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Search is on for tattoo studios to hold flash days for needy moggies

This ‘kitten season’ tattoo studios across the South West as well as tattoo fans of all ages are being called on to celebrate their dedication to cats and body art by hosting tattoo-focused days during July to raise money for local needy moggies.

Cats Protection has seen a number of...

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Witness appeal after Yodel van stolen in Plymouth

Police are appealing for a female witness to come forward after a Yodel van was stolen in Plymouth.

The male van driver stopped to deliver a parcel on Church Street, Stoke, on Monday 1 February 2016.

When 37-year-old van driver, from Tiverton, got out of the van he was pushed to the floor by a man who took the keys and drove off in it.

The victim flagged down a black...

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Record demand for South Devon Visitor guide

Jammed full of information on places to stay, events to attend, things to do, beaches, walks, festivals and guides to every major town and tourism destination in South Devon, the free guide has been designed to encourage visitor numbers year-round.

Available nationally from Tourist Information Centres and directly from the Visit South Devon website, the glossy A5 guide can be picked up...

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International appeal to trace missing Exeter girl

Devon and Cornwall Police along with local authorities have launched an appeal to help them locate a missing 12-year-old Devon girl who’s been taken to Bangkok by her father.

A High Court Judge has ordered the release of details of Arisara Miles, who is known as ‘Zara’, who travelled to Thailand with her father without permission.

Zara and her father, Trevor Miles, left their...

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Evening Ambassadors pilot hailed a success

A pilot scheme to keep people safe on nights out in Plymouth’s Waterfront Business Improvement District (BID) has been hailed a success.

The Evening Ambassadors scheme was a six-week pilot launched in December in which two teams of Ambassadors patrolled the area and used a radio network to report any issues directly to the Council’s CCTV Control Room. On Saturdays between 21 November...

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Easter Saturday sees completion of racecourse redevelopment

This year’s Bank Holiday weekend will see the unveiling of the results of Newton Abbot Racecourse’s £350,000 winter redevelopment programme ahead of the first racing fixture of the new season at the South Devon course.

In the five months since the last race of 2015, the course has undergone a number of improvements aimed at enhancing the visitor experience for racegoers, owners,...

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Over half of Plymouth shops tested sell e-cigs to children

Nine out of 15 shops that sell electronic cigarettes in Plymouth failed a recent test purchase operation.

New laws on selling E Cigarettes to children were introduced last year, and Trading Standards were checking whether they were being applied by retailers.

E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that are marketed as an alternative to cigarettes containing tobacco. While...

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Nel takes on Plymouth Half Marathon for CSRT

Nel Wilton, aged 52, will be taking on Plymouth’s Half Marathon to fundraise for Cornwall Search & Rescue Team (CSRT), in memory of her husband Del Wilton, a Paramedic who took his life in 2013. Nel praises the charity for all their hard work in helping to find and recover Mr Wilton’s body from the Hell’s Mouth in 2013, and has undertaken a number of fundraising initiatives for CSRT to...

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97-year-old's home ransacked in burglary

Police are seeking mindless burglars who vandalised the home of a 97-year-old man in Plymouth while searching for valuables.

Offenders broke into the property in Landulph Gardens, Barne Barton, sometime between Thursday 18 February and Saturday 20 February while the elderly man was not at home.

They smashed the back door to get inside before searching every room and causing a...

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SW early support funding fears

Government funding for early help services in the South West is expected to be cut by 70 per cent, from £416m to £126m, between 2010 and 2020, leaving children and families without the early support that often stops their problems spiralling out of control.

The ‘Losing in the long run’ report published today by the charities Action for Children, National Children’s Bureau and The...

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Council launches forum to help women return to work

A forum designed especially to help women return to work has been officially launched by the City Council. The forum was the Council’s pledge to make sure that women had access to all the advice and support they would need to help them return to work after maternity or child care leave. The support forum offers guidance on family friendly working policies and where to access all kinds of...

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