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Former Plymouth School Leader Martin Brook Shortlisted for National Lifetime Achievement Award

Lipson Co-operative Academ y, part of the Ted Wragg Trust , is proud to announce that former headteacher Martin Brook has been shortlisted for the Lifetime Achievement Award in the prestigious Pearson National Teaching Awards 2026.

This national recognition celebrates Martin’s...

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Dive into the Easter at the National Marine Aquarium

The National Marine Aquarium (NMA) in Plymouth will be the only aquarium in the UK to allow its visitors to talk to the divers in its tanks, as part of a brand new interactive Dive Show during the Easter holidays. The new technology will see the divers communicate with each other, as well as the audience for a fully interactive experience.

Throughout the Easter holidays (6-23 April),...

Partners launch Plymouth’s first specialist wellbeing hub

Partners in Plymouth have launched the city’s first Specialist Wellbeing Hub at the Cumberland Centre.

Although the new hub is the fourth wellbeing hub in the city it will be the first of two specialist wellbeing hubs which will benefit from additional services over and above what is available in Plymouth’s existing hubs.

Services at the hub will be provided by Livewell...

Friends support The Box’s Native American art commission

The Friends of Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery (FPCMAG) have donated £2500 to The Box for its first-ever work by a Native American artist.

The funding is for a ceramic cooking pot based on the historic designs that would have been used inside traditional Wampanoag dwellings in the 1600s.

The pot will be one of the many items on display in The Box’s ‘Mayflower 400: Legend...

National award for Plymouth anaesthetist

Dr Antonio Martin, Anaesthetic Lead at Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre in Plymouth, has won a national award.

Antonio was hailed as Medical Professional of the Year at the annual Care UK Health Care Awards. Care UK is the biggest independent provider of health care services in the country. Its healthcare services include treatment centres, 111, GP practices, NHS Urgent Treatment Centres...

New easy read guide helps people with learning disabilities to vote

An easy read guide for voters with a learning disability has been launched by the Electoral Commission and Mencap, a charity which works with people with a learning disability. The guide has been designed to help those with a learning disability understand how to register and vote in the local elections on Thursday 2 May.

The Commission estimates that 1 in 4 people with a learning...

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Viaduct works to begin in May

Major road improvement works to support some of Plymouth City Centre’s most exciting developments will begin this Spring.

Shoppers and visitors are being urged to try new routes into the city centre from 13 May when work begins on the viaduct – Exeter Street – the road between the new Drake Leisure complex and Drake Circus.

Maintenance and improvement work for this 140-metre...

Solar panels for Council buildings

More Council-owned buildings look set to have solar panels installed as the city continues its drive to cut carbon and create clean renewable energy.

The Box, Ballard House, Prince Rock Depot and Chelson Meadow are the latest buildings to be earmarked for installations that could help the Council cut its carbon emissions by up to 200 tonnes a year.

The solar panels will...

Exciting programme planned for Plymouth Armed Forces Day

The exciting programme is planned for this year’s Plymouth Armed Forces Day, in association with Babcock.

An official launch event saw members of 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery abseil down the walls of the Royal Citadel, carrying the Armed Forces Day flag, which was then presented to the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor Sam Davey.

Lieutenant Colonel Mark Dornan RA, who...

Police and pubs in Plymouth are now #SpikeAware

For the first time in the UK, police and pubs are working together to trial an innovative new approach to tackle the growing issue of drink spiking in bars and pubs.

The pilot will be run in association with Best Bar None and local bars in Plymouth, and will see bars supplied with drink testing kits so that they can test drinks onsite within a very short space of time. Response...