Plymouth

Stagecoach wants your views on bus services

Stagecoach is asking customers for their views on key sections of its 2/2A/2B bus route which serves Mount Batten, Hooe, Plymstock, St Budeaux and Saltash.

The request for feedback follows changes made from 3 September that increased frequencies in the Plymstock area.

The company wish to hear whether residents of Hooe and Mount Batten prefer having a through link to Plymouth...

SW contribution to Britain's biggest warships recognised

Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has recognised the vital contribution that businesses of all sizes from across the South West have made to the construction of the Royal Navy’s largest ever ships.

HMS Queen Elizabeth, the nation’s future flagship and the first of Britain’s two new 65,000 tonne aircraft carriers, will be formally commissioned into the Royal Navy by Her Majesty the...

Project SEARCH Derriford wins another top award

A supported employment internship programme, based at Derriford Hospital, which assists young adults with learning disabilities to gain paid employment, has won another award to add to its collection.

The award recognised the achievement of 72% of Project SEARCH graduate interns gaining full time paid employment during the academic year.

The Project, now in its eighth year, is...

Tudor Christmas comes to Buckland Abbey

Step back in time and experience an Elizabethan style Christmas at Buckland Abbey between Friday 1 December and Tuesday 2 January. With cooking in the kitchen, festive dancing in the great hall and the traditional Lord of Misrule causing mischief throughout – it’s a festive experience not to be missed.

Under a canopy of stars created by school children from St Andrew's Primary at...

Drake Circus retailers to support Sensory Hour

Plymouth retailers are to introduce a regular adapted shopping event to support customers living with autism and dementia.

Businesses and shops in the South West's leading shopping centre Drake Circus are to follow National Autistic Society (NAS) Autism Hour guidelines and combine them with dementia-friendly shopping to create a regular Sensory Hour for shoppers.

Following on...

Plympton Academy has its own defibrillator thanks to local charity

Plympton Academy now has its own defibrillator thanks to a local charity.

HeartSWell South West is a registered charity committed to supporting heart patients, their partners and carers across the Westcountry, and has donated a defibrillator to the secondary school.

It’s recommended that schools have a defibrillator on site, and four members of staff at Plympton Academy are...

Plymouth apprentice takes home silver at regional apprentice awards

A talented apprentice from Plymouth has taken been crowned runner up at the regional finals of this year’s prestigious EEF Future Manufacturing Awards.

Samuel Newton, aged 24, who works for Babcock, fought off competition from across the region to take silver in the Higher Level Final Year Apprentice Award. Judges said they were overwhelmed by the quality of apprentices nominated this...

It's feeling festive at The Broadway

The Broadway Plymstock is now full of Christmas cheer following the spectacular light switch on event on Wednesday 22nd November.

Despite, severe yellow weather warnings and 50 mile per hour winds, the centres’ annual Christmas Extravaganza hosted by in Radio Plymouth officially marked the start of the festive season in the centre.

Plymouth’s Got Talent winner, Kallie Hudson...

From the Community - For the Community

Three Plympton firefighters proved popular on social media after one of their colleagues posted on the Fire Station Facebook page a photo of them in the back of a fire engine returning from a call-out. You may well have seen their photo as they are now part of Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Services recruitment campaign for on-call firefighters throughout Devon and Somerset.

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Plymouth’s Crowne Plaza takes on new Executive Chef with an eye for the exciting

Samantha Williams-Wright has done everything from training prison inmates to cooking for billionaires – and now she has some great ideas to tempt the Crowne Plaza’s guests and visitors.

The talented chef, who grew up in Plymouth, said: “It is so wonderful to have been offered such a position in the place I call home. With its recent refurbishment, the hotel is looking fabulous and has...

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