The West Country’s largest free food festival is returning for its 13th year to cement Plymouth’s reputation as the foodie hub of the South West.
Flavour Fest 2016 will showcase the region’s best produce and offer food fun for all the family - including a Ready Steady Cook-off, huge continental market, Fun Kitchen, bar, a chance to see top chefs in action - and a great atmosphere for...
The Year 10 Ridgeway School cricket team have had their first success of the season. The winning team along with the Year 9 team, were involved in matches against Hele’s School and All Saints Academy, hosted in the dome at Hele’s.
In the first round of matches, Ridgeway’s Year 10 team beat All Saint’s Academy, with Brandon Dawe the star of the show, taking three wickets in as many...
St Luke's Hospice Plymouth is searching for keen sailors to go the distance to help local people by taking part in an epic charity pursuit on Plymouth Sound on June 18.
The Eddystone Charity Sailing Pursuit, hosted by the Royal Western Yacht Club, is now open for early registration before May 31.
The 26-mile offshore challenge is perfect for anyone enthusiastic about sailing...
Plymouth’s naval memorial has been given the highest protection status by Historic England.
As the city commemorates the Battle of Jutland, the organisation has elevated the monument to the highest possible listing of Grade I. Plymouth now has 25 Grade I listed buildings and structures across the city.
The memorial, together with those at Portsmouth and Chatham, form the Royal...
Ridgeway School chosen to represent the UK in Battle of the Somme education programme
Ridgeway School has been selected to represent the UK in a special education programme to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme.
As living memory of what was one of the deadliest battles of the First World War fades, the programme – designed by the British Council - aims to raise...
As one of the official sponsors of this year’s Plymouth 10k, local company Redrok has also decided to enter a team into the run’s Corporate Challenge and we are delighted to announce that team member, Adam Hopkins will be raising funds for the Gold Dust Appeal!
Business Development Manager, Adam, said: “This won’t be easy but I’m up for the challenge! As a team, Redrok have entered the...
UKinbound has announced that Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City, will host for the first time, next year’s milestone 40thAnniversary Annual Convention, which will take place from 08-10 February 2017.
As part of UKinbound’s ongoing dedication to promote driving tourism outside of London and across the UK, the trade association has picked Plymouth to host 2017’s ceremonial Annual Convention...
National charity Living Streets conducted research with parents of primary school children and found that over half of those living in the South West see an improvement in their child’s mood (52%) and behaviour (47%) after they’ve done physical activity.
Yet, just 21 per cent of boys and 16 per cent of girls get the recommended daily amount of physical exercise* and a third of children...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision in Plymouth yesterday [18 May] after a female pedestrian died and a second woman was left seriously injured.
The women were getting off a bus in Torr Lane around 4pm when they were in collision with a blue Ford B-Max.
Both women were treated at the scene by ambulance and taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
Plymouth’s water taxi operators have united to launch a new marketing campaign for the ferry service transport connections across the Waterfront Business Improvement District (BID) area.
Plymouth Waterlinks is a new identity created to promote the pedestrian ferry routes and harbour cruises within Britain’s Ocean City, and takes in the primary destinations of Mount Batten, the Barbican...
