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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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Compensation achieved for Plymouth parents of son killed by police Taser

Parents who saw their son engulfed in flames after the police discharged a Taser at him, have (Wednesday, 17 August) received compensation as part of an out-of-court settlement agreed with Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.

Kelvin and Jean Pimlott, whose 32-year-old son Andrew died in hospital a few days after sustaining severe burns outside the family’s home in Plymouth, have been...

Community fun event to raise money for local Huntington’s disease research

A group of local people affected by Huntington’s disease are to hold a family fun day at The Two Bridges pub in Saltash this Saturday, 20th August to raise money for research into the disease at Plymouth University.

There will be face painting, a barbecue and live music from 2pm until the pub shuts. There will also be a raffle and auction.

The group ran a similar event at the...

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Plymouth A-level results

As hundreds of students across Plymouth collect their A Level and other Post-16 results today it’s unclear what the results mean for Plymouth.

With the ongoing complex changes to qualifications, and the way in which they are classified by the Department for Education, It is ever harder to compare results with previous years given.

Early indications are that city results have...

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Medical students bring ‘health corner’ to Salvation Army residents

Year three medical students at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry have worked with residents and staff of the Salvation Army’s Devonport Lifehouse to create a ‘health corner’ to benefit the health and wellbeing of residents.

Three groups of medical students worked with Devonport Lifehouse. The first discussed the idea with two local GPs involved in the...

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M&S calls on Plymouth residents to spark something good

Plymouth and Exeter set to undertake 24 projects over seven days

M&S stores across Plymouth and Exeter are calling on local residents to roll up their sleeves and Spark Something Good by joining over 100 M&S employees in a week of volunteering that will positively impact 24 projects over seven days.

Spark Something Good will see 24 projects at the heart of local...

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Plight of pollinators highlighted on National Honey Bee day

Plymouth University is marking National Honey Bee Day this week – and its leading academic in the area hopes the event will underline the importance of sustaining bees and other pollinators.

To coincide with the national day on 20 August, the University is holding a free, bee-themed ‘make and take’ event in its Drake’s Place Gardens tomorrow, 18 August.

Dr Mick Hanley, Reader...

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Plymouth tanning salons still allow underage use

A high number of Plymouth tanning salons are still allowing underage use of sun beds.

In a recent test purchasing operation Public Protection officers visited a random selection of seven salons in the city, and staff in five of them did not challenge a 16-year-old volunteer about their age, despite the age limit being 18. Although the volunteer did not use the sunbed, they were given...

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New bracken control breakthrough demonstrated on Dartmoor

The steep hillsides in the uplands of the UK present access problems when it comes to the control of one particularly difficult to manage plant – bracken. The difficulties associated with operating on steep bracken infested land, particularly for the management of livestock, and the difficulties faced by walkers and other land users increase significantly as it spreads. Bracken spread also...

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Outpatient Management Centre count steps for Gold Dust

Following a successful fundraising event on Friday 5th August, which raised an amazing £850, staff from the Outpatient Management Centre at Derriford Hospital are continuing their fundraising efforts in aid of the Gold Dust Appeal.

To raise as much as possible, in preparation for the Gold Dust Superheroes Abseil down Plymouth's iconic Holiday Inn on Sunday 25th September, members of...

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Gearing up for summer

British Cycling and Sky are celebrating another successful year of delivering cycling in partnership with the Council.

We teamed up in 2012 and since then the Sky Ride recreational cycling programme has had 21,000 sign-ups, with more than 100 people going on to train as lead riders themselves.

In recognition of the achievements made over the last four years, British Cycling has...

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