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  Newton Abbot

  LEISURE CENTRE SCORES TOP IN DEVON AND CORNWALL

  Leisure & Hobbies : Leisure Centre

  Newton Abbot Leisure Centre (NALC) has been confirmed as one of the highest quality leisure centres in the South West in its second annual Quest assessment, achieving the highest score in Devon and Cornwall.
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  Devon

  SUPER SUMMER SIZZLERS OFFER CUT-PRICE FUN!

  Leisure & Hobbies : Whats On : Leisure Centre

  There's never been a better time to get happy and healthy at local leisure centres as Teignbridge Council introduces its special Summer Sizzler passes.

• Cornwall

  RNLI to provide first lifeguard service on Kennack Sands beach

  Leisure & Hobbies : People & Society : Beaches : Visit

  This summer the RNLI are launching a new lifeguard service on Kennack Sands beach, in West Cornwall.
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  United Kingdom

  City slickers swap suits for flip flops and surf luxury style

  Leisure & Hobbies : Surfing : Visit

  A Cornish company is riding the wave of success as it launches luxury surfing retreats for weary professionals.
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  Plymouth

  JUST FOR KIDS - 2 WEEKS OF FUN & GAMES FOR 8 TO 12 YEAR OLDS!

  Leisure & Hobbies : Whats On

  Parents of Plymouth, stuck for childcare over the summer holidays?

• Gloucestershire

  Baths to be Returned to Forest

  Leisure & Hobbies : Development

  The former Princess Royal Pit Head Baths at Bream are to be returned to nature later this year following a local developer's withdrawal of plans to redevelop the site.
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  Cornwall

  ADVENTURERS WANTED TO UNDERTAKE VALUABLE MARINE CONSERVATION FIELDWORK IN THE ISLES OF SCILLY ABOARD DIVING AND RESEARCH VESSEL LOYAL WATCHER.

  Education & Academia : Leisure & Hobbies : Science & Nature : Natural Sciences

  Undergraduate students from across the Southwest are, for the first time this summer, being offered experience gaining practical fieldwork skills whilst exploring the beautiful Isles of Scilly.

• United Kingdom

  BEESTON CASTLE - BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE!

  Leisure & Hobbies : Walking

  Although a claim that an 800 year old castle has just become ten times bigger may seem like an extravagant claim, that is exactly the situation at Beeston Castle, near Tarporley

• Kingsbridge

  Building a Green Future at the Field Centre

  Leisure & Hobbies

  Visitors staying at Slapton Ley Field Centre this year can enjoy much improved Centre facilities, from accommodation to classrooms and dining facilities.

• United Kingdom

  ‘Work/life balance is a struggle’ say female technologists

  Leisure & Hobbies : Careers & Jobs : Technology

  Recent research of over 200 women has revealed that the majority of women working in IT are dissatisfied with their work/life balance and that although employers say they support flexible working, the reality is often quite different.
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  Devon

  Cleverest Bird in the World?

  Pets & Animals : Whats On

  This clever bird has flown off with a gold medal for being the most intelligent bird on the planet. Woodlands is throwing down the gauntlet to other bird owners to produce a cleverer bird.
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  Devon

  A Bright Idea to Benefit Tortoises

  Pets & Animals : Exotic Pets

  An incentive scheme run for employees at the Co-op store in Buckfastleigh has resulted in a regular supply of fresh fruit and vegetables for the tortoises at Pennywell Farm.
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  Devon

  Miniature pigs at Pennywell Farm

  Pets & Animals

  There has been so much publicity and demand for the miniature pigs at Pennywell Farm, near Buckfastleigh that this new arrival was straight on the mobile to his manager.

• United Kingdom

  BONHAMS TO SELL HISTORIC DAGGER CELEBRATING EARLY SCIENTIFIC LINKS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND BRITAIN

  Antiques : Antiques Auction

  DAGGER PRESENTED TO BRITISH GEOGRAPHER WHO GAVE HIS NAME TO MOON CRATER AND 15 PLACES ON EARTH.

