Plymouth

The Transat bakerly race began on Monday (2 May), with supporters having front row seats on Plymouth Hoe as they waved Bon Voyage to the competitors.

Giants of the sea, the Ultimes are the fastest of the four classes competing in The Transat bakerly. The latest weather routing from Adrena suggests the three trimarans could cross the North Atlantic is just 8 days and 8 hours,...

This summer the centre of Plymouth will be blooming, and buzzing with bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects as part of the Urban Buzz project.

Work is already underway to create this vibrant new addition to Plymouth.

Millbay Park, St Andrew’s Cross and Derry’s Cross roundabouts and along Western Approach will be full of beautiful flowers and buzzing with life come the...

Key figures have gathered at Plymouth University to discuss how nurses and midwives can benefit from their professions’ new revalidation process, which went live on 1 April.

Dozens of students and health professionals joined: Professor Bridie Kent, Head of the University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery; Dr Julian Archer, Director of the Collaboration for the Advancement of Medical...

A motor sales and MOT garage with a flat on a large site with development potential in Plymouth is coming to auction.

The Hilltop Garage in Austin Crescent has a freehold guide price of £275,000 to £325,000. It is among the West Country lots listed for sale by the regional land and property auctioneers Clive Emson in June.

Graham Barton, Senior Auctioneer, said: “This...

Two Plymouth University athletes have claimed gold at the European Cross Duathlon Championships.

Physiotherapy student Sharn Hooper, 32, won the 30-34 age category for Great Britain at the competition in Transylvania on 23 April, and finished second in the women’s age group races overall.

Meanwhile Occupational Therapy student Nicola Noble took gold in the 25-29 age group –...

Students and academics from Plymouth University will work alongside iconic names from UK music and design to create two highly original, participatory events during London Craft Week.

They will get the chance to shadow master craftsmen from Steinway & Sons as they deconstruct and rebuild a grand piano, which will then feature in two exclusive live performances.

And they...

Plymouth University and the Universidad de Chile are leading a new research project to investigate the issue of sea lice infestation that is costing the Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry millions of pounds in lost stock and treatment strategies.

The two year project will bring together experts across biotechnology, microbiology, immunology and pathology to study the effect that the...

Most people are only too pleased to get as far away from work as possible after a tough eight hour day.

But not property saleswoman Liz Anning, who loved the houses she was selling so much that she bought one for herself.

Now 40-year-old Liz is benefiting from one of the shortest ‘commutes’ in the south west – a journey which takes less than two minutes door-to-door.

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Volunteers of Salisbury Road Baptist Church have donated £1,000 to Torrington Intensive Care Unit for a second time.

In 2014, Elaine Giles underwent heart surgery and had to stay in Derriford Hospital for nine days. During this time, she stayed on Torrington Intensive Care Unit and has since made a full recovery.

Elaine said: “This charity is very close to my heart. Amazing...

Be the first to see BIG, the heart-warming and hilarious Broadway musical based on the classic movie starring Tom Hanks.

Josh Baskin is twelve-years-old and hates being little, until one night at the carnival the mysterious Zoltar machine grants his wish to be big. Now trapped in an adult’s body and alone in New York, he innocently tries to find his way around a grown-up world where it...