Plymouth

Take your dog to work on Friday!

Friday (24 June) is national Bring Your Dog To Work Day - and Britain’s favourite day at the office is raising an interesting question: do dogs belong in the workplace?

Businesses from across the UK will welcome their dog loving employees into the workplace along with their loyal (and well-behaved!) four-legged companions. The day aims to raise money for All Dogs Matter, a charity...

Rizzle Kicks to play Plymouth Pavilions

SW1 Productions are delighted to announce Rizzle Kicks, one of the most popular, engaging, and singularly English, success stories of the last decade, who mark their very welcome return to the music world with a brand new tune named ‘Always Late’ will play the Plymouth Pavilion on Thursday 15 December.

The boys took a sabbatical after the release of Roaring 20’s with acting taking up...

Award-winning choreographer brings children’s dance theatre to Museum

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery will host a day of promenade performances by an award-winning choreographer on Saturday 2 July.

‘The Imagination Museum’ has been created by Lincolnshire-born choreographer Katie Green in collaboration with writer Anna Selby and composer Max Perryment.

Visitors will meet eccentric tour guides Mildred, Henry and Harriet and join them on a...

Thousands take part in Plymouth's Race for Life

THOUSANDS of women braved the weather yesterday and united at Plymouth Hoe with one mission in mind – to conquer cancer.

Now Cancer Research UK is calling on Plymouth’s formidable army of mighty-mums, gutsy-grans, feisty friends and go-getting girls to make every step count by paying in their sponsorship money as soon as possible.

Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, in...

See Professor Brian Cox Live in Plymouth

Now coming to even more venues across UK and Ireland in Spring 2017 it’s the hotly anticipated tour by the acclaimed Professor Brian Cox, OBE.

The show will take audiences on a dazzling journey through space and time, delving into ‘high science’ and freewheeling on the edges of the known cosmos. Whether an avid science reader or a total novice, Professor Brian Cox Live will test the...

Devon dentist made Vice-Dean of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK)

Ian Mills, a partner at Torrington Dental Practice and a dental National Institute for Health Research Academic Clinical Fellow (NIHR ACF) at Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry, has been made Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Dental General Practice (FGDP (UK)).

Ian was appointed in 2010 as the first Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF) at Peninsula Dental School (now Plymouth...

Plans submitted for first phase of Oceansgate

The first set of buildings to be designed for the city’s Oceansgate have been submitted to planners this week.

A front building of offices and two rows of industrial units are planned for the entrance to the site, which is destined to become a world class hub for marine industries.

The two and three-storey buildings have been designed to offer flexible office and workshop space...

Plymouth care home celebrates Queen's 90th birthday

The Queen’s birthday was celebrated in style at an award-winning Plymouth care home. Tamar House held a party for residents and their family and friends who shared Royal memories along with a birthday tea. Betty Paddon, celebrating her 98th birthday, cut the cake and Marjory Wheatley reminisced about working alongside the Queen in the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II...

Hunt for world class captain for Mayflower400 programme begins

Plans to commemorate one of the world’s most significant voyages are stepping up a gear with the search starting for a chief executive for Mayflower400.

A new post is being created to lead the national and international programme which will commemorate the voyage of the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World in 1620.

A programme of national and international activities and events is...

Plymouth divers to fly flag for Britain at Rio

Plymouth divers Tonia Couch, Sarah Barrow and Dan Goodfellow will be heading to Rio this summer, the British Olympic Association confirmed today.

They’ve all been selected to represent Great Britain at the Games, alongside former Plymouth Diving team-mate and Olympic bronze medallist Tom Daley.

Tom and Dan will be teaming up again for the men’s 10-metre synchro event, after...

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