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This Bank Holiday weekend visitors to Saltram can get in touch with their wild side and enjoy an afternoon of family activities dedicated to 50 things to do before you’re 11¾ .

On Saturday 24 May Saltram will host activities across the park and garden, inviting families to get outdoors and closer to nature, with pond dipping, den building and cycle rides to name a few.

Between...

Ahead of their headline show at Glastonbury this summer, Kasabian have announced a warm-up date at Plymouth Pavilions next month!

The show in Plymouth on Tuesday 17 June is in addition to the three intimate warm up dates the band have in Scotland and a huge homecoming show in Leicester on 21 June.

Kasabian are set to release their new album 48:13 on 9 June.

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On Friday (23 May), from 11am to 12.30pm, Saltram House near Plymouth will host an illustrated talk recalling the experiences of the 5th Earl of Morley, Montagu Parker, during the First World War and on an expedition to the Holy Land in 1910.

Join Catherine Peck, House and Collections Officer, and Anida Rayfield, Tour Guide Leader and Researcher, as they bring to life one of Saltram’...

Tinside Lido and Mount Wise Swimming Pools will open to the public as planned on Saturday (24 May).

To celebrate the pools opening for the summer season, Everyone Active, who run Tinside Lido, has announced free entry this weekend.

The severe storms earlier in the year saw extensive damage to both swimming pools .

“This is a fantastic opportunity for local people to...

Experts from Plymouth University are in South Africa this week to lead a conference examining how a focus on systemic entrepreneurship could potentially transform the lives of people in Africa.

Senior figures from Plymouth, alongside representatives from the universities of Coventry and Anglia Ruskin, are attending the event at Stellenbosch University, which will examine the present...

Is Prince Rock the best primary school in the whole country?

Prince Rock Primary School is one of only six schools in the whole of the country to have been shortlisted for the 2012 / 2013 ‘Primary School of the Year’ title.

This prestigious national award is sponsored by the country’s leading educational newspaper, the TES (Times Educational Supplement) and it is widely...

After 200 years of active service as a paper mill, the iconic Stowford Mill site in Ivybridge has been acquired by Burrington Estates and joint venture partner Pillar Land Securities as part of a £20 million regeneration project. Burrington Estates’ vision is to transform this eight-acre site, which sits in a beautiful location in the Erme Valley and is framed by Dartmoor National Park and...

Police are appealing for witnesses following a burglary at a Plymstock car wash at the weekend.

Offenders smashed a window to get inside IMO Car Wash in Oreston Road sometime between 8pm on Saturday 17 May and 8.30am the next day.

Once inside, the burglars gained entry to the office and stole a quantity of cash and an iPod Nano.

Police are appealing to anyone who may...

Plymouth beach lovers will once again be able take a bus straight to the seaside this summer.

The number 54 runs to the popular beach of Bovisand, overlooking Plymouth Sound – and this year the season has been extended, giving families even more chances to enjoy the sun, sea and sand.

Operated by Target Travel and financially supported by the City Council, the ‘beach bus’ will...

Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, a sufferer of partial hearing loss herself, has shown her support for Deaf Awareness Week by attending a training session to understand the impact of deafness and improve communications skills to Deaf people.

The sessions, which were delivered at the House of Commons last week, were organised to improve the understanding of the different types...