Lifestyle

Final bell for picking primary and junior places

Time is ticking for parents to choose which schools they would most like their children to attend in 2014.

Families whose children are due to start at primary school for the first time or junior school (having completed Year 2 in an infant school) in September 2014 have just seven days left to tell the Council which three schools are their top choices.

The deadline for primary...

Derriford doctors prepare for mighty 150km Arctic run

Three military junior doctors from Derriford Hospital will face a challenge of a lifetime next month when they take part in the Arctic Winter Race, Rovaniemi 150.

Next month, representing all three of the armed services, Flight Lieutenant Michael Thompson, Surgeon Lieutenant Alex Bamford and Captain George Graham, will travel to Lapland to take part in the gruelling challenge, which...

Beware cowboy builders taking advantage in flood-hit areas

Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service is warning people affected by the recent floods to be aware of rogue traders and cowboy builders.

Previous floods and severe weather in the UK have seen rogue traders offering a range of flood and damage recovery services as well as tarmacking, driveway cleaning, roof cleaning, guttering and garden maintenance.

Devon and Somerset...

Cool and intelligent? Must be a cyclist

Study reveals what those in the South West really think of the Lycra-clad

Brits consider cyclists to be 13 per cent more intelligent, 13 per cent cooler and ten per cent more charitable than the average person, according to research commissioned by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) on the launch of their 39th London to Brighton Bike Ride which raises vital funds to fund research to...

Are women still purchasing magazines in print?

A Plymouth student is investigating whether women still purchase glossy magazines in print.

Caitlin Green, who is studying journalism at the University of St Mark and St John, is researching whether women still buy their glossy magazines in print or if they are now downloading them on devices such as Ipads and e readers.

Caitlin is urging the people of Devon to get involved...

Shop online and help your favourite Plymouth charities

Shop online in 2014 with Care2Save.co.uk this year, and help create a significant new income stream for Plymouth-based local charities such as St Luke’s Hospice, The Eddystone Trust and Tomorrow's People Trust without spending a single extra penny.

Thanks to the revolutionary and rapidly-expanding ethical finance one-stop-shop charity, Care2Save.co.uk, shoppers can now buy online with...

Open call to Plymouth artists

Plymouth artists are once again being given the chance to showcase their work in an exhibition at the Council House.

Applications are being invited from artists living and practicing in the city and will be selected by a panel of councillors, senior HE Arts specialists and Council Arts and Heritage staff.

Cabinet member for Co-operatives and Community Development, Councillor...

New eating disorder guide for schools

Schools in Plymouth have been issued with new guidance to help spot young people with eating disorders and support families coping with the condition.

Plymouth City Council recently distributed new guidance to help raise awareness of the issue of eating disorders and to detail what action teaching and support staff can take to help students.

The guidance recommends schools have...

Bigger team to tackle rogue landlords in Plymouth

Plymouth’s expanding its team to get tougher with rogue landlords in the city and improve support for tenants.

£68,000 of funding has been awarded to the City Council by the Department for Communities and Local Government. A new support worker will be recruited to help tenants who are suffering at the hands of unscrupulous landlords and the inspection programme will be extended....

Plymouth University's first female robot footballer to receive a makeover as part of Engineering Education Scheme

A team of year 12 students from Plymouth High School for Girls have been tasked with giving Plymouth University’s star robot footballer Eva a makeover, as part of a national effort to engage more young people in the engineering profession.

Plymouth University set the challenge as part of its involvement with the Engineering Development Trust (EDT) who organise the nationally-run...

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