Plymouth

There are just two spots left in the official Plymouth 6-a-side league and teams are urged to sign up soon.

At the moment it will cost just £1 to join the league – a saving of £24!

The league is held at Devonport High School For Boys on Sunday and runs throughout the year.

All matches are refereed by a qualified official and all the equipment is provided.

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Entertainer DJ Spikey Paws from the new online kids craze Animal Jam is coming to Drake Circus Plymouth Saturday 4th March 2017.

The online hit game Animal Jam is aimed to teach young children all about the natural world, and is packed full of National Geographic videos, facts, games and more!

On Saturday the 4th of March DJ Spikey Paws, famous on the online playground, will...

Drivers caught using their mobile phone behind the wheel now face tougher penalties.

From today (1 March 2017) both the fine and penalty points will double - from £100 to £200 and from 3 to 6 points.

Between 1 and 7 March Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police roads policing alliance will be out on the region’s roads ensuring compliance with the new legislation. The option...

The number of young people applying for a secondary school place has increased this year and thousands of primary pupils in Plymouth will today find out which school they will be going to this September.

The Council have confirmed that 92.87 per cent of young people received their first preference of school, 5.09 per cent their second and 1.24 per cent their third. Less than one per...

Pentathlon GB’s Jess Varley and Myles Pillage produced a fantastic performance to finish 4th in the Mixed Relay at World Cup 1 overnight. The two World Cup debutants belied their inexperience in Los Angeles as they brought a positive end to a successful World Cup for Pentathlon GB athletes.

The day started in the pool where Plymouth’s Pillage and Fotheringhay’s Varley got their...

A great time was had by all those who attended The Plymouth Lord Mayor's Charity Dinner on Friday 24th February 2017.

The evening was arranged to raise funds for the South West Mesothelioma Support Group which raises awareness about the health risks associated with asbestos and supports those diagnosed with the terminal asbestos related cancer and Frontline Veterans Support, a...

Scientists from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD) have received funding of more than £58,500 from BRACE, a charity which supports research into Alzheimer’s disease, for a pilot study to investigate how a failure in our cells’ ‘recycling centre’ could hold the key to new drug therapies for dementia diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease...

Staff have received a special visit from a lady who was cared for on Derriford Hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) more than 10 years ago.

Debbie Grosch-Squance became critically ill in 2006 with necrotizing fasciitis, a rare but serious bacterial infection that affects the tissue beneath the skin, and surrounding muscles and organs. Unfortunately, this led to Debbie’s leg being...

Plymouth City Council is making plans to grow the city’s landmark festival to make it bigger and better for 2018.

The Ocean City Festival (OCF) celebrates everything that makes Plymouth’s waterfront location – and its relationship with the sea – so special.

The festival is organised by Plymouth City Council, who work with partners from across the city to deliver an exciting...

Free sports taster sessions and a range of great prizes and vouchers are just some of the ways Plymouth is supporting a campaign to encourage women and girls to take part in sport and physical activity.

This Girl Can is back for 2017, backed by Sport England and the National Lottery. Locally the campaign is being supported by Plymouth City Council’s Sports Development Unit and Active...