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Dental students warning to look out for hidden sugar in drinks and snacks

Dental students warn – look out for hidden sugar in energy drinks and snacks

A team of dental students from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry have been working with sport students from the University of St. Mark and St. John, to raise awareness of the hidden dangers to teeth of sugary energy drinks and snacks.

The project is part of the dental...

Bidding bon voyage to Beryl

A unique and exceptionally rare Beryl Cook oil painting has sold at Plymouth Auction Rooms and now sets sail for Canada. The original piece of art sold for a staggering £19,200 to an overseas collector, who narrowly outbid a local Plymouth auction-goer.

The painting – titled 'Kissing Time' – is in the much-loved local artist’s distinctively vibrant and fun style. As a Plymouth resident...

Tudor Evans crowned Leader of the Year

The LGiU and CCLA are delighted to announce that Councillor Tudor Evans (Leader, Plymouth City Council) has won the 2015 C’llr Achievement Award for Leader of the Year.

The sixth annual Awards Ceremony was held on Monday evening (March 2nd) at the Lord Mayor’s Parlour, in Westminster City Council. The Awards are the only national ceremony to honour the hard work of councillors from...

Flybe opens new base at Cardiff Airport

Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, has today announced it is to open a new base at Cardiff Airport.

The airline will serve 11 destinations in the UK and Europe this summer and base two of its existing Embraer E195 aircraft at the Airport. One of these 118-seat aircraft will arrive at Cardiff in June and the second in September 2015.

This announcement will result in the...

Plymouth Lord Mayor’s Day needs you!

Plymouth City Council is gearing up for Lord Mayor’s Day on Saturday 6 June and its events team want to hear from anyone interested in taking part.

This year’s theme will be ‘the 200th Anniversary of Napoleon on HMS Bellerophon in Plymouth Sound’ and anyone can get involved – from individual people to community groups, clubs and organisations.

The day will be a great chance for...

Scheme helps 9,000 people buy a new home in the South West

Help to Buy, the government’s flagship housing scheme, has helped 88,420 people buy a new home (9,045 in the South West) since it was created, new figures have revealed today.

Since the launch of the Help to Buy equity loan and mortgage guarantee schemes:

• 80% of scheme completions have been made by first-time buyers • the average house price has been £185,000, significantly...

Gloves on for white collar charity bout

White collar warriors aiming to go a couple of rounds with opposite numbers from the Plymouth business community could end up toe to toe with Bruton Knowles’ Glenn Kelly.

Glenn – an associate at Bruton Knowles’ Lockyer Street office - will be joining two dozen other hopefuls hoping to slog it out at Plymouth Pavilions on Saturday April 25 on behalf of city-based children’s bereavement...

Public art commission for Hoe Garden

Artists based in the South West are being invited to apply to create a new piece of public art for Plymouth’s Hoe Garden.

Led by Plymouth City Council and supported by Plymouth Culture, this exciting new commission will see the selected artwork installed in the garden next to the café for up to a year, with the possibility of then being relocated to a permanent location elsewhere in...

Students get in the driving seat with Vospers

A group of 12 Plymouth students got to spend the day with staff at one of Plymouth’s biggest motor dealerships, Vospers. The family run business spent time helping the students learn all about the motor industry as part of city’s Skills Aid Plymouth scheme.

Skills Aid Plymouth (SAP) was launched earlier this year to give some of Plymouth’s young people extra support. The students got...

Theatres and critical care showcase career opportunities

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is hosting an Open Day on Saturday 7th March, for experienced and newly qualified nurses and operating department practitioners that are looking at a career in theatres or Critical Care.

The day will include talks from speakers from all areas, introducing the day and the opportunities available. There will also be areas set up with information about the...

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