Local News

When kids go home, adults Go Ape this summer!

Go Ape Haldon are launching adults-only sessions for the first time this summer. So you can swear up a storm all the way down the zipline guilt free (guessing that happens a lot).

Landing just in time for VAT Summer, where you can save 15% across Go Ape locations until 1st September...

Full story

New temporary car park in West End

Shoppers and visitors will be able to park in a new temporary car park in the West End of Plymouth just in time for Christmas shopping.

Contractors are installing ticket machines and road markings for 115 spaces on the site of the now demolished Mayflower multi-storey car park.

The temporary car park will be available until work on the new coach station gets underway and it is...

Tags:

car park

Plymouth

west end

drakes circus

leisure

Devonport Emergency Notification System testing

Plymouth City Council will be testing its Emergency Notification System next week (commencing 17 November).

The system, which was introduced in Plymouth in 2006, is a free text messaging service for residents living near the Devonport Site – ‘The Dockyard’. In the unlikely event of a nuclear emergency at the site, people who have registered for the service would receive a phone message...

Tags:

Devonport

emergency

City College Plymouth Opens St Luke’s Retail Outlet

City College Plymouth, in partnership with St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth has recently opened a new retail outlet in the main reception area at the College’s Kings Road site.

The shop is open to the public and is selling a range of clothes and accessories in order to raise funds for the local charity. All the profits from the shops go directly to the Hospice and is open Monday to Wednesday...

Tags:

st lukes hospice

college

Plymouth

Studying links between EL and delinquency

Young women with high levels of emotional intelligence (EI) are far more likely to engage in delinquency than their male counterparts, and those with apparently lower ability to regulate their emotions.

The “surprising and unprecedented result” was generated in a study by psychologists at Plymouth University, which aimed to further investigate well-documented associations between...

Evie's 'future invention' is a winner

To mark its 25th anniversary in August 2014, the UK’s largest independent furniture retailer Furniture Village ( www.furniturevillage.co.uk ) teamed-up with the UK’s most popular parenting website, Netmums ( www.netmums.com ), to devise a competition where children had the opportunity to design a future invention. With over 700 entries during 4 weeks, 8 children were selected as winners (2...

Tags:

evie robot

Furniture Village

Plymouth

Know your rights event for carers

Carers in Plymouth are being invited to an event to raise awareness of their rights.

Every year, more than 2 million people in the UK become carers. It is estimated that up to 29,000 of these support someone in Plymouth. Many struggle to navigate the maze of services and entitlements, and miss out on financial and practical support. This includes people who may have been caring for...

Tags:

Pupils encouraged to take on half marathon

Schools across Plymouth are being invited to take part in Plymouth’s Half Marathon Schools’ Challenge in 2015, to be staged alongside the popular South West running event on Sunday 19th April.

The 12 week programme will encourage pupils to complete the equivalent of a mile a week in the lead up to Plymouth’s Half Marathon. They will then complete their final mile on race day to make up...

Tags:

Two arrested in 'courier fraud' probe

Zephyr, the south west’s regional organised crime unit, has made arrests in Scotland as part of its ongoing probe into courier fraud.

Detectives from Zephyr were joined by officers from Police Scotland to execute search warrants on properties in the Castlemilk and Crosshill areas of the city of Glasgow.

They are the first arrests made north of the border and follow arrests...

Tags:

Witness sought after Plymouth assault

Police are trying to trace a witness who may be able to assist police after a woman was assaulted in Plymouth.

Two men were following two women from the St Andrews Cross post office, towards the subway to Bretonside bus station between 00.10am and 00.30am on Sunday 12 October when one of the men made a racist comment about the women.

The men were challenged by the women and the...

Tags:

Patients share their experience over a cuppa

On Friday 7 November, Derriford Hospital's first ‘Tea with Matron’ took place, which had a Remembrance theme in honour of the First World War Centenary.

All patients, carers and staff on Wolf, Stonehouse and Hound ward were invited to attend, allowing them to share their experiences with the matrons across these wards.

The aim was to allow patients and carers to give an example...

Tags:

derriford hosptial

Plymouth