Vital Sparks has added six more projects to its growing family in its fourth round of funding.
The Plymouth Culture project, which is led by Plymouth City Council and funded by Arts Council England, is designed to inspire arts, culture and creativity in local communities.
The new additions include community events, dance sessions, an innovative project to screen films on the...
The clock will soon be ticking on one of Plymouth’s landmarks.
Repair works are currently being carried out to Derry’s Clock, which takes pride of place in recently completed landscaped work behind the Theatre Royal.
Getting the clock working is the final piece of work being carried out as part of the public space improvements that has transformed the whole area between the...
Plymouth’s historic Mayflower Steps will be permanently in the spotlight, thanks to new lights which will be switched on for the first time as part of the city’s Thanksgiving celebrations.
The monument, which commemorates the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers to America where they helped found a nation, will be lit up and will be switched on by Council Leader Tudor Evans.
It’s easy to assume that domestic abuse is an issue that only affects partners or ex-partners within a relationship. However, an increasingly more common form of abuse, with potentially devastating results, is set to challenge those inherent beliefs.
Since 2011, in Devon alone, there have been two domestic homicide cases where the murderer is in fact the victim’s child. The child in...
Next year's History Festival will run from Saturday 7 May to Sunday 5 June.
Since being launched in 2013 the festival has seen 375 different events taking place across the city centre, waterfront and suburbs each year.
With the aim of highlighting Plymouth’s heritage to as wide an audience as possible, the festival is coordinated by Plymouth City Council’s Arts and Heritage...
Jon Bennett, Associate Director of Undergraduate Dental Studies at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, has been made a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators.
This prestigious accolade is awarded to individuals who can demonstrate that they have been working in medical education long enough and hard enough to have achievements in their field, not just...
Families who have stayed on Derriford Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) celebrated World Prematurity Day 2015 this week and helped unit staff to raise £300.
This year, NICU staff decided to highlight World Prematurity Day, on Tuesday 17 November, by inviting Mums, Dads, babies and children, with connections to NICU, to come to Derriford Health and Leisure Centre for an...
Staff at Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust's Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) clinic will be supporting National HIV Testing Week next week, by holding drop in clinics between 08.00 and 16.00, from Monday 23 to Friday 27 November, which will offer members of the public a free HIV test, which produces results within 20 minutes.
National HIV Testing Week raises awareness of the importance of HIV...
A slice of nostalgia is set to hit Plymouth this week with the opening of Popworld.
Located on the city’s famous Union Street, the venue has received an investment of over £250,000.
Known for championing all our guilty pleasures, Popworld has forged a legendary status across the UK for providing memorable nights out filled with fun, laughter and the best pop tunes in town. Now...
Psychologists from the University of Plymouth will be giving businesses a chance to get a different perspective on their world of work at an event at the Plymouth Science Park on Monday.
The specialists will be answering a range of questions at an event designed to help businesses grow and change.
Subjects include: How do you motivate people to do the things that they say they...
