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MBE for director at City College See back page
8,000 copies delivered in Compton, Crownhill and Manadon Global company plans expansion
Jobs boost as council sells land to firm
February 2015
Win a party for 12 children - see page 15
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE • DIAL THE EXPERTS • What’s On in the area • Community Job Shop
• Legally speaking • Local history feature • Cross Rhythms
ACTION AGAINST NUISANCE NEIGHBOUR - SEE P2 Vouchers on page 3
A business based in North Plymouth is set to expand and create more than 40 new jobs after Plymouth City Council sold a five acre plot of land to the company. FULL DETAILS ON PAGE 2
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Parents say: A casualty is transferred to road ambulance after the Search and Rescue helicopter landed at Bickleigh
Search and rescue (SAR) helicopters bound for Derriford hospital have landed at Bickleigh Barracks, in Plymouth, the home of 42 Commando Royal Marines, for the first time. The Plymouth based Royal Marines offered their football pitch as a landing site after the hospital lost the use of their previous site at the nearby University of St Mark & St John. The first landing took place in January when an RAF Rescue Sea King, from Chivenor based 22 Squadron (A Flight), landed to transfer a casualty from elsewhere to a waiting ambulance. Sea Kings are too large for the current landing site at the hospital and require an ambulance to transport casualties over the final leg of their journey. A £2 million plan was announced in
September to build a new helipad at the hospital which will be capable of handling the huge SAR helicopters. The regular SAR landings will be just another feature of daily life at the busy Bickleigh Barracks as marines there prepare to leave for imminent training exercises in the icy temperatures of northern Norway. 42 Commando Royal Marines are one of three deployable units which form the global reach of 3 Commando Brigade.
Have your say on the Plymouth Plan - see page 13
Latest news from Jeremiah’s Journey - see p9
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