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Plymouth rowers coast through to World Championship Finals

PLYMOUTH’S Mayflower Offshore Rowing Club is celebrating after taking part in the 2017 World Rowing Coastal Championship in France.

The event took place on Lake Geneva in Thonon le Baines and attracted hundreds of competitors and supporters.

Mayflower Offshore Rowing Club (MORC) entered five crews in four different categories – women’s quad sculls, women’s single sculls, two...

Crowne Plaza take home the trophy for The Best Hotel Accommodation in Plymouth at the City & Waterfront Awards!

Plymouth’s Crowne Plaza was named as ‘Best Hotel’ in the City and Waterfront Awards last night. The Hotel, formerly a Holiday Inn, has undergone a six-month transformation to become a Crowne Plaza, and with the refitting of its conference rooms, is nearing completion, bringing to an end the £5M makeover, which included the opening of a new Marco Pierre White steakhouse bar and grill on the top...

Military veteran is finalist in major national awards

British Army veteran, Gareth John, who has recently based his firm at Plymouth Science Park, has been shortlisted for a top accolade at the prestigious national BSI Resettlement Awards, being held in Manchester on Tuesday 31 October.

Gareth trained to be a surveyor when he was in the Army and saw two tours of duty in Afghanistan where he served with 6 Rifles and 23 Parachute Engineer...

New life-saving equipment installed on Plymouth Hoe

A new Defibrillator has been installed at the Liner Lookout Café on Plymouth Hoe, providing life-saving public access to support the safety of the general public.

The initiative to install the defibrillator device, supported by Plymouth Waterfront Partnership (PWP) and Plymouth City Council, was started by Liner Lookout Café owners Ann and David Morrish. A defibrillator is a machine...

William Prance Road to re-open westbound

William Prance Road will re-open westbound from the Brest Road roundabout to Tavistock Road on Wednesday 1 November, bringing welcome relief for local residents and businesses.

The first phase of works on this road is nearly complete and from Wednesday vehicles will be able to turn left onto Tavistock Road towards Crownhill or right towards Derriford Roundabout.

This will...

Plymouth Argyle 1 Rochdale 1: Match report

ARGYLE took their new-found habit of scoring first in games to extremes on their return to Home Park, with new-found goal-machine Joel Grant scoring after just 43 seconds.

Despite the early fillip, and another pleasing display, the Pilgrims had to settle for another valuable Sky Bet League One point after Matt Done leveled for away-day draw specialists Rochdale 12 minutes before half-...

Plymouth house builder turns pink for charity

David Thomas, the chief executive of five star housebuilder Barratt Homes, was on hand this week to lend his support to the company’s fundraising efforts for Wear it Pink Day.

The fundraiser, on Friday October 20, was part of Breast Cancer Now’s fundraising during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

He’s encouraging staff across the region to wear something pink on the day and...

Santa Claus is coming to town for Plymouth’s Christmas lights switch on!

Plymouth’s festive season will be launched on Thursday 16 November with the City Centre Christmas Lights Switch on with the biggest of all Christmas celebrities making a flying visit to switch on the lights, Santa Claus himself.

The hotly anticipated annual event, hosted this year by Heart Breakfast’s Matt and Victoria, will launch the Christmas countdown and mark the start of...

Be a part of next year's History Festival

The dates for the next Plymouth History Festival have been confirmed as Saturday 5 May to Sunday 3 June 2018 and local individuals and organisations are being encouraged to get planning!

This will be the sixth year in a row that the annual celebration of the city’s heritage has taken place, with a programme that usually includes a wide variety of exhibitions, displays, special events...

New initiative will help keep people with dementia safe

Carers and families of people living across Devon and Cornwall with dementia are being urged to participate in a new initiative which is being launched by Devon and Cornwall police in partnership with Plymouth City Council and Plymouth Dementia Alliance.

The Herbert Protocol is aimed at finding those who go missing quickly and safely.The Protocol encourages families, carers, friends or...

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