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£26,980 awarded to Turn to Starboard
Sailing charity, Turn to Starboard, which operates out of Falmouth, has received a donation of £26,980. This financial award from The Freemasons of Cornwall will provide homeless veterans with temporary accommodation on board a traditional wooden motorboat owned by the charity. The charity was created from the personal experiences ofContinue Reading
Luke Pollard MP has called for public bodies to buy British food on Back British Farming Day
Luke Pollard, the MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, has today, on Back British Farming Day, called for public bodies to buy more British food all year round – part of the Party’s campaign to buy, make and sell more across Britain. Luke is asking that every public body toContinue Reading
Loneliness, loss and regret: what getting old really feels like – new study
Paula* had not been living in her retirement apartment for very long when I arrived for our interview. She welcomed me into a modern, comfortable home. We sat in the living room, taking in the impressive view from her balcony and our conversation unfolded. Paula, 72, told me how fourContinue Reading
NW Trilogy review: Bittersweet slice of Brent life
Review at a glance F amiliar scenarios develop in unfamiliar ways in this trio of short plays about immigrant groups in Brent, the Kiln theatre’s manor, in the 60s and 70s. None of these scripts are going to set the world alight on their own, but together they build anContinue Reading
Transatlantic Mayflower 400 touring exhibition ‘Journey’ finally arrives in Plymouth’s Theatre Royal
An exhibition of artists’ work on the theme of ‘Journey’, created by printmakers on both sides of the Atlantic to commemorate Mayflower 400 and which should have taken place last year, finally opened at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth this week. The collaboration between two groups of artists, the UKContinue Reading
Jorginho trolls Rio by sharing clip of pundit saying he ‘couldn’t run or defend’
CHELSEA star Jorginho has hit back at Rio Ferdinand as he shared a clip of the BT Sport pundit slating him. The Manchester United legend had said previously that the midfielder ‘couldn’t run, isn’t great at defending and struggles against the big teams’. 2 Jorginho received his Uefa Player ofContinue Reading
Man Utd news LIVE: Tielemans open to transfer, Ronaldo scores in defeat to Young Boys, Lingard ‘hurting’ after blunder
CITY WOULD HAVE SHUT YOUNG BOYS OUT Young Boys “wouldn’t have touched the ball” if they were playing a 10-man Manchester City rather than United. That’s ex-England striker Paul Merson’s claim – as he blames boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for United’s surprise 2-1 Champions League loss in Switzerland. “If that wasContinue Reading
COVID vaccine effects wane over time but still prevent death and severe illness
PIC SNIPE/Shutterstock Several countries – including the UK – are now offering third COVID-19 shots amid reports of vaccines proving less effective over time. But do these countries really need to embark on widespread booster campaigns? Here’s what research tells us so far about how vaccines are performing. One studyContinue Reading
Afghanistan withdrawal has Taiwan pondering its alliance with the US – and China is upping the pressure
The chaotic withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan has sparked concerns among its allies about the credibility of commitments to its strategic allies. It has been popular to compare the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan with Saigon in 1975, but this has generated some debate among scholars of USContinue Reading
Wales is having a rethink about its place in the UK – could it lead the way for everyone else?
Shutterstock Can the United Kingdom survive Brexit? This remains one of the great unanswered questions of our time. Politically, two major narratives have dominated. The first is that the UK is on a break-up trajectory. Brexit has revived the Scottish independence movement and destabilised Northern Irish politics. Clashes between UKContinue Reading