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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,...

Plymouth helps deliver Newborn Life Support to the United Arab Emirates

Last month, staff from Plymouth's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit travelled to the United Arab Emirates to help deliver the Newborn Life Support (NLS) course for the first time.

Dr John Madar, Consultant Neonatologist at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, led a team of UK Newborn Life Support instructors, on behalf of the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the European Resuscitation Council, which...

Picture Gallery: Plymouth Alight for Illuminate

As America celebrated Thanksgiving, Plymouth shone a light on the Wampanoag people, who supported the Pilgrims as they struggled to survive in the New World.

The parade formed part of the Mayflower 400 commemorations and the countdown to 2020, when a host of events are planned around the world to mark the puritans’ epic voyage and the birth of America.

This year the story of...

Police appeal after assault in Plymouth bar

Police are appealing for witnesses following and assault in a Plymouth bar that the victim hospitalised.

In the early hours of Sunday the 20th of November, the victim, a 24-year-old local man was on the dancefloor at the Walkabout Nightclub in Union Street Plymouth.

Between 00:45 -1am, he was struck from behind in an unprovoked assault, and sustained a broken jaw.

The...

Bond Dickinson welcomes new apprentices

The Plymouth office of national law firm Bond Dickinson LLP has announced that it is recruiting a further three legal apprentices. The new recruits will start in September 2017, joining the 180-strong team based in Plymouth.

The announcement follows the firm being awarded the CILEx Employer of the Year Award last month. In October it also won the Newcomer Award for the South West...

Police target motorists who flout traffic laws

Officers from the Devon and Cornwall Police roads policing team are out again this week in unmarked cars targeting motorists who flout traffic laws, in an effort to help keep our roads safe.

This continued proactive activity, where earlier in the month police were primarily targeting mobile phone use while driving, is focusing on the fatal four offences: speed, seat-belts, driver...

Mummy look there’s a Snowman in Drake Circus!

The centre has been selected to trial the technology by British Land, owner of Drake Circus, as it prepares to gear up for the busy festive period.

By downloading a simple app to a smartphone or tablet, shoppers will be transported to a magical winter wonderland and asked to help friendly snowman, Freezy, and his friends overcome obstacles and find presents hidden around Drake Circus...

Cash and jewellery stolen from Plympton home

Police are investigating after cash and jewellery were stolen from a home in Plympton.

Offenders forced open the back patio door to get inside the property in Woodford Avenue between 2.55pm and 4.45pm on Monday 21 November.

Once inside they made an untidy search of the home before stealing a quantity of cash, a Pandora bracelet containing various charms including a unicorn and...

City council announces further £180,000 available for city projects on pioneering Crowdfund Plymouth

Mayflower Autonomous Ship receives first major pledge of £15,000 and Illuminate receives £5,000 pledge - and smashes its target on pioneering City crowdfunding campaign.

Plymouth City Council and Crowdfunder today confirmed that Crowdfund Plymouth, has received a further £180,000 from the City Change Fund, to enable the Council to pledge on projects that benefit the local community in...

Businesses invited to hear about apprenticeship shake-up

Plymouth businesses are being invited to a free event next week to hear how the new Apprenticeship Levy and apprenticeship reforms will affect them.

Plymouth City Council, in partnership with the Devon and Cornwall Training Provider Network and the Skills Funding Agency, will be holding an event at Plymouth Guildhall on Tuesday 6 December to give businesses of all sizes details of the...

Plymouth Citybus jump on board the Mayflower Autonomous Ship Project

TOP Plymouth firm Plymouth Citybus have jumped on board the Mayflower Autonomous Ship Crowdfunder and pledged a five figure sum to help the project get from blueprint to boatyard.

The firm, which employs 500 people in the city, snapped up a sponsorship reward which will see their name be one of the first big city firms to be on the side of the ship when it makes its historic launch in...

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