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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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Outdoor festival launches with most iconic trail

A new outdoor festival with one of Britain’s toughest trails is promised to be one of the highlights of the South west festival.

The running event is to take place in the heart of Heddon Valley in North Devon this September 23-25.

There will be a mixture of trail running challenges, with three distances to choose from which are a full off road marathon length race, a half...

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CDS delivers superfast broadband to 250,000 homes and businesses

More than a quarter of a million households and businesses can now benefit from superfast broadband as a result of the multi-million-pound Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme.

The key milestone was achieved as engineering teams continued on schedule with the huge job of laying thousands of miles of optical fibre cable and installing hundreds of roadside fibre broadband...

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Plymouth Commander recognises those who go above and beyond

A city store manager who intervened in a robbery, a detective who investigated the sexual abuse of a 5 year old child with empathy and tenacity, and the woman who has cleaned a city police station for more than 20 years are among those singled out for praise by Plymouth’s police Commander.

Chief Supt Andy Boulting has celebrated the contribution of a variety of eleven people to police...

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Action Mesothelioma Day marked by SW Mesothelioma Support Group

On 1st July 2016, members and friends of the South West Mesothelioma Support Group gathered together in Plymouth to mark Action Mesothelioma Day.

The annual event, which is held throughout the UK, was started in 2006 by the British Lung Foundation as a way of raising awareness and to improve the treatment & care of those diagnosed with the asbestos related cancer which most...

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38 Degrees celebrates Campaign for National Parks 80th Anniversary in Dartmoor National Park

On Saturday 30th July campaigning organisation 38 Degrees and the charity Campaign for National Parks are celebrating our nation’s most beautiful landscapes. They're hosting free organised walks and natural art workshops at every national park in England, Scotland and Wales. We’re delighted to announce that Dartmoor National Park will be part of the celebrations!

80 years ago a...

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Better journeys on the way for SW rail passengers

Plans to give rail passengers along the South Western network more trains, more space and faster journeys were announced yesterday (4 July) by Rail Minister Claire Perry.

The Department for Transport has published documents setting out how bidders for the new South Western franchise will be required to provide plans for:

At least 95 additional services on weekdays from

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Appeal to trace Plymouth ex-soldier

Can you help trace a former Plymouth soldier?

The Soldier, Reginald Scott, who is believed to live in Plymouth is being looked for on behalf of an old Comrades assistant.

Reginald Scott served with the 11th Hussars in Northern Ireland and Aden between 1957-61.

If anyone has any information contact Graham Townshend via email g.townshend@hotmail.co.uk

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Conference to showcase the best in cognitive research

Plymouth University is showcasing cutting-edge research that explores how humans think, feel and behave at an open conference next week.

The Cognition Institute Conference takes place on 7 and 8 July at the University’s city centre campus and is free to attend.

From language learning and bilingualism to the effects of a marine environment on health and wellbeing, the conference...

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Thousands complete the Run for Women

Over 1,000 students, staff and parents from Plymouth took part in the annual Run for Women to raise money for CAFOD and help women and girls in some of the poorest countries throughout the world.

There is currently a massive poverty and gender inequality gap with women and girls making up 70% of the world’s one billion poorest people. Moved by this statistic and stories of women who...

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Over £250,000 conned out of Plymouth residents

Crafty con artists have managed to scam £255,000 out of 146 people in Plymouth.

Trading Standards have visited these people as a result of receiving a list of over 650 potential scam victims that have been targeted in the city. But officers are warning this is just the tip of the iceberg with only five per cent of these crimes actually being reported.

Scammers use a number of...

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