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Trading Standards gives advice on how to ensure toys are safe this Christmas

To help ensure that the toys you are buying this Christmas are safe Trading Standards has released two short videos.

The videos, about toy safety and buying electrical goods , feature Holly Traynor from the Heart of the South West Trading Standards Service and she gives her top tips and advice on what to look for and what to avoid.

Trading Standards advises that if you are...

Major new exhibition explores relationship between toys and conflict

A new exhibition which opened at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery on 6 February explores the role of warfare in children's play from 1800 to the present day.

‘War Games’ is a nationally touring exhibition from the V&A Museum of Childhood and will be on display until 18 June.

The show, which is designed for adults and children, allows visitors to investigate how toys...

Bags of toys for children’s wards

Paula Sutton has presented more than eight bags of toys to our children’s wards at Derriford Hospital. After launching an online campaign only two weeks ago to encourage friends, family and other parents to donate unwanted items, Paula received a fantastic response and managed to collect eight bin bags full of toys for children of all ages.

Paula said: “There has been such an amazing...

Sainsbury’s donate toys to Derriford Hospital

Derriford Hospital have said a massive thank you to Sainsbury’s for their generous donation of lots of new toys and games for the children staying on their wards.

Grace Evans, PR Ambassador for Sainsbury’s Marsh Mills Store, said: “We are delighted to support the wards again this year, with our annual toy appeal. Our customers and colleagues have been very generous again this year and...

Make Christmas special for disadvantaged kids

Children’s Christmas wishes are evolving as today’s kids show awareness of the less fortunate and consider what they could give to a disadvantaged child, according to new research released today.

Rather than seeing other children go without toys in the festive season, the research from Argos and Barnardo’s shows that 95 per cent of children would happily give up some of their Christmas...