NEWLY qualified optometrist Katie Martin has completed her pre-registration qualifications in just 11 months, leaving her Plymouth Colleagues awestruck.
Pre-reg optometrists like Katie have two years and three months to complete the training, so her achievement has amazed others at the store.
Nathan Burn, a director at Specsavers Plymouth, says: ‘We’ve all said a huge...
A leading housebuilder has supported local families this Christmas after donating a number of turkeys to the Plymouth Foodbank.
The charity visited Persimmon Homes’ head office in Derriford on Thursday to collect six turkeys which will be used to supply local families in the City with a hot Christmas-day meal.
Plymouth Foodbank is part of a nationwide network supported by...
For those looking to fit in some last-minute festive shopping, Drake Circus has confirmed its opening times in the run up to Christmas.
From now until Friday 23rd December, the centre’s shopping hours will be 9am – 6pm.
Visitors can also enjoy festive late-night shopping on Thursday 22nd December until 8pm, with more than 30 retailers open even later until 9pm for late-night...
A busy summer has set Plymouth on course for a bumper cruise season next year with a dozen ships already lined up to visit Britain’s Ocean City in 2023.
The port welcomed thousands of cruise tourists this year with the post-pandemic return of passenger liners bringing an economic boost to the city.
There were seven individual cruise ship visits, including two by the small...
Plymouth based business Aquamarine Medicals has recently expanded by opening its sister clinic Aquamarine Health Clinic. Aquamarine Medicals led by Dr Christine Penny, has been providing medicals to the Maritime and Offshore Industries in Plymouth for the last 4 years.
With the recent closure of the NHS led MASTA travel clinic in Plymouth, Dr Penny recognised there was a need for a...
A range of retailers at Drake Circus are offering exclusive Black Friday deals for shoppers in Plymouth – with many discounts already available in stores now.
Greg Lumley, centre director at Drake Circus and The Barcode, said: “Whether you’re looking to get Christmas gifts for friends and family or treat yourself ahead of the festive period, lots of our retailers will be offering a...
Sir Norman Hartnell, personal designer to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, will be remembered in an exclusive exhibition from the 5th to the 8th December, at 3, Elliot Terrace, Plymouth Hoe, with proceeds going to SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
The exhibition, ‘By Royal Appointment’, is a one-off chance to view gowns from a private collection, designed for both royalty and Hartnell’...
Two vehicles stopped in Devon this week has led to nearly £500k in commodities seized.
On Tuesday 15 November, officers from the Plymouth Proactive Unit and Road Crime Unit stopped a Ford van travelling on the A38 near Ivybridge at around 4.30pm.
Officers carried out a search of the van under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act where they located around four kilograms of...
Plymouth-based artist Rhys Morgan responds to British Art Show 9 with sea shanties rewritten by the LGBTQIA+ community
Plymouth-based queer interdisciplinary artist Rhys Morgan ’s new series of performances, ‘Seaweed in the Fruit Locker’, has been commissioned as part of MIRROR’s Give & Takeover programme to coincide with Oliver Beer’s work for British Art Show 9 (BAS9) in MIRROR...
