Plymouth

Pitch perfect plan for players at Staddiscombe

Playing fields that have been dogged by drainage and condition problems will be getting a major revamp to make them pitch perfect.

Plymouth City Council has announced Agripower Limited as the contractors to carry out the improvement work to the playing fields used by teams belonging to the Plymouth and West Devon Combination Football League and Plymouth University.

The full-...

A Taste of Things to Come at Ocean Studios

Richard Deacon, Bill Woodrow, Mary Kelly, Hew Locke, Gillian Wearing and Grayson Perry amongst artists announced for Ocean Studios inaugural show Ocean Studios, Plymouth’s £4.2 million artistic development within an approximate 60,000 sq ft Grade I listed former naval building, has announced its opening programme, set to launch on 30 July 2015.

The inaugural exhibition, entitled A...

Ensuring children with special educational needs get the right support

A review of the education provision provided for children and young people with special educational needs/disability (SEND) in Plymouth has been approved by the City Council’s Cabinet.

There are currently 2,000 children in Plymouth with a statutory statement of special educational needs and the SEND review of education provision will make sure the Council is providing the best...

Sunday trading shake-up expected

Shops could be allowed to open for longer on Sundays under radical plans to devolve powers over trading hours to major towns and cities to be unveiled in tomorrow’s summer Budget.

In the biggest shake-up of Sunday trading laws since the 1990s, Chancellor George Osborne wants to allow mayors and councils to determine for themselves what the rules should be in their areas.

The...

Langlois-Chateau Wine Tasting at Le Vignoble

On Wednesday 8th July Le Vignoble at Plymouth’s Royal William Yard is hosting a French Wine Tasting with renowned French winemakers Langlois-Chateau.

Yannick Loue and the team at Le Vignoble will be joined by a wine expert from Langlois-Chateau, based in the Loire Valley in France.

Founded by Edouard Langlois and his wife Jeanne Chateau, the world famous brand today is run by...

Bank supports WI Community Hall

Janet Cattanach an active user of the community hall, mentioned recently to Santander that the Women’s Institute of Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo have recently refurbished their local community hall, but had to borrow funds to complete the project.

Matthew Bishop, Santander, really wanted to help, so on 21 March 2015 Santander Plymouth supported a Black and White dinner event.

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Plymouth Devils on the back foot

Ipswich Sackers Witches 56-35 Plymouth Skills Group Devils

Plymouth suffered their fifth away defeat of the season in the Premier League when they crashed 56-35 at Ipswich on Thursday evening, writes Graham Hambly.

The Skills Group Devils remain in the bottom three of the table and are six points adrift of a top six place needed to reach the end of season play-offs.

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Dentist urges NHS patients to register for treatment

A Plymouth dentist is urging residents to register for NHS dental treatment after experiencing a surge in patients who had not seen a dentist for 10 years or more.

The appeal was made after it was revealed by the British Dental Health Foundation (BDHF) that people who visit the dentist annually reduce their risk of tooth decay by 60 per cent.

Mydentist Practice manager Louise...

Is this generation sex?

Young people today will experience twice as many sexual partners, change jobs more often and move house with far more frequency than their parents did according to a new study which reveals a marked shift in lifetime experiences from generation to generation.

The research which was specially commissioned by Samsung Galaxy S6 edge to celebrate the launch of the S6 switch kit, compared...

Rail strike to go ahead

Rail Union RMT said this morning that talks aimed at settling a dispute on First Great Western over the threat to jobs and safety from the introduction of the new Hitachi Inter-City trains have broken down without agreement and the forty eight hours of strike action across the company starting at 18.30 hours on Wednesday 8th July goes ahead as planned.

There will also be a rally in...

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