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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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AHOY! The Fifth Plymouth Seafood Festival Returns

The Barbican & Sutton Harbour will be alive with entertainment, activities and delicious dishes as Britain’s Ocean City celebrates freshly caught seafood.

The popular Plymouth Seafood Festival returns this weekend and organisers are expecting a record turn-out as they look to raise money for the Fisherman’s Mission Charity.

“Plymouth is renowned for its Fishing industry and...

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Royal William Yard wins Development of the Decade

Royal William Yard, by award-winning regeneration company Urban Splash, has been named Development of the Decade by Property Week.

The prestigious award was presented at Property Week’s annual RESI event in Cardiff; now in its tenth year the event organisers used the occasion to celebrate the best development in the UK in the past decade.

Property peers in attendance voted...

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Massive weekend for the arts coming up!

A series of small grants are adding a vital spark to this year’s Plymouth Art Weekender which takes place this weekend (23 to 25 September).

Over 90 events, involving 500 local, national and international artists will be taking place all over the city from the water’s edge to people’s houses, the Athenaeum to the Mayflower Steps.

The Weekender is organised by Visual Arts...

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Students invited to shop (and surf) at Drake Circus Student Night!

Drake Circus, Plymouth, is holding a beach themed student shopping night on Tuesday Sept 27 - 6.30-9pm - with lots of exclusive deals and discounts from top high street stores.

There will be a huge range of exclusive deals for students, like 20% off at Top Shop, New Look and Superdry - as well as the chance to catch a wave on a surf simulator.

There will also be a free photo...

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Share your views on Forder Valley transport improvements

Plymouth City Council is inviting people to share their views on proposals to improve the transport network in the Forder Valley area.

Two schemes are being proposed: a new link road between William Prance Road in Derriford and the junction of Forder Valley Road and Novorossiysk Road and improvements to Forder Valley Roundabout.

The north of Plymouth is set grow significantly...

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Potentially dangerous sea creature warning for the SW

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) have received reports of several Portuguese Men-of-War washing up on beaches in Cornwall and Scilly Isles just weeks after authorities in Ireland warned local beach goers about a spate of recent strandings of this potentially dangerous floating sea creature.

Stings can be exceptionally painful and in extreme cases fatal.

MCS says the...

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Search for a Plymouth Superstar

Did you watch wrestling when you were younger? Did you ever dream of being the next Hulk Hogan or British Bulldog? Or do you watch it now? Dreaming of being the next John Cena, Brock Lesnar or Roman Reigns?

Well that dream will this weekend become more attainable for the people of Plymouth, Cornwall, Devon and further afield, with the start of the Plymouth Wrestling Academy this Sunday...

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Ocean fronts attract ocean wanderers

Foraging seabirds use oceanic fronts as an efficient means to forage for food, according to an international study that could help safeguard the future of protected species.

A team of scientists led by Plymouth University and the University of Exeter examined the feeding behaviours of breeding northern gannets (Morus bassanus) in the Celtic Sea.

They showed that in the majority...

Freshers urged to get Meningitis vaccine

Students in Plymouth urged to get vaccinated to protect themselves against Meningitis

Freshers in Plymouth are being urged to get the meningococcal (Men) ACWY vaccine to protect themselves against Meningitis.

Public Health England and NHS England have given toolkits to universities including Plymouth University and the University of St Mark & St John, urging them to...

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Mayflower 400 sets sail for 2020

A truly international gathering of partners from the United States of America, the Native American nation, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom was hosted today by the American Ambassador to the UK, Matthew Barzun at Winfield House, his private residence in London, in partnership with Adrian Vinken OBE, Chairman of Mayflower 400 UK and Ronald Freeman, Chairman of The Pilgrims.

The...

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