A three month closure order has been granted on a flat that was used as a drugs den.
The order, which was applied for by the Community Safety Partnership of Plymouth City Council’s Anti-Social Behaviour Team and the Devon and Cornwall Police, is for the flat at 12 Valletort Place Flats. Plymouth Magistrates granted the closure order following complaints of alleged drug use and drug...
Biology students at Ridgeway School have been learning about ecology and factors that affect the distribution of organisms by collecting and studying woodlice.
They set up a classic experiment with an environment of three choices for the insects. Light and dry, moist and dark and dark and dry in one chamber.
The woodlice were placed in the light dry side and monitored every...
Over a hundred Year 11 students, from Ridgeway School, joined together to celebrate their end of year Prom recently.
This event marked the end of their GCSE exams and gave students the opportunity to celebrate on the hard work they have put in over the months and years to get to this point.
Students arrived in some very stylish vehicles before walking down the red carpet and...
As international marine safety expert Iain “Cookie” Cook embarks on a nautical adventure which will put all his knowledge to the test, the firm he has been instrumental in building within the South West is recruiting for a new role developing the business into the future.
After almost a decade heading up Ocean Safety Ltd’s Plymouth branch, Iain will be spending the next chapter of his...
A multi-million makeover for Plymouth’s City Market is due to start towards the end of this month (July).
The Council has this week awarded the contract to Ryearch Ltd to carry out an extensive refurbishment of the listed building.
The market was built in the late 1950s and is one of the busiest and most successful in the country with over a million people a year coming through...
PLYMOUTH MP Oliver Colvile has joined forces with leading health charities, doctors and nurses calling for improvements in diagnosis and care for the estimated 1.38 million people in the UK suffering from iron deficiency anaemia (IDA).
The Anaemia Manifesto, launched on Wednesday 29 June in Parliament, aims to improve diagnosis and management of the condition, which affects many...
A series of poems by The Paignton Poet, more commonly known as Chaz E. Arnold, are on display at Buckland Abbey near Yelverton until 17 July.
Inspired by the unique spirit of Sir Francis Drake’s former home, the poems are being exhibited throughout the house alongside existing treasures, including a verified Rembrandt self-portrait, a painting believed to be the earliest likeness of...
A group of Year 12 and 13 students from Ridgeway School spent the day at St Lukes Hospice in Turnchapel recently.
The 16 to 18 year olds are all studying Health and Social Care and hope to pursue a career in health care.
They spent the day learning about the demands of end of life care and how such an established charity provides care for their patients. The day was organised...
It’s ‘game on’ again in Plymouth this summer, with Datto Ping! serving up another fantastic festival of free ping pong until 21 August.
This year’s event will boast a record number of tables, bats and balls bouncing into 27 sites around Plymouth, from parks and shopping centres to the Armada Way piazza and Royal William Yard.
Ping! Plymouth is being delivered by Table Tennis...
