When Comic Relief awarded more than half a million pounds to Plymouth University last year, it marked a new beginning for both the institution and the charity.
The first instance of the biennial appeal awarding funding to higher education, it also enabled the University to forge a partnership with an established social enterprise in eastern Africa, taking its mission to transform lives...
The South West property market has seen the pace of price rises start to accelerate again due to the demand supply imbalance, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.
While nationally Northern Ireland and Scotland continue to outperform the rest of the UK, there were upward shifts in price growth across the South West and the South East, while London saw its sixth...
Employees of local heating controls manufacturer, Drayton, have raised over £300 for Comic Relief, by undertaking ‘Red Hot Nose Day’ fundraising for Red Nose Day 2015.
Staff at the factory created a number of exclusive Drayton Red Nose Day thermostats, complete with funny faces on the front of the control! Both staff and friends of Drayton have been going ‘Red Hot Nose Day’ crazy on...
Police in Plymouth are appealing for information following a serious assault.
Officers are investigating a serious assault which occurred at around 10.00pm on Friday 27th February, during a ‘Royal Blood’ rock concert at the Plymouth Pavilions.
The incident occurred at the rear of the dance hall and during an altercation the victim, a man, aged in his late 50’s was pushed to the...
Kris Delmhorst’s latest release Blood Test (Signature Sounds, 2014) describes a moment of reckoning and centring in the songwriter’s life, and in society as a whole. In her new collection, Delmhorst acknowledges the weary work of an intentioned life – and the new American dream of presence and perspective in a frenetic time.
Blood Test is Delmhorst’s first album of original material...
Plans for the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower are underway as representatives from the Plymouth UK Mayflower 400 Leadership Group meet with key US Senators.
Plymouth has been nationally recognised by the UK Government as the UK lead city for the celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower to America. Following the success of the ‘...
Plymouth University has received planning permission for a £14m state-of-the-art research centre for life-changing health and medical research, at the headquarters of its Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry at Plymouth Science Park.
Contractors will be appointed in May and work will commence in June. The entire project, including the refurbishment of existing laboratory,...
A volunteer in Plymouth who helps people experiencing homelessness was recognised at a national awards ceremony on 4 March.
Lyndsey Withers – who volunteers at Plymouth’s Devonport House Lifehouse, Park Avenue – received the Exceptional Contribution to Homelessness Services accolade at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, Derbyshire, during The Salvation Army’s Social Services...
Careers in countryside skills, animal husbandry and horticulture will open up to Plymouth’s young people, thanks to exciting plans to bring Duchy College to the city.
Duchy College, part of The Cornwall College Group (TCCG) and Plymouth City Council plan to create a ‘Derriford Environmental Education Hub’ in the 140-hectare community park planned for the north of the city.
Firefighters up and down the country are preparing to roll up their sleeves to take part in the National Car Wash this March 14, raising vital funds for The Fire Fighters Charity.
Firmly established on the fire and rescue service calendar, the National Car Wash is the charity's largest national fundraising event of the year.
Motorists are invited to take their car along and...
