Lifestyle

Are you a smoker and could you give up smoking for a whole month?

Next month is Stoptober and people across Plymouth are being urged to take the challenge to quit smoking throughout October.

In Plymouth, smoking rates have fallen by almost 4% in the past four years, down to a rate where around 1 in 5 people currently smoke. Although still higher than England (16.9%) and Devon...

Building work on the new state-of-the-art Performing Arts Centre at Plympton Academy is now underway.

The first part of the build, following the foundation work, is the massive steel frame.

This new building will have music classrooms, practice rooms, recording studio, drama studios and a new performance space.

“The vision is for the facilities to be used in conjunction...

Plymouth is a great place to be. It has so many interesting spots to visit, from the Plymouth Hoe and Burrator Reservoir to the Theatre Royal and its great shows. Whether you live in Plymouth or are just visiting, you will have a lot of things to do most of the time.

Plymouth offers so much more than that though. There are some unique experiences and unusual things to do, all of them...

Liz Curry, 60, from Plymouth, has won the regional Outstanding Individual award for South West England as part of the Festival of Learning. The Festival of Learning Awards showcase and celebrate the wonderful things that individuals, families, communities and employers can achieve through learning. The Festival of Learning is part-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF), which focuses on...