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Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts (PQA) is continuing its expansion across the South West with the launch of a new academy in Long Ashton, Bristol, as local demand for performing arts training continues to grow in the region.
The University of Exeter will celebrate a decade of delivering degree apprenticeships when it hosts a series of workshops, information sessions and podcasts during National Apprenticeship this week.
Cornwall Council has formally adopted the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) to help create a better future for our children and young people.
Dorset residents now have a new way to tune into life on the land, as a brand-new podcast launches exploring how our county’s farmers, communities and organisations are working together to restore nature and produce local food.
Ripple Effects takes place at Exeter’s Barnfield Theatre on Tuesday 10 February and is produced by artist and senior lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Exeter, Ellen Wiles, in partnership with the Northcott Theatre.
Slater and Gordon is the latest UK law firm to secure a new funding package to boost its growth.
A Bristol charity for people experiencing hunger and homelessness was once again the real winner of a fund-raising festive raffle for staff of a cremation company which has its national headquarters in the city.
The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA) marks a significant shift in how our local charities can communicate with their supporters.
A pilot project to help GPs spot early warning signs of cancer from routine blood tests has now rolled out to 60 GP practices in Devon.
Hoteliers have made a grand gesture to help nurture the next generation of hospitality sector talent by donating £1,000 worth of kitchen equipment to City of Bristol College.
St Peter’s Hospice is set to begin a refurbishment of the first-floor offices at its Brentry site in Bristol, thanks to a government grant supporting capital and infrastructure improvements in hospices across England.
With new heat network laws having come into force last week developers, operators, landowners and public sector bodies are entering a new era of compliance, cautions energy specialist Laurence Lacey from national law firm Clarke Willmott.
Cornwall’s library users will be in with a chance of winning prizes such as cinema tickets, pasties and day trips as part of a new loyalty scheme.
Dorset Council’s building control service is celebrating not one but two pieces of national recognition.
A handmade knitted Chris Martin doll, created by Somerset crafter Sandra Witcombe to celebrate the band’s Glastonbury 2024 headline performance and signed by Coldplay, is being offered in a Crowdfunder Prize Draw to support Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance’s 2ndHeli Appeal.
The legendary ‘Bristol Croc’ has been spotted once again – this time on a street art mural at Cabot Circus!
