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Darts Champ Will Take On All-Comers for Services Charity

DARTS legend Ted Hankey will spend time at a Dartmoor pub to raise money for Help For Heroes. The 41-year-old champion, nicknamed 'The Count', arrived at the Burrator Inn at Dousland yesterday for a weekend stay.

Shop Vacancies 'Beat Uk Average' ; Other Cities 'Are Doing Much Worse Than Plymouth'

THE proportion of shops standing empty in Plymouth city centre is lower than the national average, according to new figures. The scale of the devastation wrought on high streets by the recession has been revealed in a new report covering England and Wales.

Legal Ladies Are Ready to Step Out for St Luke's

A TEAM of walkers from a firm of solicitors in Plymouth will be taking part in a fundraising event for St Luke's Hospice tonight. The team of women from Gill Akaster solicitors have been preparing for the annual Midnight Walk which is designed to raise cash for the Turnchapel hospice.

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Pisces Narrowly Pipped by Seals ; Swimming

PLYMOUTH Pisces for once had to settle for second best at their annual inter-club gala, which was held at Central Park Pool. Pisces have been holding the event for years and have always managed to triumph, but this time around they were narrowly pipped to first place by Keynsham Seals.

Stage Frights On Night As Contest Heats Up

THE first quarter-final of this year's The Herald South West Battle of the Bands competition was a corker. There was drama, energy, a wicked crowd and - most of all - four bands who pulled off magnificent sets.

Then and Now Cattedown Roundabout

ONE of the interesting things about this Then and Now pairing from Richard Keoghoe is that you realise just how big Cattedown Roundabout actually is. You notice, too, how seemingly random the planting on it is, and how sad it is that such a great green space cannot be used by members of the pubic (or anyone else for that matter), as there is no access to it.

The Place

. ABINGDON ROAD ABINGDON Road connects two other 'A' roads, Allendale and Alton, between the northern end of North Hill and Houndiscombe Road. The place name itself originally derived from AEbba's or AEbbe's dun or hill - where AEbba is a man's name and AEbbe is a woman's name.

The Pub

. WEAKLEY'S HOTEL IN ITS day one of the principal hotels in Devonport, Weakley's was in the hands of the family of that name for well over 30 years. Also billed as a Naval, Family, Commercial Hotel and Posting House, it stood directly opposite the other two main Devonport hotels, the London and the Royal. Of the three the Royal was undoubtedly the largest and, as it transpired, destined to survive the longest. Some time in the late 1840s Thomas Townshend, who had been running the London for s...

Photos of the City From 50 Years Ago ; Keep Your Letters and Photographs Coming - Send Them to Me, Chris Robinson, at Looking Back, 17 Brest Road, Derriford, Plymouth Pl6 5aa. Or Email Me at Features@Eveningherald.Co.Uk

THANKS to a good friend of Looking Back, John Pinch, for this fascinating selection from 50 years ago. The photographs were takens

Number Seeing Gp Over Swine Flu Falls

THE latest official figures show a drop in the number of Plymouth patients contacting their doctor with suspected swine flu. The second NHS South West pandemic bulletin states that 374 people showing flu symptoms called or saw their GP from July 20 to 26, a rate of 149.5 people per 100,000.

Marines Blown Up in 'Low-Risk' Location ; Jackal Occupants Suffered Multiple Injuries, Inquest Told

TWO Plymouth-based Royal Marines died from multiple blast injuries after a home-made Taliban mine exploded in a 'low-risk' area of Afghanistan. Marine Neil Dunstan and Marine Robert McKibben, both based at Stonehouse Barracks, died on November 12 last year when their Jackal vehicle drove over a mine pressure plate in the Garmsir district of southern Helmand.

Shop Boss Jailed , for Pounds 27 000 Theft ; Greengrocery Manager Was Living Beyond His Means

A GREENGROCERY manager who stole more than Pounds 27,000 because he was living beyond his means has been jailed at Plymouth Crown Court. Simon Cusden was manager of Stokes the Greengrocers in Tavistock, but abused his position by stealing Pounds 27,304 over a five-year period.

Boat Rally Visitors Will Witness Wedding

A COUPLE from Millbrook were today due to take centre-stage at the Plymouth Classic Boat Rally - by holding their wedding reception on board their boat. Les Arkell and fiancee Chrissie Bone, who usually live on board the pilot cutter in Southdown Marina in Millbrook, chose their special day to coincide with one of the busiest weekends of the tourism year in Plymouth.

Leisure Club Is Demolished ; Residents Complain About Work at Civil Service Site

A FORMER sports club has finally been reduced to rubble after standing unused for more than two years. Crews began demolition work on the Civil Service Sports Club, on Recreation Road, around three weeks ago.

Co-Op Chief to Chair City Chamber

THE chief executive of the Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society will become the new chairman of Plymouth Chamber of Commerce later this year. Douglas Fletcher will take over from the Chamber's current chairman, Mike Leece, in December.