Plymouth

Camelia Walk

This is an opportunity to join the Curator of the National Camellia Collection, held by Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, on a conducted tour of the collection that currently numbers approximately 1,000 cultivars. Meeting at Dry Walk Car Park.

Ti ckets costs £5 per person. Suitable walking shoes and clothing is a must on this outdoor adventure.

10am-noon

http://www.mountedgcumbe.gov.uk/

Dowsing for Beginners

Dowsing for Beginners Sunday 9 March 2014, 10.30am to 12.30pm Sceptical? Why not try out the ancient art of dowsing here at Mount Edgcumbe and develop a new skill.

Meeting on the terrace in front of the House.

Tickets £5 per person and don’t forget your wire coat hangers!

http://www.mountedgcumbe.gov.uk/

10 Hottest Places in the World

With the weather in the South West causing a lot of grief over the past few weeks, we thought it might be nice for The Plymouth Daily readers to sit back and imagine themselves in one of the ten hottest places in the world.

#10 - In Salah, Tamanrasset Province, Algeria

In Salah (or Ain Salah) is home to some of Algeria’s largest oil reserves and production facilities. In Salah...

Get in the running for leadership training

Keen runners are being given the chance to share their passion for the sport and inspire others to put their best feet forward, with funding support from Plymouth City Council.

The Council’s sports development unit is offering financial help for people who want to train as running group leaders and help people get on the road to an active lifestyle.

The ‘Leadership in Running...

Ecover Blue Mile makes a triple splash!

Two flagship events and one big weekend planned for this summer’s mass participation event that gets the nation immersed in our wonderful blue environment.

Registration has gone live for the Ecover Blue Mile flagship events at Weymouth and Plymouth with a new programme of activities suitable for absolutely everyone to get involved. This is the first time that a full programme is taking...

SW Greens accuse MEPs of voting against flood protection

As floods continue to inflict damage and disruption across the region, South West MEPs are being accused by Greens of voting against important measures to prevent and tackle flooding proposed in the EU in 2012.

An EU resolution in 2012 built on directives (EU law) that called on Member States to, ‘draw up maps identifying all areas posing a risk of flooding… and the potential damage...

Storms continue to batter the South West

Heavy rain and gale force winds continue to batter the region.

Severe amber warnings for wind and rain has been issued by the Met Office with exposed areas of coast set to be the worst affected.

There are also reports of snow on both Dartmoor and Exmoor further adding to difficult driving conditions in the area.

Strong winds reaching up to 80mph in some areas are...

Get your Valentine’s messages on the big screen

Romantics in the city are being invited to text their Valentine messages on Friday 14 February to appear on Plymouth's Big Screen on the Piazza.

Anyone interested in declaring their love on the Big Screen needs to text 80011 and start their message with Plymouth by 5pm on Friday 14 February.

If you are planning to propose this Friday and need a specific time for your message to...

Ed Miliband in Exeter: Government must 'cough up' resilience money

Labour leader Ed Miliband visited Exeter today to see the proposed site of resilience work at Cowley Bridge Junction.

The site was badly affected by floods in the winter storms of 2012/13 causing the main rail line into the South West to close for a several weeks.

Following the line closures, last year, the government promised to spend over £31 million on projects to improve...

Make a date to Race for Life

This Valentine's Day a heartfelt invitation is going out to all Devon women urging them to enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.

Event organisers are asking all mums, grans, sisters, aunts, daughters and friends to join the formidable army of passionate women determined to take on cancer by entering a Race for Life 5k in Plymouth on 22 June.

Sam Beare, Cancer Research UK’s...

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