The team behind the History Centre has appointed polar explorer Antony Jinman as the project’s first-ever ‘Explorer in Residence’.
The Plymouth-born adventurer is one of only a handful of people to have skied to the North Pole and solo to the South Pole. He also runs an organisation called ‘Education Through Expeditions‘ which gives school children the chance to learn more about...
Clear, consistent standards which set out what the Council – and residents – can do to help the city get cleaner and greener have been published.
A policy document has been put together so that crews and residents are given clear guidelines about how, when and where to put bins and bags out as well as reminding people about what to recycle.
This spring will see more stunning wildflower road verges being created through the centre of Plymouth as environmental charity Buglife and Plymouth City Council once again work together on the Urban Buzz project.
After the fantastic feedback we received last summer about places including Western Approach, Derry’s Cross and North Cross roundabouts, the decision has been made to...
Staff at The Lost Gardens of Heligan caught an intrepid night-time intruder on camera last week - stealing fish from the Italian Garden pond!
“I was first alerted to the fact that our fish were going missing back in November, when gardeners reported finding fish scales around the ponds in the Jungle” explains Claire Pumfrey, Heligan’s Wildlife Project Co-ordinator.
Destination Plymouth Executive Director, Amanda Lumley, has spoken out about the Supreme Court’s ruling on holidays outside school term-time and how it is effecting Plymouth and the rest of the South West.
Highlighting the challenges tourism businesses face, ensuring they can withstand quieter times outside the peak time school holiday period, she comments “As a sector there will be...
Drake Circus has launched a new virtual reality egg hunt for families to enjoy this Easter.
The free Gnomee’s Egg Hunt game takes shoppers on a quest around the centre to find golden eggs stolen by a group of gnomes, which must all be collected in order to complete the hunt. To play, shoppers simply have to download the free app to a smartphone or tablet, and follow a trail around...
Students at Brook Green Centre for Learning, Plymouth, will soon be taught about money and personal finance, after it was announced that the ‘Outstanding’ Special School for ages 11 – 16, has been chosen to join the Centre of Excellence programme in financial education.
The news comes as part of a ground-breaking partnership between the UK’s leading financial education charity, Young...
The RSPB and ALDI are challenging families in Plymouth to get out and get wild in nature this Easter and be in with a chance of winning a bumper pack of prizes worth £500 as it launches its new and exciting Wild Challenge.
With the amount of time children and their families are spending outside in nature on the decline, Europe’s biggest nature conservation charity and discount...
