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Children aged 4-11 have an opportunity to get involved in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge!
The Falmouth Cringe Comedy Festival is returning to Cornwall from 6 – 9 July and this year and the festival is expanding, promising to bring a programme of events that everyone in the community will enjoy. 2023 headliners include Shaparak Khorsandi and Tim Key.
When dementia care specialist Richard Dempslake went on a two-week cruise of the Mediterranean recently, he came back inspired to create a thank-you event for colleagues which proved a huge hit at his care home in Wellington, Somerset.
Some 200 people attended a service at Bristol Memorial Woodlands at Alveston, near Bristol, in honour of those who have given their lives in the service of their country this century.
This year, the theme for International Paramedics Day is What Paramedics Do. On July 8, the College of Paramedics, the professional body for paramedics and the ambulance profession in the UK will come together with more than 60 global paramedic associations, higher education institutions and affiliated organisations to raise awareness and create a better understanding of the breadth and depth of work carried out by paramedics around the world.
An appeal for spare balls of wool, made to families with loved ones in a Wellington dementia care home, has resulted in the arrival of a small woolly mountain - which is all being put to good use.
As Fathers' Day rolls around again, would-be dads whose partners are struggling to conceive may be interested to learn about the latest in a series of cutting-edge test packages for sperm health which can help maximise the chances of success with IVF and prevent miscarriage.
A 48-year-old woman has revealed she has welcomed a ‘miracle’ baby after inserting Viagra to get pregnant.
Dental nurse Emma Beacham* was 37 years old with a naturally conceived four year old son who she was raising as a solo parent when she took the decision to try for another child through a fertility clinic.
The family of amateur sailor Simon Speirs, who tragically lost his life when swept overboard while taking part in a round-the-world yacht race, have donated £140,000 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).
A couple whose fertility journey crossed international boundaries and bridged Covid before the arrival of their twin sons, are advising other couples facing fertility issues to “always have a Plan B.”
Jeffrey Robinson, one of the UK’s first chefs to have attained a green Michelin star, has announced his new Cornish outpost – Harbour House – will be opening in late June.
Castle Combe Circuit’s third car race meeting of the year – the Summer Spectacular – will be hosted over the weekend of 10th and 11th June for a thrilling set of races.
With the next free open evening happening on 24 May, staff at the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) are readying themselves to share the latest insights in fertility education and give individual advice to attendees at confidential one-to-one mini consultations.
A local woman from Alveston has traded in her life as a carer to become a funeral director at a Westbury-on-Trym business.
Hoteliers in Bristol are stepping up their efforts to tackle a recruitment crisis which has hit the hospitality sector particularly hard in recent years as well as affecting other industries.
A South West travel company has released its 2023/24 Festive Brochure after agents noticed holidaymakers booking trips earlier and more frequently.
A service commemorating the men and women who have lost their lives while serving their country will take place at Bristol Memorial Woodlands on Wednesday 14 June.
