Easter

A scuba diving Easter Bunny will be the star of the show at Living Coasts this Easter.

On Saturday 12th April the Easter Bunny will swim with the penguins at Torquay’s coastal zoo.

Visitors could win prizes in a unique game of pebble bingo. Meanwhile, the penguins will receive their own Easter treats in the form of fish.

Living Coasts’ Clare Rugg explained: “We wanted...

Families in St Budeaux and the surrounding areas are being invited to celebrate a new garden in an extremely popular children's centre with Easter fun and games.

Tamar FOLK children's centre is holding an Easter event on Wednesday 16 April from 10am until 2pm to take advantage of its gorgeous new garden for 0 to five year olds and their parents.

The day is free and will include...

Libraries will be keeping children entertained this Easter holiday with an egg-citing ensemble of free music-themed activities.

‘Make Music’ is inspired by the iOrchestra events being brought to Plymouth by the Philharmonia Orchestra later this month and will include stories, crafts, film shows and live performances.

Local musicians funded by the iOrchestra project will be...

A Plymouth marketing and advertising agency has donated an egg-stra special gift to the city’s food bank in the run up to Easter. Rather than buying Easter eggs, the nine employees at Sigma Marketing and Advertising based in Cremyll Street, decided to hold a collection. They raised £50 and decided to donate it to Plymouth Foodbank, based in Manor Street, Stonehouse. The money will go towards...

Easter is on its way and as usual there are a number of hands-on, creative events for children (and their grown-ups) to get stuck into at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery.

Activities begin with some ‘Eggstra Special’ art and craft sessions on Saturday 30 March, where people will get the chance to make an Easter chick in a basket as well as some other seasonal keepsakes. The 60-...

“Watch out for bikes” is the message from Devon County Council as Spring approaches and the clocks go forward on Sunday (31 March).

Devon County Council is supporting the national THINK! campaign, which encourages drivers to take longer to look for motorcyclists.

The number of bikers on the county’s roads always increases as the weather improves, and motorists are being urged...

Easter is on the doorstep, birds are nesting, some have already laid eggs, and the national campaign to protect them is now underway.

A new element to this year’s operation will target those who take the eggs or chicks of birds of prey, to sell to illegal falconries.

Collecting wild birds’ eggs is illegal and no longer just a schoolboy hobby. The police say it remains the...

Plymouth City Council are inviting families to become mini-explorers this Easter with a series of free and exciting nature activities that have nothing to do with eggs!

Budding young explorers can enjoy woodland walks and seashore safaris with their parents or carers on lots of dates and various locations across Plymouth courtesy of Stepping Stones to Nature.

Learn to spot and...

Plymouth City Council are reminding residents that bins need to be out on the right day over the Easter period or they will not be collected.

There will be changes to the usual collection days to take into account bank holiday arrangements.

Services will not be affected on the week beginning 25 March, but the following week, both the normal household and recycling collections...

Renewed National Bus Passes will be issued across Devon from next month. Devon County Council is re-issuing around 175,000 passes direct to registered addresses in the county without residents needing to re-apply, ahead of the deadline of 31 March.

The County Council has been promoting a campaign since March 2012, encouraging residents to contact Devon County Council if the...