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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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Half term full of fun at Museum and Art Gallery

There’s a host of half term holiday fun on offer at the City Museum and Art Gallery next week.

‘Pick Up and Go’ activities inspired by the natural history collections will be available all day on Saturday 28 and Tuesday 31 May and Friday 3 and Saturday 4 June.

Saturday 28 May is a busy day, with a chance to look closely at pickled creatures, peer at hundreds of pinned insects...

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Princesses and Knights take over the Kingdom of Central Park

Following the massive success of last year’s Princesses, Knights and Dragon’s Day, it is being repeated for 2016.

There will be wheeled Unicorns for delicate princesses to ride upon, whilst gallant Knights can ride the real ponies from Humaryn Party Ponies. A vintage Ferris wheel will take centre stage allowing all damsels young and old to rise up to the lofty heights and look down...

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Rapid Relief Team support Superhero Children’s Fun Run

Ahuge thank you has gone out to Rapid Relief Team (RRT) in Plymouth, for offering their support at the Superhero Children’s Fun Run, in aid of our Gold Dust Appeal.

The team have pledged to help the event, taking place on Saturday 4 June at 2.30pm, at the Brickfields Sports Centre, Plymouth, by providing volunteers to help on the day, as well as providing the catering, gazebos and...

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Is SW coast the next target for desperate immigrants?

Concerns have been raised that the SW coast could become a new target for desperate immigramts after Coastguards intercepted a dinghy carrying 18 Albanians trying to reach the Kent coast.

It has emerged that the number of Border Force boats patrolling Britain’s coastline was reduced to three after one was deployed to the Aegean Sea to patrol for migrant smuggling vessels.

The...

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Budding entrepreneurs pitched to win

Seas the Day were this year’s winners at the Young Enterprise Awards in Plymouth last night.

The team from Plymouth High School for Girls won the overall best Company award beating students from four other schools across the city.

Presenting the award was councillor Dr John Mahoney, former Lord Mayor of Plymouth.

Apprentice star Brett Butler-Smythe also attended the...

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£1.9m pothole programme announced

Proposals to carry out £1.9 million of work to prevent potholes on Devon’s roads have been drawn up.

Devon County Council is preparing a programme of repairs using funding awarded from the Government’s Pothole Action Fund earlier this year.

Devon’s £1,952,000 share of the Pothole Action Fund is in addition to £41,155,000 of capital funding which the County Council has received...

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Grow Share cooks to be celebrated

Three Tamar Grow Local volunteers and their wider team in the Our Plymouth’s Grow, Share, Cook project have been shortlisted in the Plymouth Guild’s 2016 Inspiring Volunteer Awards, which will be announced on the 2nd June.

The aim of Grow, Share, Cook, is to mobilise volunteers to grow more fresh fruit and vegetables, the development of community gardens and the distribution of the...

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Plymouth memorial awarded highest listing

Plymouth’s naval memorial has been given the highest protection status by Historic England.

As the city commemorates the Battle of Jutland, the organisation has elevated the monument to the highest possible listing of Grade I. Plymouth now has 25 Grade I listed buildings and structures across the city.

The memorial, together with those at Portsmouth and Chatham, form the Royal...

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Redrok's Adam takes on Plymouth 10k for Gold Dust

As one of the official sponsors of this year’s Plymouth 10k, local company Redrok has also decided to enter a team into the run’s Corporate Challenge and we are delighted to announce that team member, Adam Hopkins will be raising funds for the Gold Dust Appeal!

Business Development Manager, Adam, said: “This won’t be easy but I’m up for the challenge! As a team, Redrok have entered the...

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Audiologist is winning career for Stoke Damerel Community College

Health Education England (HEE) is delighted to announce that students from Stoke Damerel Community College are the South West winners of the Step into the NHS national schools' competition.

Students Joe Bishop and Josh Franklin impressed the judges with their entry to promote the role of an audiologist to their peers. The boys created a video which allowed students to better understand...

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