Around 1,000 more people in Plymouth will be helped to get online as part of the city’s continuing mission to get more people – and services – internet savvy.
Plymouth City Council is one of four councils nationally to be awarded £112,000 from the Big Lottery Fund as part of a ‘test and learn pilot’.
The project has two strands – to get more people comfortable using the...
Police are warning residents about the latest scam that has seen some victims duped out of thousands of pounds.
Computer Software Service Fraud, also known as the Microsoft Tech Scam, relates to predominantly Indian call centres cold calling victims claiming to be from legitimate businesses, such as Microsoft.
The caller states that there is an issue with the victim’s computer...
Police are urging a driver to come forward after an elderly man was hit by a car following a football match in Plymouth last month.
The 86-year-old local man was stood on the pavement on Outland Road, opposite Home Park football ground, on Saturday 19 September at around 5pm, waiting for the park and ride service after the Plymouth Argyle versus Bristol Rovers game.
Professor Mary Watkins, formerly Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Plymouth University and currently a Governor on the Board, has been made a member of the House of Lords.
Professor Watkins will become a Baroness and sit on the crossbenches after the Independent House of Lords Appointments Commission made the announcement today (Tuesday).
Winners of the coveted Media Innovation Awards 2015 will be announced at Plymouth University’s state of the art performance centre, The House, on Thursday 26 November.
It promises to be a packed evening, with 12 awards up for grabs in the following categories: Animation, App, Branding, Games, Installation/Exhibition/Live Event, Photography, Print, Video/Film/TV/Video graphics, Web,...
The finalists for this year’s Devon Venus Awards 2015 have been announced at a sumptuous cream-tea event.
More than 70 guests and sponsors attended the prestigious afternoon held at Saunton Sands Hotel in North Devon, which have recently won the Best Hotel Group of the Year at the AA Hospitality Awards 2015. Celebrating their success so far, guests had the opportunity to network with...
Best-selling crime novelist Peter James is visiting Plymouth later this month.
Peter, who is currently touring the UK, will visit Plymouth University on Tuesday 20 October as part of the Plymouth International Book Festival, where he will be discussing his writing and forensics with Plymouth graduate Haydn Kelly.
Haydn is a forensic podiatry analyst and actually features in...
Tattoo equipment has been seized as another 'scratcher' has been raided through the Council’s Operation Itchy.
Officers from the Council’s Public Protection Service, together with the police, executed a court order at an address in the city last week in the continued crackdown on illegal tattooists, known as scratchers. Scratchers are people who have bought a tattoo kit over the...
Over 9000 young people made their voices count at the weekend as they took part in the annual Make Your Mark campaign.
Make Your Mark is a UK-wide ballot which gives young people aged 11-18 the chance to decide what Members of the Youth Parliament should debate and vote on.
A total of 9319 votes were cast by Plymouth’s young people all wanting to have their say about local and...
Chloe Howard, from Elfordleigh Golf Club, will take on some of the top up-and-coming young stars in the UK and Europe this week after qualifying for the final of the 2015 Telegraph BMW Junior Golf Championship at Portugal’s world-famous Quinta do Lago resort.
The Plymouth teenager will be one of 12 boys and nine girls who will gather at the prestigious Algarve resort from October 12-17...
