Lifestyle

Plymouth's future appears to be in safe hands as the next generation of planners have proved.

The Council's planning services ran a competition for school pupils to come up with an imaginative design proposal for North Cross near the railway station.

Currently a roundabout for pedestrians and cyclists between the city centre and the station, the competition was aimed to get...

The Retreat Care Home in Plymstock is opening its doors on Saturday 27 July and inviting the local community to come and join them for their annual Garden Party.

Tying in with resident Win Bartlett’s 107th birthday, which takes place on Tuesday 30 July, the garden party will be a day of celebration with music by local band Poslips, a number of different stalls, a raffle and a bird...

Plans are being drawn up to refurbish play parks and open spaces, create a multi-use games area and a skate park for Whitleigh.

Local residents have been working co-operatively with Plymouth City Council and the Whitleigh Partnership to bring together ideas for how to spend a million pounds. The grant from the Big Lottery Fund has to be used to fund resident led and sustainable...

A 3,500-mile relay designed to raise funds for the Boston Marathon bombing victims has finished amid emotional scenes at the marathon’s own finish line.

More than 650 people joined the final leg of One Run for Boston, including survivors of the bombings which rocked the finish of the marathon on Monday 15 April, and many who were unable to complete the event because of the tragic...