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New Acts Announced for Plymouth's Weekend of Wonders

Get ready to be amazed. New amazing acts have been announced for Royal William Yard's epic Weekend of Wonders on September 16 and 17 from 10am – 8pm.

Covent Garden’s Felicity Footloose will wow audiences as she juggles knives upside down, dances and performs daredevil acrobatics to an 80’s sound track.

Matt Pangs Fantabulous Contraption Show and the amazing slack rope artist...

Free mini makeovers courtesy of Plymouth students

As part of the Fashion in the City event – between September 9 and 17 – students from City College Plymouth and staff from Stars Salon – will be offering a range of completely free beauty treatments.

From mini manicures to dry hair styling, make-up tips to beauty consultations, they will be on hand to make sure everyone who arrives turns heads when they leave.

The Beauty...

ID Fashion announces super cool fashion show in Plymouth

Fashion fans are in for a treat this Autumn as Royal William Yard's leading fashion boutique, IDFashion stages its Autumn fashion event at Royal William Yard - in partnership with Plymouth Ladies Charity Club - which is set to be bigger and better than ever.

The event will feature a stunning collection of over 50 beautiful and unique designer looks, created by the ID design team,...

Teens have talent but creativity crumbles with age

Seventeen-years-old is the age when our creativity peaks, according to a survey out today by BIC®, the leading stationery brand in Europe , similarly those in Plymouth think that their creativity also peaks at 17-years-old. After this, British adults let their creativity die with a staggering 63% of over 30s claiming their talents have fallen by the wayside.

However, of those surveyed...

Plymouth’s Stylish Students Gear Up For This Year’s Fabulous Fashion In The City

Students from Plymouth College of Art have been working hard behind the scenes to make this year’s Fashion in the City the most stylish yet.

The budding fashionistas are putting the finishing touches to their designs, which will be shown at the on-trend Autumn/Winter catwalk shows, which last year attracted more than 25,000 people.

The students have been involved in every...

All-female crew return to Plymouth to finish pioneering journey Round Britain

A pioneering Round Britain sailing expedition will come to its end in Plymouth, back in Sutton Harbour where the boat set sail on 8th August.

The eXXpedition Round Britain sail this summer saw a diverse group of women sample the UK’s waters for plastic pollution and run awareness-raising events along the beautiful British coastline. The female crew members included scientists, students...

Planning application on historic house submitted

Preparations to make one of the oldest properties in Plymouth ready to play its part in the Mayflower commemorations look set to get underway in the Autumn.

Plymouth City Council has submitted a listed building application for a detailed structural condition investigation to be carried out on the Elizabethan House.

The application asks to carefully remove all internal finishes...

Mass open water swim to raise tens of thousands for charity

One of the UK’s most scenic and popular open water swims, which is also becoming a major charity fundraising event, enters its eighth year when it takes place on the river Dart in September.

The Dart 10K was the first swim of its kind on the open water calendar and quickly grew from 200 swimmers taking part to 1,600 over two days.

It now raises tens of thousands of pounds for...

Trio cycle to Paris to raise money for a swimming pool

Two brothers and their best friend are planning to cycle from London to Paris to raise money for a swimming pool for young people with learning difficulties and disabilities.

Elliot and Max Pettifer, along with their life-long friend Matthew Weston, have nicknamed themselves the Reliant Robins and will take on the gruelling 300-mile sponsored bike ride this Sunday 3rd September....

WW1 nurse given CWGC headstone more than 100 years after death

A special ceremony will take place on Wednesday, September 6 at Ford Park Cemetery for a World War One nurse who has been given a Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s headstone more than 100 years after her death.

Nurse Olive Bennett of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) died on October 30, 1916, but her death was never recorded as a casualty of war and she was therefore not given a...

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