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Sharing a Little Love this Valentine’s Day, Starts Here at Drake Circus and The Barcode

Whether you’re treating a partner, friend, parents, children or another special person in your life, Drake Circus and The Barcode have all you need to help share the love this Valentine’s Day.

From a romantic meal and movie to candles, chocolate and more, here’s the top pick of Valentine’s ideas for 2022.

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Plymouth-based Biovault Family supports free baby safety workshops for all

Plymouth-based Biovault Family has announced a new partnership with The Baby Academy to provide free baby safety workshops throughout 2022.

The sessions are available on line via My Baby Academy and provide parents with practical advice on topics such as allergic reactions in babies, baby rashes, teething, baby ear infections, and administering medicine correctly to your baby....

Future of Plymouth’s Mayflower GP service secured

Local health and care provider, Livewell Southwest, has been named as the new organisation responsible for the running of the Mayflower Medical Group of GP practices in Plymouth from April 2022.

The Group, which covers five sites in Plymouth, is responsible for providing GP services for nearly 40,000 people in the city.

The current arrangements, with provider Access Health...

Plymouth Science Park Health Technology Innovation Hub equipment

Plymouth Science Park launches state-of-the-art Health Tech Innovation Hub

A regional centre of health technology excellence has been launched in Plymouth, following a successful bid submitted to the Heart of the South West LEP by Plymouth Science Park.

The new Health Technology Innovation Hub (HTIH) will incubate and support health technology businesses and accelerate new technologies in the sector. As the capabilities of the centre expand, it is set to...

Councils urged to sign 'motion for the ocean'

UK councils are being urged to sign a "motion for the ocean" – pledging to engage with citizens to promote ocean recovery.

Plymouth City Council, Falmouth Town Council and South Tyneside Council have already passed ocean recovery motions.

The team behind the project have created a model motion for councils to adapt and adopt, in the hope of creating a movement similar to...

Tesco shoppers in Plymouth asked to continue supporting life-saving fundraising campaign

Generous shoppers in Plymouth are being encouraged to support a fundraising campaign for three leading health charities.

Last year Tesco's ‘Helping you to live healthier’ campaign raised more than £1million after customers rounded up their shop to the nearest £1 at self-service tills.

The money raised is helping Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes...

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Paramedics training at Plymouth Science Park benefit from a new ambulance

Plymouth Science Park is home to the training centre for the BSc Paramedic Science programme at the University of Plymouth . The trainee paramedics have recently welcomed the arrival of a new ambulance which can be used for scenario-based training.

University of Plymouth trainee paramedics develop a range of professional skills from the training centre at Plymouth Science Park. The...

It's 'showtime' at Plymouth's cutting-edge immersive dome with new 'pay as you feel' structure

Truly open to everyone, Plymouth’s world-class and cutting-edge immersive dome experience at Market Hall in Devonport has just released its dynamic winter programme for 2022 with a unique and accessible ‘pay as you feel’ pricing structure.

Spanning a range of different genres, thought-provoking topics, driving deep engagement and encouraging learning in a completely unique setting,...

Pointless win for actress Helen Monks and Trevi

English writer, actress and comedian Helen Monks has appeared on BBC's Celebrity Pointless, winning £250 for Plymouth based charity Trevi.

The popular BBC quiz show saw Helen team up with fellow EastEnders Actor Steven Woodcock in a bid to find obscure and pointless answers to general knowledge questions against three other celebrity teams.

Helen, who co-runs the theatre...

New jobs created in Plymouth at new Starbucks® store

A total of 15 new jobs have been created at Plymouth's first Drive Thru Starbucks® store.

Opening tomorrow, Wednesday 19 January, the store is located at Coypool Retail Park in Plympton and operated by Starbucks® licensee, Cobra Coffee.

To celebrate the opening, the store will be offering 50 lucky customers complimentary reusable cups every day for the first week.

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