The principal of Ridgeway School in Plympton has been nominated for The Herald’s Splash competition.
Lisa Boorman now needs as many votes as possible before March 12 to join the competition.
Nominees who get enough votes will train with Tom Daley’s coach, Andy Banks and be in the Plymouth version of the successful ITV show, Splash. The contest will involve school teachers...
We are inviting anyone who wants to take a Leap Year leap for Gold Dust to join the members of our staff who have already volunteered for the event in April.
On Sunday 17 April 2016, members of Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust staff will be standing at the edge of an open doorway, in an aircraft flying at 15,000 feet, waiting to dive through the air at over 120mph – all to support the Gold...
New Forest singer and songwriter Louise Jordan returns to Folk on the Moor to perform songs from her four recordings alongside new material on Sunday 10th April 2016. Reviewing a live performance, The Telegraph described Louise’s music as having ‘A stirring, lilting grace… She also has an engaging stage presence… featured in Vogue this year as a rising star’ The Telegraph. Louise’s music has...
The number of young people applying for a secondary school place has increased this year and thousands of primary pupils in Plymouth will today find out which school they will be going to this September.
The Council have confirmed that 93.16 per cent of young people received their first choice of school, 5 per cent their second and 1.27 per cent their third. Less than one per cent did...
A Grade one listed mansion, overlooking the River Plym and owned by National Trust, has made the switch from oil to a renewable energy heating system.
Saltram, a Georgian mansion on the outskirts of Plymouth, was using over 30,000 litres of oil each year to heat the property. It has replaced the expensive, carbon intensive heating system with a biomass boiler, powered by wood pellets...
Staff and pupils at St Budeaux Junior School are celebrating their latest Ofsted inspection report after inspectors judged them to be a ‘Good’ school. The progress the school has made since the last inspection particularly impressed the inspectors who noted that standards had significantly improved in the last two years and that all pupils now make good progress in all subjects. Ofsted stated “...
A number of Ernesettle sites are being transferred to a community owned trust with the aim of providing jobs, green energy, learning and training opportunities, opportunities for community activity and improved community services and facilities.
Plymouth City Council is transferring the land off Ernesettle Lane to Four Greens Community Trust (FGCT) to give local people more control...
