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*** competition closed *** WIN tickets to special advance screening of Spooks: The Greater Good

Winners: Helen Bennet, Annemieke Coombs, Tracy Baker, Angela Royton and Alison Emony.

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To celebrate the release of Spooks: The Greater Good, in cinemas May 8 (Special Advance Screenings April 30), we’re giving you the chance to be one of the first to experience the high octane espionage thriller by winning two tickets to a special advance screening at your local...

Police appeal after garage burglary

Police are appealing for witnesses following a burglary at the rear garage of the Foresters Arms public house, situated on Fore Street, Plympton St Maurice in Plymouth.

It is believed that the burglary took place at between 3.20am-4.30am on Saturday 28th March.

The garage is accessed via a small rear lane and was rented to a local carpenter who used it to store tools and power...

Pioneering new housing model launches

A new rent-to-own housing model that will give thousands of tenants their first step onto the housing ladder has been launched with plans to deliver 5,000 affordable homes across England by 2020.

The new model has been created by housing company Rentplus with the financial backing of private and institutional investors and the first agreements to deliver 900 homes have been approved by...

Thousands compete in Plymouth Half Marathon

Runners were greeted with glorious weather at Plymouth’s Half Marathon today, with 3,944 participants taking to the iconic startline on The Hoe.

Lined with thousands of supporters, the race was started by local fundraiser Steve Turner, who also took on his record breaking twentieth consecutive run at Plymouth’s Half Marathon 2015.

Kairn Stone from Newham and Essex Beagles was...

National Stalking Awareness Week

IS IT STALKING? That is the vital question being addressed in a new awareness film being released by the UK’s leading personal safety charity to launch National Stalking Awareness Week (20 -24 April 2015)

With 1 in 6 women and 1 in 12 men being stalked at some point in their lives the film, commissioned by charity Suzy Lamplugh Trust, helps to educate the public about what stalking is...

Funeral costs set to rise

After decades of the number of deaths in the UK falling, 2015 will mark a “tipping point” where the historic trend starts to reverse: as the oldest of the babyboomer generation move through their later years deaths are predicted to rise by 20%.

This trend reversal will have significant implications for current forecasts of funeral costs and highlights a growing need for families to...

Sale raises funds for Derriford patients

Volunteers Robin Younge and Elizabeth Taylor run a table top sale every Tuesday between 8.30am–12.30pm, in the Main Outpatients Department at Derriford Hospital, which raises funds for The Plymouth and District Leukaemia Fund.

Since setting up the table in 2006, a total of £26,000.00 has been raised for the charity, with members of the public donating items to sell, including knitted...

Parents urged to get real with nappies

Mums and dads in Plymouth are being told to give the real deal a go and try out real nappies.

A number of events are taking place next week designed to give parents and carers the low down on the alternative to disposable nappies.

Modern real nappies are absorbent and easy to use and by using them parents can help cut down the amount of rubbish that goes to landfill and save...

iOrchestra MusicLab returns to Plymouth

MusicLab – iOrchestra’s touring musical truck – is back in Plymouth.

Fuelled by the latest digital technology, the free pop-up ‘play-and-create’ truck will be visiting North Prospect, Whitleigh, Efford, Stonehouse and Devonport until Saturday 9 May.

MusicLab offers schools, community groups and the public the chance to put themselves in the shoes of a horn, timpani, cello or...

Saltram goes cycling crazy

Saltram House is to be the venue for Sky Ride, Plymouth’s biggest cycling event of the year. On 31 May, the streets will be closed to traffic as thousands of people descend on the city in celebration of all things cycling.

One of fifteen major events taking place across the country this summer, Sky Ride Plymouth will be a brilliant day out. Since 2009, the number of cyclists in...

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