The Torbay Art Show are delighted to welcome George Davis back to Torquay Boy’s Grammar School to exhibit his bright contemporary works of art over the weekend of Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd March 2020.
A familiar name to many, George Davis worked in the school Art Department for 27 years, culminating as Head of Art. During his time at the helm, he oversaw the development and...
Amazon will open a new delivery station in Plymouth later this spring to meet increasing customer demand.
The new 6,000 square metre delivery station in Thornbury Road, Estover, will replace the current operation in Broadley Park Road which opened last summer as a temporary facility while Amazon secured a site to meet its longer-term needs.
When Cotehele House and Cotehele Mill re-open on Saturday 7 March after their winter conservation care, visitors to the National Trust estate near Saltash will notice lots of changes.
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower, a new collections trail, Tide and Time, highlights the transatlantic connections of items through the house, reflecting on English...
The Lab is a creative space in the heart of Theatre Royal Plymouth for developing and showcasing exciting new talent. Local young people and communities, as well as emerging and professional artists using it as a space to meet, experiment and discover, whilst creating and sharing their work.
This Springs season is set to be a special mix of performances with something for everyone....
Prospective patients are travelling to Bristol from as far as Plymouth, Cardiff and Birmingham to attend free advice clinics for people who are having problems getting pregnant, the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) reports.
The clinic, which has the highest success rate in the South West for IVF, is now holding free advice clinics every fortnight.
Hauley Masonic Chapter of Dartmouth chose Dart Trekkers as a local organisation to support by donating £500 which will allow young people in Dartmouth to experience outdoor activities and training, which will eventually enable them to take part in the Ten Tors Race on Dartmoor. Some of this donation is already earmarked for training in the Brecon Beacons in February.
The Box has secured two new sponsorship deals with Babcock and Plymouth Citybus.
Babcock has signed up as the venue’s first Corporate Gallery Partner, while Plymouth Citybus has become its first Figureheads Sponsor.
Babcock’s sponsorship is for the ‘Port of Plymouth’ gallery. Spread across two rooms, the gallery highlights Plymouth’s development from the Bronze Age to the...
Taylor Wimpey Exeter is encouraging buyers to start a positive cycle this year, by teaming up with Plymouth business The Bike Cellar to offer a 15% discount on new bikes to those who make a reservation at the Sherford development.
Customers who reserve a property before the end of 2020 will receive a voucher for 15% off a new bicycle at The Bike Cellar in their reservation pack*....
A short film by Kidney Research UK about the impact medical research has had on the lives of people with a rare kidney condition has been shortlisted in the 2020 Charity Film Awards. Shortlisted from 400 applicants the film, ‘Saving Lives – how genetics research changed the future for people with aHUS’, tells the story of Ros, a 27 year old farrier from North Devon who received life-saving...
Keepers at Paignton Zoo saved scores of animals after recent storms damaged a key building.
High winds ripped open a 36-metre-long air vent in the roof of Reptile Tropics at around 7.30 one morning, exposing vulnerable animals, plants and electrics. Staff rushed to save lizards, snakes, turtles, iguanas, chameleons and geckos as the temperature in the building dropped. Meanwhile,...
