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Bond Dickinson apprentice shortlisted to Regional Apprentice of the Year

Florence Lungu from Bond Dickinson's Plymouth office, has been shortlisted by the National Apprenticeship Service for the Regional Advanced Apprentice of the Year Award 2017.

Organised by the National Apprenticeship Service, the awards are now in their 14th year and help to showcase apprentices across the UK who have made a substantial contribution to their workplaces. The awards...

Arts, Heritage & Tourism Minister visits Plymouth and the Mayflower 400 Team

New Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, John Glen, visited Plymouth and the Mayflower 400 team on Monday, 14 August 2017.

The Minister’s visit recognises the importance of the 2020 Mayflower commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower Pilgrims’ historic journey across the Atlantic, and the celebration of Plymouth as Britain’s Ocean City.

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Marketing agency creates strong business

Increasing its turnover by a staggering 71% in less than a year is allowing The Creative Marketing Agency to expand staff numbers and increase its premises to include offices in Torbay – alongside its existing presence at Plymouth Science Park.

The company’s Founder and Director, Michelle Roberts, puts her remarkable success in increasing her turnover rates down to the incredible work...

Projects to update three libraries to get underway

Plymouth’s plan to transform and modernise its libraries is getting into gear with funding for the first set of improvement projects now approved.

Meeting spaces are to be created in three existing libraries at Crownhill, Devonport and Southway so that the buildings can host a wider range of events to encourage people to use libraries as places to socialise and improve their health and...

Poppies: Wave volunteers needed

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is calling on local people to become volunteers at Poppies: Wave, which will open at the CWGC Plymouth Naval Memorial this month.

The sculpture by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper is specially presented by 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts organisation for the First World War centenary, and volunteers are needed to help visitors make the...

Crumbling stone pineapples to come down from Charles Church

Four giant stone pineapples – each weighing around a tonne – are to be taken down from the Charles Church tower as part of a maintenance project that’s now started on the important Grade I listed Plymouth monument.

Contractors have set up on site of the church which is the city’s memorial to those who lost their lives in the Blitz.

And they will be working on a project designed...

Obesity crisis: Over 600 young people have type 2 diabetes

More than 600 children and teenagers are being treated for a type of diabetes normally only seen in adults aged over 40 – an increase of 14 per cent in a year – which reinforces the need for urgent action on obesity, councils warn today.

The Local Government Association, which represents more than 370 councils in England and Wales, says the continuing rise in cases of Type 2 diabetes...

Plymouth Argyle 2 Charlton Athletic 0: Match report

THE return of Sky Bet League One football to Home Park was celebrated in doubly exuberant style by Jake Jervis, on his 101st appearance as a Pilgrim.

In his first century of games, Jervis had notched 27 goals. He began life after 100 with a second-half brace to earn Argyle their first points of the season.

Jervis flicked home close range early in the second period, before...

Work on new Plymouth school set to start

Work on a new primary school in Plymouth is set to start before the end of the year – months ahead of schedule.

Persimmon Homes Cornwall has agreed to build a multi-million pound, state-of-the-art school as part of its Saltram Meadow development in Plymstock.

Construction work on the two-form entry school was due to commence on completion of the 900th house at Satram Meadow –...

Police appeal for witnesses after Motorcyclist injured in serious collision

Police are appealing for witnesses to a single-vehicle collision at Lee Moor, Plymouth, on Thursday 10 August, which left a motorcyclist with life-changing injuries.

Emergency services were called at 6.15pm after the collision involving a red Yamaha motorcycle on the B3417.

The rider, a 20-year-old man from Plymouth, suffered life-changing spinal injuries and was taken to...

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