon a new challenge and the charity is urging women of all ages, shapes and sizes to enter Race for Life 5k at the Hoe, Plymouth on Sunday 18 June, or Race for Life Pretty Muddy at Central Park, Plymouth on Sunday 1 October....

Plymouth youth parliament representatives elected

Plymouth’s young people turned out in force at the weekend to vote in the city’s UK Youth Parliament elections.

A total of 6417 young people voted, which is a 24 per cent increase from last year and the highest ever number of voters in a Plymouth UK Youth Parliament election.

Plymouth’s new Members of Youth Parliament are George Hadjiyiannakis and Alizeh Abdul Rahman. Deputy...

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