• India in Photography: Sale of the Collection of Kanwardip Gujral at Bonhams in London

  Antiques : Photographs

  This important collection of 420 images from the 1850s to the 1940s, covering India and the adjacent countries, will be sold in London by Bonhams on 9 April.
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  Kingsbridge

  Sovereigns of the Sea

  Angling : Fishing

  The annual fishing contest between the Salcombe & Kingsbridge Clubs was held on Sunday 15th June.

• Cast off in Ernest – a week in a fishing paradise, £765 pp with Captivating Cuba

  Fishing

  “Anyone can be a fisherman in May.” So said Ernest Hemingway in his Cuban fishing tale, The Old Man & The Sea, and so say Captivating Cuba to would-be anglers seeking a good catch in good weather.
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  BIRMINGHAM STITCH ‘N’ BITCH GROUP WILL BE GOSSIPING ALL THE WAY TO SHAUN THE SHEEP’S GREAT BRITISH PICKNIT AT SEWING FOR PLEASURE & HOBBYCRAFTS

  Hobbies

  The Birmingham Stitch ‘n’ Bitch group are going to be gossiping more than ever this month as they embark upon a knitting extravaganza for Shaun the Sheep’s Great British Pic-knit at Sewing for Pleasure & Hobbycrafts at The NEC.
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  United Kingdom

  IT’S A UNIQUE AND EXCITING PROGRAMME FOR PARELLI NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP CELEBRATION 2008

  Horses : Equine Sports

  Following the success of the 2007 show, this year’s Parelli Celebration at The NEC Arena on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 August looks set to be bigger and better than ever!
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  United Kingdom

  Free DVD tells you if your dog is overweight

  Pet Food

  Formula K, Britain’s first weight-loss dog food, has released a free DVD showing you how to tell if your dog is overweight.

• Torquay

  Zoos warm to thermal art

  Arts & Culture : Zoos : Whats On

  Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is launching a unique art exhibition that brings together wildlife conservation and military hardware.

• Paignton

  Download a Zoo expert for free!

  Where To Go : Zoos

  Visitors to Paignton Zoo Environmental Park can now get a free personal tour from their very own animal expert.

• Torquay

  Tern of the century at Living Coasts

  Science & Nature : Weather & Environment : Zoos : Nature & Wildlife Parks

  Living Coasts has now bred over 100 Inca terns. And experts are putting their success down to top quality design and Torbay's balmy climate.

• Torquay

  Rain doesn't stop play at Living Coasts

  Where To Go : Zoos : Whats On

  The bad weather is good news for one Devon attraction.

• Paignton

  Half century dedicated to animals

  People & Society : Wildlife : Zoos : Nature & Wildlife Parks

  Paignton Zoo Environmental Park's Curator of Birds & Reptiles Colin Bath has retired after nearly 50 years.

• Paignton

  Giant bird box for fledgling naturalists

  Zoos : Whats On

  A giant parrot nest-box has taken pride of place at Paignton Zoo - but it's for children not birds.

• Torquay

  Turning Living Coasts upside down

  Wildlife : Zoos : Nature & Wildlife Parks

  They are animals but they use photosynthesis like plants. Crabs carry them on their backs as defence against predators. The life of the upside down jellyfish is far from ordinary.

• Paignton

  Zoo scientist's welfare quest

  Wildlife : Zoos : Nature & Wildlife Parks

  A scientist from Devon is helping to improve primate welfare around the world at a major international conference.

• Torquay

  Celebrating sensational seaweed!

  Zoos : Whats On

  Do you know your bladderack from your gutweed? Can you tell the difference between dabberlocks and papenfuss? Living Coasts is holding a Seaweed Festival to celebrate this extraordinary stuff!
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  Torquay

  Living Coasts: getting to the roots of the sea

  Zoos : Whats On

  Torquay is now home to an underground forest, venomous fish and dinosaur crabs thanks to a major new development at Living Coasts which opens this week.