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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,...

Go Commando for two great causes

The Royal Marines Commando Challenge takes place on Saturday 8 October with the 4k and 10k, and Sunday 10 October with more 10ks and the 17k.

The endurance course is 4k in length, with additional runs for the 10k and 17k. This year there are also new routes.

So if you, your friends, club, pub, or work colleagues (for example) are looking for a new challenge, then this is just...

Celebrate the Queen's 90th Birthday in Plymouth

This weekend (Sunday 12th June) to celebrate the Queen's official 90th birthday, the Mall outside Buckingham Palace will host a huge street party for 10,000 guests. If you haven’t made the invite list you can head down to the Royal William Yard or Plymouth’s city centre to join in their celebrations!

At the Royal William Yard there will be a day of Yard-style royal celebration. There...

Hayfever costs UK 29 million days of work each year

Severe hay fever costs the UK 29 million days of work each year, according to a new survey from the Met Office.

The research found that more than one in ten (11%) UK adults of working age suffer from hay fever to the extent that it stop them going into work, causing them to miss an average of 8.4 working days per year.

In total, the Met Office survey found 41 per cent of UK...

Appeal for funds to help people facing hunger in Ethiopia

Catholic charity CAFOD, has today launched an emergency appeal to help millions of people facing hunger in Ethiopia.

CAFOD is appealing to its supporters across Plymouth for urgent funds to help more than 10 million people across the East African country who are in dire need of food, clean water and basic sanitation.

CAFOD’s partners in Ethiopia have been responding to the...

Ground investigations for Forder Valley Link Road

Specialist contractors have started ground investigations for the new Forder Valley Link Road.

Trial pits and boreholes are being dug along the proposed route of the new link road and at the Forder Valley Road/Novorossiysk Road junction to confirm the ground conditions and help guide the next stage of design.

The surveys began on Monday 6 June and each one should be completed,...

Life-saving helipad marks first anniversary

This week marks the first anniversary of the opening of our helipad, which was officially launched on Friday 5 June 2015, with its first ever landing of a Search and Rescue helicopter.

Previously Derriford Hospital did not have a recognised helipad and instead had a small grassed-over area adjacent to the Emergency Department, which had been used for some years as a set-down area for...

Plymouth's new coach station begins to take shape

The site in the West End of the city centre has been a hive of construction over the last few months and we have some great timelapse footage, so that you can see change happening on the ground.

Contractors SWH Civils has given us the latest footage of work completed in April and we also have footage from February and March to get a real sense of progress. To view http://bit.ly/1X8INU2...

SW house prices set to falter

Near term expectations for South West house prices turned slightly negative for the first time since 2013 according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

The survey shows house prices in central London falling while prices are continuing to climb modestly across the rest of the UK. In the South West 25% more respondents said prices had...

New family events at Smeaton’s Tower

Plymouth City Council's arts and heritage service has launched a brand new series of family-friendly events at Smeaton’s Tower.

‘Smeaton’s Tower Rocks’ will take place on Sunday 12 June, with a chance to paint lighthouse scenes on pebbles collected from the local foreshore.

Visitors will be able to paint ‘Sunny Seaside Scenes’ on Sunday 17 July and make ‘Super Seabird Puppets’...

Police investigation after man's body found in Plymouth

Police investigating the sudden death of a 25-year-old man in Plymouth are appealing for information.

Officers were called to Valletort Flats, Stonehouse, at 6.10pm on Wednesday 8 June following the discovery of the local man’s body inside one of the properties.

His next of kin has been informed but formal identification has not yet been carried out.

Officers are...

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