Plymouth

£7,000 puts the hat on it for Brain Tumour Research

From students to zookeepers, footballers to opticians, fundraising organised by Plymouth University for Brain Tumour Research has raised in the region of £7,000.

Students ran around the campus throwing powder paint at one another in a Colour Dash; students, staff and visitors made donations via collection boxes on campus and at Plymouth Science Park; and local organisations Plymouth...

Woman hurt in Plymouth nightclub assault

Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault which happened at Annabel’s Nightclub on the Barbican in Plymouth in the early hours of Sunday 3 April 2016.

A woman was on the upstairs dancefloor between 12.25am to 12.35am when she was assaulted by an unknown man and a woman.

The victim, a 37-year-old woman from Gunnislake, sustained a fractured cheek in the attack.

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Vikings and Tudors return for History Festival

Plymouth’s annual Local Studies Day will take place on Saturday 7 May with a day of presentations that celebrate the history of Plymouth.

The event, which will kickstart this year’s History Festival, will be held at the Robbins Conference Centre from 9am to 4.30pm. It will also include a series of small displays highlighting current projects and activities from local history societies...

Over £2.3m allocated to key projects to help city flourish

Over £2,300,000 of developer contributions are to be allocated to a number of projects designed to help the city grow and flourish.

A number of delegated decisions have been signed off this week following a meeting of the Council’s Capital Investment Board – which meets every month to allocate capital funding or authorise more detailed work to various projects.

As a result the...

TV superstar to appear at Drake Circus

Head to Drake Circus, Plymouth, on Saturday 30th April for a chance to meet the BBC’s first ever superstar. British TV icon and national treasure Muffin the Mule will be appearing in Drake Circus on Saturday 30th April.

Learn about his rise to fame, have a picture taken with him and meet the man behind Muffin, Will McNally whose Grandparents were Muffin's original owners.

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Changes to Plymouth bus timetables

Stagecoach South West has announced that, starting from Sunday 1st May, new timetables are being introduced on its 2/A and Coypool Park & Ride services.

The 2/2A service route is changing in both Plymstock and Saltash. Service 2 buses will continue onto Mount Batten every 20 minutes using the current route. The 2A will now serve Elburton every 20 minutes via a new loop along...

Super Sunday Skydive and Marathon for Gold Dust Appeal

Over the weekend, members of the public and a selection of Derriford Hospital staff took part in two separate daunting tasks – a skydive and the Plymouth Half Marathon, to raise funds for our Gold Dust Appeal.

In Plymouth, a special group of family and friends, known as Team Andrea, took part in the half marathon in memory of Andrea Norris, a former executive head teacher of Beechwood...

Broadband voucher scheme offers big boost to Devon residents and businesses

Connection vouchers worth up to £500 are now available to residents and businesses across Devon and Somerset. The vouchers will cover the cost of connecting to an improved broadband service to boost broadband speeds from 2Mbps, or under, to a minimum of 10Mbps.

The scheme will provide a subsidy of up to £500, in the form of a voucher code, to fund the installation of a new broadband...

City Centre Cleaning Team Clock Up 264 miles

As part of ‘City Centre Clean Week’ (4 to 8 April), a team of eight stalwart City Centre cleaners clocked-up over 264.85 miles between them.

In addition to their normal duties and upgrading the bins throughout the city with larger capacity ones, the team managed to transform Plymouth’s empty and rather muddy, Civic Centre pond to its former glory and rid the Civic Centre building of...

Vintage, collectors and antiques at Redlake

The Old Clay Factory at Redlake (between Ivybridge and Bittaford) will host its first ever Vintage, Antiques and Collectors Fair on Sunday 8th May.

This historical building sits between Bittaford and Ivybridge and is seen as a hub for all communities within a radius comprising the South Hams and Plymouth. The former clay building, with its distinctive chimney stack has different event...

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