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Rowcroft Hospice celebrates ‘More than a shop’ Week

Rowcroft Hospice is joining the nation in celebrating ‘More than a shop’ Week – the Charity Retail Association’s campaign that aims to raise awareness of the significance of charity shops and their multifaceted contributions to society. Running between 22-29 April, ‘More than a shop’ Week draws...

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Accolades for Plymouth dental academic

Sally Hanks, Associate Professor from Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry, is one of only five dental academics across Europe to receive the prestigious Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) 40th Anniversary Scholarship Award.

She has also been made a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Senior Fellowship of the HEA is awarded to educators in the...

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Colour dash gives bright support to Brain Tumour Research

Students from Plymouth University have held the first ever colour dash in the city, and it has raised £4,000 for charity Brain Tumour Research.

Almost 300 students took part in the event, where they donned their brightest white gym kit and ran round an obstacle course on the University campus – while being pelted with brightly coloured powder paint.

The event was one of several...

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Virgin Atlantic and Flybe partnership opens up new destinations

Travellers in Exeter will soon be able to book flights to international destinations including Orlando, Las Vegas, and the Caribbean – thanks to a new codeshare agreement between Virgin Atlantic and Europe’s leading regional airline, Flybe.

From 2 April customers will be able to book tickets through Virgin Atlantic to travel from 18 UK and European airports served by Flybe, and connect...

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Unmanned Mayflower Voyage to be key event in 2020

A pioneering project that marries the city’s past and its ambition to be a global centre for marine technology is to form part of the official Mayflower 400 commemorations.

Plymouth City Council and the Plymouth-based Mayflower Autonomous Ship Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on the ‘Mayflower Autonomous Ship’ – the world's first full-sized, fully...

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Council to publish new Equality Objectives after hundreds respond

Plymouth City Council will be publishing its new Equality Objectives after more than 400 people responded to an online consultation.

The Objectives will cover the next four years and commit the Council to make progress in closing the gap in the average hourly pay between men and women.

The Council received around 430 responses to the consultation with more than 90% supporting...

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Ridgeway School awarded £2m for building improvements

Ridgeway School has been awarded £2 million for building improvements.

The money has come from two Capital Improvement bids that were submitted to the Education Funding Agency earlier this year.

The first project will be to provide a two storey extension that will house a state-of-the art Performing Arts Centre. This new building will have music classrooms, practice rooms,...

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Two hurt in Turnchapel collision

Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision in Plymouth that left two people in hospital.

Police were called at around 8.40pm on Thursday 24th March following reports of a two vehicle road traffic collision had occurred on Hooe Road, Turnchapel, Plymouth.

The two vehicles involved were a black Jeep Cherokee and a blue Renault Clio; extensive damage was sustained to...

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Agents appointed to market Oceansgate

Property agents have now been signed up to sell South Yard as a major global player in the marine sector.

Jones Lang Lasalle has been appointed to market the site at Devonport which has already attracted over 100 expressions of interest from marine businesses wanting to relocate there.

He said: “I like it. It covers everything we want to get across in one image and one line....

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Crowd pleasing year for Crowdfunding in Plymouth

Because of the success of Crowdfund Plymouth during its pilot year, the Council has announced a further £170,000 match funding will be made available from April.

Drop-in centres for those with hearing difficulties, fabulous film nights in great settings and a project designed to make fishing more sustainable, these are some of projects who have benefitted from Plymouth’s pioneering...

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Plymouth roads to get new lease of life

Twenty more Plymouth roads will get a new lease of life over the next four months as the Council’s resurfacing programme for 2016 gets under way.

The works, which begin on Sunday 3 April, will take place on main routes where the overall road surface is nearing the end of its life or where multiple potholes have developed.

They are being carried out by the Council’s highways...

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