People across Plymouth are being urged to pledge to go red for HIV Testing Week (21-30 November 2015) and World AIDS Day (1 December 2015)
The Eddystone Trust, the local HIV and sexual health charity, Plymouth City Council which is the strategic lead for Public Health in the city, and Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, which provides GUM services and sexual health screening have joined...
Frankie has written this new set not to tour, but as a response to Kendrick Lamar's last album. After these stand-up performances the ball will very much be in Kendrick's court.
Come witness this harrowing onstage breakdown at Plymouth Pailions on Friday 5 February 2016.
“'Black-hearted brilliance…the chance to see him at close quarters is not to be missed' Guardian
Children from a number of Plymouth schools, community groups and business leaders will join a lantern parade as part of the Illuminate and Thanksgiving event being held on Thursday 26 November.
The event, which is organised by Plymouth Mayflower 400 Leadership Group, Plymouth City Council and Plymouth Waterfront Partnership, commemorates the Pilgrim’s voyage to the New World and...
Arrests of children by Devon and Cornwall Police have fallen by 64 per cent in the last four years, data obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal today (Monday 23 November).
Research by the charity has found that the number of arrests in Devon and Cornwall dropped from 4,132 in 2010 to 1,470 in 2014.
The figures confirm the continued success of a long-running...
The clock will soon be ticking on one of Plymouth’s landmarks.
Repair works are currently being carried out to Derry’s Clock, which takes pride of place in recently completed landscaped work behind the Theatre Royal.
Getting the clock working is the final piece of work being carried out as part of the public space improvements that has transformed the whole area between the...
Plymouth’s historic Mayflower Steps will be permanently in the spotlight, thanks to new lights which will be switched on for the first time as part of the city’s Thanksgiving celebrations.
The monument, which commemorates the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers to America where they helped found a nation, will be lit up and will be switched on by Council Leader Tudor Evans.
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has been highly commended in a prestigious national competition for the work it has done to maximise clinical research activity across the region.
Clinical research is the way that doctors gather evidence about new treatments, in order to improve patient care in the NHS. Most NHS organisations do some level of research, but there is a national drive to...
It’s easy to assume that domestic abuse is an issue that only affects partners or ex-partners within a relationship. However, an increasingly more common form of abuse, with potentially devastating results, is set to challenge those inherent beliefs.
Since 2011, in Devon alone, there have been two domestic homicide cases where the murderer is in fact the victim’s child. The child in...
Staff at Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust's Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) clinic will be supporting National HIV Testing Week next week, by holding drop in clinics between 08.00 and 16.00, from Monday 23 to Friday 27 November, which will offer members of the public a free HIV test, which produces results within 20 minutes.
National HIV Testing Week raises awareness of the importance of HIV...
A slice of nostalgia is set to hit Plymouth this week with the opening of Popworld.
Located on the city’s famous Union Street, the venue has received an investment of over £250,000.
Known for championing all our guilty pleasures, Popworld has forged a legendary status across the UK for providing memorable nights out filled with fun, laughter and the best pop tunes in town. Now...
