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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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1,300 walk for a world without dementia

Local broadcaster Judi Spiers joined more than 1,300 people who put on their walking shoes to join the fight against dementia at Alzheimer’s Society’s Plymouth Memory Walk today (Saturday 8 October).

People gathered in the sunshine on Plymouth Hoe where they took part in an energetic Zumba session before embarking on the fundraising walk launched by Judi who cut the ribbon and led...

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Committee asks NHS to look again at GP practice plans

A committee is asking the NHS to revisit its proposals which might lead to the closure of a GP practice in Plymouth.

A number of GP surgery contracts in Plymouth are up for renewal in March 2017. Plymouth City Council’s Wellbeing Select Committee met on Thursday 6 October 2016 to discuss proposals by NHS England not to re-procure a service being delivered through the Cumberland surgery...

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Police appeal after serious collision in Plymouth

Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision in Plymouth on Friday 7 October, which left a woman with serious injuries.

Emergency services attended Forder Valley Road just after 11.15am following the collision involving a silver Ford Focus, a red Audi, a Honda Civic and a white Mercedes Sprinter 3 van.

The injured woman was taken to Derriford hospital with a suspected...

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CCTV appeal after incident of outraging public decency

A CCTV image of a man British Transport Police officers would like to speak to in connection with an incident of outraging public decency has been released.

Between approximately 8.50pm and 9.13pm on Sunday 11 September, a man touched himself inappropriately on the 8.50pm cross country service from Plymouth to Liskeard.

Officers would like to speak to the man in the CCTV image...

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Cities can serve as a refuge for insect pollinators

Residents living in towns and cities can play a major role in ensuring insect pollinators survive and thrive around them, a team of international scientists has said.

With global bee and butterfly populations in decline, the nature of cities is shifting so that they often contain more diverse and abundant populations of native bees than nearby rural landscapes.

However, urban...

History Centre through to next round of CCF bid

Plymouth’s landmark history centre continues to make waves by reaching the next stage of a major Coastal Communities funding bid.

The project has been given the green light to put in a more detailed submission for £2.9 million from this national funding pot that was set up to encourage economic development of the UK’s coastal communities.

Councillor Glenn Jordan, Cabinet Member...

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Man who hadn’t paid council tax ordered to pay back £2,400

A man who has not paid council tax for the past two years has been ordered to pay it back and given a suspended prison sentence.

Simon Trevorrow, of Bridwell Road, Plymouth was given a 45 day suspended sentence by Plymouth Magistrates on Friday 30 September on the grounds that he pays the debt of £2,400 in full at the rate of £100 per month, with the first payment to be made within 28...

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Gold Dust fundraiser gears up for 10k

This Sunday, hundreds of runners will take to the roads in and around the city centre for this year’s Britain’s Ocean City Plymouth 10k run. We are delighted that 16 of these runners will be donning their running shoes in aid of the Gold Dust Appeal.

One of those runners is Adam Hopkins, Business Development Manager at local company, Redrok, who are one of the official sponsors of this...

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Drake Circus celebrates 10th birthday

Drake Circus is celebrating it's 10th birthday since opening with a range of celebratory events to thank its customers and retailers for all their support.

The party starts on October 8 & 9 when customers are invited to join the 10th Birthday Weekend.

Celebrations include:

• A DJ playing the hits of 2006 • 100 free gold ‘10’ pretzels, from Mr Pretzel. at 1pm, Oct 8...

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Reappointment of Non Executive Director

NHS Improvement has confirmed the reappointment of Elizabeth Raikes as Non Executive Director of Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.

A chartered accountant by profession, Mrs Raikes was previously a Chief Executive in the public sector, including Torbay Council, for 12 years. With an integrated health and social care system in Torbay, Mrs Raikes has considerable experience of close and...

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