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Striking gold again at Coldharbour Farm

Coldharbour Field Kitchen struck gold again at the Devon Tourism Awards taking top spot in the Casual Dining category ahead of fellow finalists Cary Arms & Spa and the Cove Café Bar.

It’s the second time the Ottery St Mary eaterie has been awarded gold in this category; it was also...

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Harbourside Fish & Chips are high fryers

Plymouth fish and chips business Harbourside Fish & Chips is frying high after being crowned with a national industry award at the 2014 National Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafish.

Harbourside Fish & Chips in Plymouth, Devon, who’s Tom Hughes was also shortlisted for the ‘Drywite Young Fish Frier of the Year Award’, was crowned winner of the ‘Staff Training and...

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Have you had exceptional healthcare from someone you will never forget?

If you have been cared for by someone really special at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth Dialysis Unit, the Royal Eye Infirmary at Derriford, the Child Development Centre or a community midwife, why not make them feel really special and nominate them for an award?

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is running the staff Celebration Awards to acknowledge the efforts of those staff who go the...

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The Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards nominations now open

Nominations for the 2014 Devon Sports Awards are now open and, following the success of last year’s event, Active Devon is delighted to confirm its continued partnership with the Exeter Foundation in their delivery.

The awards will now be known as The Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards and will continue to recognise and celebrate all that is best about sport in Devon and the...

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New Year's Honours for people of Devon

A whole host of inspiring people from Devon are to be rewarded with New Year's Honours.

Those from the County to be recognised include:

MBE (Member of the British Empire)

Betty and John Insley are set to receive MBE's for their services to children and families. John Michael Christopher Duffield has been recognised for services to sailing following his role as...

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Constituency winner announced in national school manufacturing competition

Alison Seabeck MP is proud to announce Luke Lockyer from Sir John Hunt Community Sports College as the winning pupil from Plymouth Moor View in the local round of the We Made It! competition, a national competition aimed at getting young people thinking about careers in manufacturing.

Hundreds of young people across the country have been busy designing gadgets and gizmos as part of...

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Local Architects Win Sustainability Award

HLM Architects Plymouth have won a 'Sustainable Construction New Build' award at the Cornwall Sustainability Awards 2013 for their work on Brannel School.

The aim of Cornwall Sustainability Awards is to encourage, reward and gain recognition for some of the excellent work businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are doing to improve their sustainability.

The ‘...

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Entries for the 2014 Taste of the West Awards now open

After the unprecedented success of this year’s awards, Taste of the West is delighted to announce that entries for the prestigious Product Awards and Hospitality and Retail Awards are now open for 2014.

The 2014 awards are taking place earlier than ever before, with the Product Awards judging set for early April, allowing winners a longer period of time to maximise the benefits of...

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Winter messages campaign wins prestigious award

Devon County Council’s public health team and Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (NEW Devon CCG) are celebrating after winning a prestigious public relations award for their joint winter messages campaign.

The Choose Well campaign, which encourages people to keep warm and stay healthy during winter, won silver in the Public Sector Campaign category at the...

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Hospital Communications Team Do the Double

“We are lucky to work with so many amazing people”... the words of the Communications Team at Plymouth Hospitals after becoming double award-winners at a prestigious industry awards ceremony.

The Communications Team, based at Derriford Hospital, was shortlisted in two categories, Not for-Profit Campaign and Public Sector Campaign, in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)...

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Plymouth’s fostering team celebrate as two of their carers scoop city award

Plymouth’s fostering team are celebrating this morning after two of their foster carers were presented with the overall Pride of Plymouth Award.

Pam and Gyln Dale were given the accolade for their dedication in helping change the lives of some of the city’s most vulnerable children. But the couple who have fostered 11 children over the last seven years, didn’t want to be singled out...

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