The Plymouth-based University of St Mark & St John has become one of only four universities in the UK to have been awarded the Social Enterprise Mark, indicating that it is a social enterprise supporting the community, the environment and with good social purpose.
The Social Enterprise Mark CIC is the UK and international certification authority that safeguards social enterprise...
One of the world's rarest spiders has been given a fighting chance of survival, after an appeal to build new houses in an old quarry was dismissed on Tuesday (9 June).
The Horrid ground weaver (Nothophantes horridus) is a tiny money spider which has only been found in three sites in Plymouth, nowhere else in the world, and one of those sites has already been built on and lost....
Researchers and innovators from across the world will be travelling to Plymouth this month for a major global conference on the potential impacts of computer music.
The 11th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR) – carrying the title Music, Mind, and Embodiment – will take place from June 16-19.
On June 11 two Park and Ride buses will be laid on for people wanting to see Fiona Bruce and her team of experts film the BBC's most popular antiques show.
“The buses should help alleviate parking pressure at the Yard during the recording of the show,” says Emily Handslip, Urban Splash Associate Director, (which starts at 9.30am and finishes at 4.30pm).
A new mobile-friendly interactive website has been launched today to help anglers, and would-be anglers, find the best spot to fish.
Fishinginfo.co.uk provides everything needed for a fishing trip, from searching for fishing spots to what the weather is doing and live water levels to information on buying a rod licence and where to buy kit.
Police are investigating a serious incident in Plymouth after a man was found critically injured in the street in the early hours of Tuesday 9 June.
Emergency services were called to Wingfield Way in Stoke around 2.25am and found the man unconscious having sustained several injuries, including a serious head injury.
The man, in his 40s and from Plymouth, was treated by...
FORMER Plymouth captain and number one Ben Barker is due back at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening (7.15pm) when the Skills Group Devils meet Berwick in the Premier League.
It will be Barker’s second visit to the Devon track this season as he scored 12 (paid 13) from five rides as a guest for Peterborough’s Oliver Allen when he helped the Panthers to a 52-40 league win at the...
The world famous British Firework Championships is set to return the Plymouth for its 19th showdown in August 2015.
Visitors from all over the world can see the skies light up over Plymouth's spectacular waterfront on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 August.
The Royal Air Force’s world-famous aerobatics team, The Red Arrows, will take to the skies for an exciting, heart-pounding air display this summer.
Residents and visitors to Plymouth will be able to watch as fast jet pilots put on a show to remember. Taking to the air on the second night of the British Firework...
Plymouth Armed Forces Day Flag Raising– Monday 22 June
There will be a Flag raising ceremony in front of Plymouth Guildhall at 10am on Monday 22 June to raise awareness for Armed Forces Day. Following the raising of the flag the Lord Mayor of Plymouth will present veteran’s badges to new veterans.
Armed Forces Day Saturday 27 June 9.30am-11pm
Join us with military personnel, their families and veterans, as we all celebrate our Armed Forces past and present.
Located on Plymouth Hoe with spectacular panoramic views over Plymouth Sound visitors will be able to...
