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Former University Centre South Devon student sets sail on adventures

Sailing is a challenging environment but for a former University Centre South Devon (UCSD) student it’s even more demanding.

41 year old Steve Palmer is a double amputee. A lance corporal of the 28 Royal Engineers Steve lost both legs as a result of stepping on an improvised explosive...

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Op Inheritance reunites people with stolen items

Devon and Cornwall Police are celebrating some great success since taking their Operation Inheritance online.

In January, officers took the operation, which helps trace stolen items, to Facebook and Twitter to spread the word about stolen items in circulation.

In just one month, dozens of stolen items have been successfully reunited with their rightful owners including a...

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Smiles all around for St Budeaux Junior School

Staff and pupils at St Budeaux Junior School are celebrating their latest Ofsted inspection report after inspectors judged them to be a ‘Good’ school. The progress the school has made since the last inspection particularly impressed the inspectors who noted that standards had significantly improved in the last two years and that all pupils now make good progress in all subjects. Ofsted stated “...

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Concern over drug driving levels

Convictions up but shocking numbers still drug-driving As the Department for Transport confirms a six-fold increase in the number of people caught drug-driving, we can reveal huge numbers of drivers and passengers are still taking dangerous risks when it comes to drugs.

The survey by Brake, the road safety charity, and Direct Line reveals a shocking one in 14 drivers (7%) admit they...

Study demonstrates evolutionary algorithm could be used to predict oil price rises

Future fluctuations in oil prices could be forecast using a combination of previous statistics and complex computer algorithms, according to new research.

Academics from the Gulf University for Science and Technology and Plymouth University used a range of programmed models to accurately predict previous rises and falls in the commodity’s value over a period from January 1986 to June...

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Ernesettle sites to be transferred to Four Greens Community Trust

A number of Ernesettle sites are being transferred to a community owned trust with the aim of providing jobs, green energy, learning and training opportunities, opportunities for community activity and improved community services and facilities.

Plymouth City Council is transferring the land off Ernesettle Lane to Four Greens Community Trust (FGCT) to give local people more control...

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Are we heading for a White Easter?

If you think we've escaped a proper winter so far in 2016, you could be in for a shock.

The Met Office is warning that we might be in for a White Easter.

It's all due to what is called a sudden stratospheric warming event bringing snow, ice and temperatures as low as -14C.

The plunge - the same phenomenon that triggered the 2010 Big Freeze - is expected to result in...

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Phone network for older people launches in Devon

The UK’s first mobile phone network aimed at serving older customers, Fuss Free Phones, has launched in Go Mobile stores across Devon.

Fuss Free Phones provides a telephonist-based concierge-style service, accessed at the press of a single big button on a Doro mobile phone. Answered immediately by specially trained, friendly telephonists, customers can ask to be put through to their...

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Plymouth academic awarded for science engagement

A scientist who has fronted documentaries on everything from volcanoes to fracking, the geology of Africa and our use of oil has received a prestigious accolade.

Iain Stewart, Professor of Geoscience Communication and Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute at Plymouth University, has been presented with the Senior Public Engagement Prize by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)....

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Students bring happiness and wellbeing to Barne Barton

Residents in Barne Barton, Plymouth, now have all the information they need to achieve happiness and wellbeing in their lives, thanks to an event run for Love Barne Barton by healthcare students from across Plymouth University.

The students were from a number of courses including medicine, dentistry, occupational therapy, clinical psychology, child health nursing and adult nursing....

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Help get Sam to Rio!

A young volunteer who helps to run sports activities for young people and adults in Devonport has been selected to travel to Brazil during the Olympic Games to work with deprived youngsters living in Rio’s favela slums.

Project Rio is being organised by StreetGames, a national sports charity helping disadvantaged communities, with the aim of creating a lasting cultural legacy and...

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