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PLYMOUTH had a nightmare trip to Edinburgh for their Premier League match on Friday evening with a number of their riders held up by traffic delays, writes Graham Hambly

The meeting was delayed for around half an hour but Ryan Fisher and Morten Risager still missed their early races. Overall, it proved to be a...

Life Centre to get a green hat

This summer the iconic Plymouth Life Centre will be crowned with the city’s largest solar roof.

As part of Plymouth City Council’s ambition to become a greener and sustainable city, the Council is working with Plymouth Energy Community (PEC), a local Community Benefit Society, to help increase the amount of renewable energy generated in the City.

PEC is owned and run by...

Three month Closure Order on Plymouth ‘legal highs’ shop

Plymouth magistrates have granted a three month closure order on a shop selling ‘legal highs’, following a series of complaints about anti-social behaviour.

The closure order – for the High Life Shop in Cornwall Street – was applied for by Plymouth City Council under Section 86 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, new legislation that came into effect in October...

College pledges to help Plymouth become a sustainable fish city

The Sustainable Fish Cities campaign aims to change the way consumers buy and eat fish, and to encourage local businesses and caterers to serve environmentally sustainable fish. With a long and proud connection with fisheries and as home to the largest fish market in England, Plymouth is one of only 27 Marine Protected Areas in England and home to around one thousand native species. The...

Kodo returns to Plymouth

Kodo returns for their first Barbican performance in a decade as part of their Kodo One Earth Tour 2016: Mystery The 35th Anniversary.

Twinning contemporary music and dance that are based on Japanese traditional arts, the production is directed by Tamasaburo Bando (one of the most celebrated Kabuki actors) and expresses the Japanese sensation of 'Mystery' defined by a dynamic taiko...

Cinema in the City films announced

The details of ten films which are to be shown following a fundraising campaign have been now been announced.

The films, screened by Plymouth Arts Centre, were funded as a result of a successful Crowdfunder campaign to run Cinema in the City, a series of cinema events this summer which raised £5,345.

Films have been chosen specifically to suit their screening locations. Wes...

Plymouth praised for Families with a Future programme

Plymouth has been praised for the work that has been done locally to ‘turn around’ the lives of families who need additional support, as the latest results are published.

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published the latest figures for the national ‘Troubled Families’ programme. Plymouth was one of a number of areas chosen by the Government in 2012 to help roll...

LHC team to cycle for Hannahs

On Sunday July 5th, a twenty-strong team of architects and urban designers from LHC’s Exeter and Plymouth studios will cycle across Devon to raise funds for one of the UK’s oldest charities, Devon based Hannahs.

The team will cycle an impressive 58 miles and climb 3750 feet of rolling Devon hills, raising money towards a new £11,000 all-terrain wheelchair that will get more kids and...

Trainees from across Europe head for Devon

A Devon-based work placement company is preparing for its busiest summer yet with hundreds of trainees travelling to the South West from across Europe.

A record number of trainees, more than 220, will be welcomed by The Training Partnership (TTPL) in July. Another 75 will arrive in August.

The company, based at Torquay Innovation Centre, works with hundreds of Devon firms to...

Health campaigners stage protest in Plymouth

Health campaigners from Plymouth protested outside the constituency offices of local MP Johnny Mercer today, over his refusal to accept letters signed by hundreds of his constituents at his constituency office, calling on David Cameron to use his veto to protect the NHS from irreversible privatisation.

Campaigners from Plymouth were planning to hand in hundreds of letters from...

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