Plymouth

Plymouth flushed with pride as loos win awards

Plymouth City Council is proud to have received two platinum awards for our newest toilets on the Barbican and a third for the loos in Armada Way.

During the summer of 2014 Plymouth City Council opened a brand new toilet block at Quay Point opposite the Mayflower Visitor Centre and a second one at Elphinstone car park.

Now these two brand new toilet blocks which cost a total...

Garage staff in touch with technology

New technology in the Council’s garage is helping to keep vehicles on the road rather than in the workshop.

Touch screen technology has now been installed at the vehicle maintenance workshop in Prince Rock, which spells the end of pens, paper and form-filling once the job has been done.

The technology allows the vehicle fitters to fill in job cards and to update and progress...

Appeal to find missing Plymstock man

Update: Mr Gordon has been found safe and well.

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Police in Plymouth are appealing for assistance to locate a local man reported missing.

Police have concerns for the welfare of John Gordon, a 66 year old man who was last seen in the Plymstock area of Plymouth.

John is described as white, 66 years of age, 5’6” tall, overweight, with very short blond hair...

Free trial offered for six-a-side football

SoccerSixes have 3 spaces available for new teams to start straight away for the local 6aside league.

During January any new team interested in joining will be given a free trial game to test out the league!

The league is a 40 minute games per week.

Teams can be made up from work colleagues, friends & family, drinking buddies or even from your 11-a-side Saturday or...

Volunteer recruitment day at Saltram

As the New Year gets underway, Saltram, near Plympton, is looking for volunteers to join its growing family of supporters; and invites you along to find out more at their Open Day on Friday 23 January from 10am to 4pm.

If you are looking for a new challenge, to meet new people or to dedicate time to a charity in 2015, volunteering for the National Trust could be a step in the right...

Deadline looms for primary school applications

Families whose children are due to start at primary school for the first time or junior school (having completed Year 2 in an infant school) in September 2015, have just a few days left to tell the Council which three schools are their top choices.

The deadline for primary and junior school admission preferences is 15 January and Plymouth City Council is urging parents not to leave...

One in nine people fear missing rent or mortgage payments

Thousands of rent or mortgage payers across the South West might be facing a not-so-happy new year, as new research reveals one in nine are worried they will be unable to make payments this January.

Research from Shelter and YouGov paints a bleak picture for many this winter, with 65% of rent or mortgage payers in the South West revealing they are already struggling to keep up with...

Talking rubbish and recycling

Council staff are out and about in the next few weeks to spread the ‘New Year new bin day’ message.

A number of community events are being organised across the city so that people can chat about the new arrangements that will come in on January 19.

The roadshows are a chance to ask questions about the new collections as well as get advice on what to recycle and what the...

Time to give Buckland Abbey’s apple trees a rude awakening

Grab pans, pots and other noisy objects as Buckland Abbey, Garden and Estate invite you to make as much noise as possible within the estate’s ancient orchard at their annual wassail.

On Saturday 10 January, from 6pm to 8pm, join staff and volunteers, the Buckland Food Growers and local Morris dancers to scare away the spirits surrounding the orchard and wake up all the trees to ensure...

Wicked

Venue: 
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Event Date: 
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 19:30 to Saturday, February 14, 2015 - 19:30
Category: 

Tuesday 20 January-Saturday 14 February

Winner of 100 international awards, Wicked has been casting its magical spell over audiences across the world for a decade and continues to break records at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre, where it is now the 10th longest-running show in the West End.

In a brilliantly witty re-imagining of the stories and characters created by L. Frank Baum in ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’, Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two sorcery students. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately...

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