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British Red Cross Shop Drop for Nepal

The British Red Cross is today (Thursday 30 April) launching ‘Shop Drop for Nepal’ to give people another way to donate to its Nepal Earthquake Appeal.

The Red Cross is appealing to people to clear out their wardrobes and cupboards and donate their unwanted clothes and goods to their local Red Cross shop.

Funds raised from the sale of the items will aid the organisation’s life-...

Plymouth man scoops £70,000 on Lotto

A mystery Lotto winner, known only as Mr T from Plymouth has won over £70,000 without ever touching a ticket.

The lucky man scooped the fantastic prize of £71,387 after matching five main numbers plus the Bonus Ball in the Lotto draw on Saturday 11 April, 2015.

Mr T played Lotto through national-lottery.co.uk and has become one of over six million players that win each week on...

Social media 'wrecking' marriages

Just under half of all Brits admit they have secretly checked their partner’s Facebook account and one in five went on to row about what they discovered, new research has revealed.

One in seven said they had contemplated divorce because of their other halves activities on Facebook, Skype, Snapchat, Twitter or What’sApp.

Nearly a quarter or the 2,000 married Brits asked, said...

Bereavement rooms opened by devoted fundraisers

A couple who lost their baby daughter through stillbirth today celebrated, with mixed emotions, opening a special bereavement suite in the maternity unit.

Greg and Jen Phillips set up the Snowdrop Appeal in 2009, after Jen gave birth to Jasmine, who was stillborn at 32 weeks.

Greg explained: “I will never forget the room we had Jasmine in. It was so drab and the skyblue walls...

Landlords told to tidy up properties

Landlords of untidy properties are being told to smarten their act as part of ongoing enforcement action.

Owners of five properties in the Mutley and North Hill areas of the city are this week being served ‘untidy land notices’ in the post.

The properties are:

• 12 Connaught Avenue • 14 Connaught Avenue • 23 Hill Park Crescent • 28 Headland Park • 25 Armada Street....

Silver surfers lead crowdfunding revolution

Pensioners are three times more likely to pledge on projects than Britain's digital youth*, says Crowdfunder

The UK's No1 crowdfunding platform has revealed that Britain's senior citizens could be leading the huge growth in crowdfunding as they are more likely to pledge money on projects more than any other age group.

Analysis from the alternative funding website found that...

Toby Buckland's Garden Festival

After the success of last year, Toby Buckland's Garden Festival at Powderham Castle is back and bigger than ever on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd May!

There will be explosive 'daytime fireworks' with coloured smoke and showering steamers down from the Gate House. Toby and the Countess of Devon will be cutting the ribbon.

Teign Trees will be swining from the trees at the entrance of the castle! There will also be live music from the Cataclews and much more.

Topsham Flower Club are decorating the Chapel at Powderham with incredible flower arrangements themed on the work...

The Hoff heads for Plymouth

The World Premiere of brand new musical Last Night a DJ Saved My Life is at Plymouth Pavilions on Thursday 14th January 2016.

A DJ Dad, a wild child daughter and a trip to the party island of Ibiza with a pulsating dance track from the 80’s and 90’s.

David Hasselhoff ‘The Hoff’, iconic star of BAYWATCH and KNIGHT RIDER, plays an extrovert, party going, DJ and night club owner...

Ben Howard wows Pavilions crowd

Brit Award Winning, Ben Howard wowed the crowds at his homecoming show last night at Plymouth Pavilions.

Two hours of awe-inspiring music, backed by his five-piece band. A man of few words captivated the crowd by playing tracks from his two albums ‘Every Kingdom’ and his recently released ‘I Forgot Where We Were’ which was released in October last year.

He opened the show with...

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