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Last chance to sign up for Half Marathon

Organisers of Plymouth’s Half Marathon, GO2, are urging runners not to leave it until the last minute to sign up for this year’s race, with less than one week left to secure their place with entries set to close at midnight on Monday 23rd March!

The event has already attracted a phenomenal level of interest, breaking records within the first 24 hours of entries opening, and securing...

Plymouth City Council respond to today's budget

Plymouth City Council has considered the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Budget announcement today and this is the initial response.

The best news for Plymouth is the Enterprise Zone for Devonport which, while very welcome, is the result of long term lobbying by Plymouth City Council and its partners.

On other matters announced in the budget, there is more of a mixed response....

Team spread the word against loan sharks

The England Illegal Money Lending Team will be at sites in Plymouth all week, working in partnership with Plymouth City Council. The Council recently launched its ‘Say no to Fishy Finance’ campaign in partnership with the National Marine Aquarium and the national team.

The visit to Plymouth forms part of the national team’s month of action on ‘Young People and Money.’

Young...

Plymouth turns the spotlight on child sexual exploitation

Plymouth City Council is asking people to pledge to make a difference on National Child Sexual Exploitation Day today (Wednesday 18 March).

Plymouth’s Safeguarding Children’s Board has joined forces with the Council’s Youth Services team, NSPCC and Barnardos to launch a public pledge for action by asking everyone to consider the warning signs of sexual exploitation and reporting them...

Video game to help islanders understand volcano's power

The inhabitants of a Caribbean island will soon be able to learn more about the volcano which towers over their homes thanks to a videogame created at Plymouth University.

La Soufrière, perched on the northern edge of St Vincent, last erupted in 1979 while its most deadly blast was in 1902 when 1,500 people lost their lives.

Now volcanologists in Plymouth have developed a new...

Plym Estuary beach clean

The National Trust at Saltram has run its first beach cleaning event in the Plym Estuary to mark the launch of its 2015 South West Coastal Festival. Forty-two students from the Plymouth International Maritime & Shipping Student Society joined regular visitors and volunteers to pick litter from Saltram Beach and the surrounding coastal fringe.

This year is the 50th Anniversary of...

Teen Tom wins custom bike

Teenager Tom Gardner from Tavistock in Devon has won a bike designed to his own specifications from the charity Jole Rider based in Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

The first Bike Draw organised by the education charity, one of the UK’s largest bicycle recycling organisations, raised over £1000. The money will go to Jole Rider‘s Bikes4Africa programme and will be used to deliver bikes to...

Extra funding for Plymouth children

More than 970 children from low income families in Plymouth attending Early Years providers will be able to take advantage of the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) from this April.

It was announced last June by the government that the new EYPP worth £300 per pupil, would help narrow the attainment gap between young children from low-income families and their peers.

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Police appeal for witnesses after altercation

At approximately 9.25am on Tuesday 10th March, an altercation took place between the driver of red taxi and a male pedestrian at the city bound traffic lights of North Hill and North Road East, Plymouth.

It is believed that a pedestrian walked in front a queue of traffic which was waiting to turn into North Road East and an argument ensued, resulting in the pedestrian pulling a chisel...

England Rugby needs your voice!

“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Coming for to carry me home.”

There’s no better sound than the English rugby anthem reverberating around a packed Twickenham.

And now you can record your own rendition of the English rugby classic and be in with a chance of featuring on the official England Rugby single for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Lending a voice to support England is the...

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