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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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Drayton donates to help tackle fuel poverty

Local business Drayton has joined forces with Plymouth Energy Community (PEC) to provide free heating controls as part of a campaign to help the most vulnerable people living in the city.

As part of the PEC ‘Healthy Homes’ project, which has been funded by a charitable grant from the British Gas Energy Trust, Drayton has donated over 200 heating controls, worth in the region of £10,000...

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Independent school appeals panel members needed

Plymouth City Council is looking for people who would like to serve as members of the Independent School Appeals Panel.

The panel considers decisions made not to admit a child into a school or to exclude a child from a school. They look at evidence presented to them by schools and parents and decides whether the individual circumstances of the family merit overturning the decision of...

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Stagecoach celebrates SW Falcon carrying 150,000th passenger

Stagecoach has announced that, on Friday 6 January, the South West Falcon carried its 150,000th passenger - less than a year since the launch of the 24/7 coach service.

To celebrate this milestone, passengers boarding the 1400 departure at Plymouth Coach Station were surprised by the Stagecoach team and given free travel and chocolates. One lucky passenger, Chris Stafford, was...

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Plymouth man fined for dropping cigarette end

A Plymouth man has been slapped with a £220 fine for dropping a cigarette from his car window by Plymouth Magistrates on Tuesday (10 January 2016).

Michael Hayward of Ladysmith Road was seen flicking a lit cigarette from his car as he drove along Lipson Road last August. He was issued with an £80 Fixed Penalty Notice for littering, but this was not paid and so the case proceeded to...

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Suspected grenades found in Plymouth roadworks

Cordons have been lifted and roads are being re-opened after the Royal Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal team carried out controlled detonations of suspected grenades discovered within roadworks this afternoon.

A major Plymouth road was closed to traffic after the discovery of the suspected white phosphorous grenades.

Police and fire crews were called to Tavistock Road at 2....

Snake found in Plymouth woman's bathroom

A woman from Plymouth returned home from shopping on Sunday (January 8) to find a corn snake wrapped around her bathroom curtain rail.

Homeowner Christine Mitchell was able to monitor the snake at her flat in Henderson Place with the help of a neighbour and monitor it until an RSPCA inspector was able to arrive.

RSPCA inspector Jo Pearson said: “The caller returned home from...

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Mobile ticketing launched across Stagecoach SW

Stagecoach South West has launched mobile ticketing through its smartphone app, allowing customers to instantly buy and download day tickets to their smartphones.

The introduction of mobile ticketing technology means customers can buy their day ticket and have it ready to use before boarding the bus. Day tickets bought via the app can be paid for using PayPal, or a debit or credit card...

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British Red Cross opens first textile recycling warehouse in Plymouth

The British Red Cross in Devon has opened a new warehouse in Honicknowle, Plymouth, to process the tonnes of donations it receives from textile banks located in Tesco car parks throughout Devon and Cornwall.

This is the first warehouse the charity has opened in the UK specifically to sort stock from the recycling bins.

Tesco has hosted the textile banks in car parks since 2007...

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Corrigan Brothers hail Plymouth FA cup heroes in song

Corrigan Brothers the Irish band from Limerick who have charted all over the world with their multi million youtube hit There's no one as Irish as Barack Obama have turned their attention to FA CUP heros Plymouth.

Lead singer Ger Corrigan said: "It was great to see Plymouth get a result at Anfield, and we are confident they can win the replay.Plymouth have a long association with Irish...

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Heligan Visitors Raise over £8000 for Local Charities

Heligan welcomed over 3500 visitors, who came to walk off the festive excesses and enjoy a winter stroll through the historic 200 acre estate. Despite the wet start on New Year’s Day, these annual charity days proved as popular as ever with the local community beating all previous December records.

George Elworthy, managing director of The Lost Gardens of Heligan said, “We would like...

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