Lifestyle

Good Food Market and Pennywell Farm Roadshow

August’s Good Food Market at Royal William Yard, Plymouth, will take place this Sunday 2nd August.

The market will feature the finest local artisan produce from across the South West, and as a special summer treat for all the family, the event will also see the return of Pennywell Farm to Royal William Yard with Pennywell’s Pigs and Rabbits Roadshow.

The award-winning family...

Plymouth to host first 'White T-Shirt' Day

On the 15th August Plymouth City Centre will play host to the city’s first White T-shirt day, which aims to raise vital funds for Derriford Hospitals’ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Shops and businesses across the city centre will come together wearing plain white T-shirts to work on the 15th August – each donating £1 to NICU.

Volunteer business across the city, Plymouth’s “High...

Special visitors attend Enid Blyton exhibition

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery welcomed some very special visitors to its ‘Mystery, Magic and Midnight Feasts: The Many Adventures of Enid Blyton’ exhibition recently, when the late author’s granddaughter and great-grandchildren popped in to look around the show.

Sara Lane, who lives in Cornwall, her elder children Dominic and Georgina and her youngest son Jeremy, who attends...

Plymouth Live Music Night returns

Live Music Night returns this week live and loud!

Head to the Piazza this Friday (31 July) to round off July with another cracking free night of music for this month’s Live Music Night.

Four fantastic local artists will be taking to the stage and getting you up on your feet from 6.30pm, including Chay Snowdon, Alex Hart, Propeller and Joker. There will also be plenty of food...

Glazebrook House raises over £2,000 for Devon Air Ambulance

South Devon’s Glazebrook House Hotel’s utterly outstanding Alice in Wonderland charity event earlier this month was a resounding success. The creative and imaginative team at the Glazebrook raised £2,057 for their chosen charity, the inspirational Devon Air Ambulance Trust.

Talking on the event, owner of the Glazebrook, Pieter Hamman, says: “As a hotel we are lucky to be based in an...

New fleet of trains to bring better journeys to the South West

Rail passengers are set to benefit from better and faster journeys after the government gave the go-ahead for a brand new fleet of trains running between London and Cornwall.

The deal will allow First Great Western to buy 29 new long-distance trains to serve the South West from 2018.

The state-of-the-art trains will have up to 24% more seats compared to the majority of the...

Don't panic over confirmation and clearing at Plymouth University

Prospective students receiving A-level results this summer will be guided through the Confirmation and Clearing process by trained advisers at Plymouth University.

Thousands of applicants will receive their grades on Thursday 13 August and call the University’s special hotline to confirm their place or find out about spaces still available in September.

They will get through to...

Things to see, things to make, things to eat…

There’s a lot going on at Living Coasts this summer. Torquay’s coastal zoo is small but full of stuff to see, do and enjoy. And some of the enjoyment involves eating cake…

In addition to the usual timetable of feeding time talks about penguins, seals, otters and other species, there will be extra activities on most days through the summer. The theme for the season is Dive and Flight,...

Ed Byrne brings new show to Plymouth

That bloke. You know. The Irish guy. No, not the bald one. The other one. You know him. The one Carol from work really likes. Wait, that might be Jason Byrne. Anyway. Funny chap.

Has a new show and he’s bringing it to Plymouth Pavilions in May 2016.

Tickets go on sale on Friday July 31 at 10am and are available from www.plymouthpavilions.com or by calling Box Office on 0845 146...

Fun for all at 38th Dartmoor Folk Festival

The Dartmoor Folk Festival is one of the top family-friendly folk events in the South West.

It provides the perfect opportunity to catch bright new folk acts, high-calibre national and local artists and established performers, all in the foothills of Dartmoor.

Festival events and activities are suitable for all ages, and there is a hugely-successful dedicated children's...

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