Young footballers in the Devon Junior and Minor League will be spending the season raising money for Brain Tumour Research and the work it supports at Plymouth University – with the chance to win a completely new kit for one of their teams.
The kit will be by Nike and will carry the Brain Tumour Research logo.
More than 5,000 young people aged between six and 18 are involved...
The number of unplanned teenage pregnancies in Plymouth have almost halved since records began in 1998, and fallen to an all time low according to latest figures published this week
The under 18 conception rate has dropped again for the seventh year in a row, to the lowest rate since the baseline for teenage pregnancies was first set 17 years ago. The rate has fallen from 54.7 per 1,...
Could you capture a winning wildlife photo? If so, your work could be displayed alongside some of the best in the country at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery.
The ‘Focus on Nature’ competition is inspired by the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, which is coming to Plymouth at the end of March on an international tour from the Natural History Museum, London...
Twelve more roads in Plymouth are to get a new lease of life over the next five weeks as the first phase of resurfacing for 2015 gets under way.
Plymouth City Council is spending more than £6 million improving the city’s roads and pavements this year, supported by its commitment to invest an extra £20 million in highway repairs between 2012 and 2022.
The number of young people being accepted into their first choice of secondary school has increased this year, as thousands of primary pupils in Plymouth will today find out which school they will be going to this September.
Plymouth City Council confirmed that 94.86 per cent of young people received their first choice of school, 3.78 per cent their second and 1.09 per cent their third...
Talented chefs from school kitchens across the region are heading for Plymouth to scramble for position in a cook-off for the coveted title of ‘South West School Chef of the Year’.
Each year LACA (Lead Association for Catering in Education) organise a nationwide competition to find the best school chef in the country and showcase the high standards and skills that exist within the...
A groundbreaking scheme led by Plymouth City Council’s arts and heritage service has received a £50,000 funding grant from Arts Council England (ACE) today.
New Expressions involves 15 museums and heritage sites across the South West, Midlands and North of England, all of whom are working with artists to produce new work inspired by their historic collections. The scheme, which is now...
BMT Isis Ltd (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, is celebrating the first anniversary of opening its office in Plymouth’s city centre.
Officially opened by Oliver Colvile, MP for Plymouth, Sutton & Devonport, in February last year, the office has allowed BMT to further expand its existing...
Delete Blood Cancer UK is telling people in Plymouth that they are almost unique, and that it is a good thing because it means they could save a life.
The charity says that there is usually one or two people in the general population with the same tissue-type as you and that you share a potentially lifesaving link with them. They say that having the same tissue-type as another person...
A new law against drug driving coming into force today (2 March 2015) has been strongly welcomed by road safety charity Brake, which has been campaigning for the law alongside families bereaved by drug driving.
The law will make it a criminal offence to drive with drugs in your body in England and Wales, removing the need to prove impairment and making it much easier to prosecute drug...
