They are used to travelling the world to take on the global giants of robotic sport. But this festive period, Plymouth University’s robot footballers will be bidding to wow audiences with their musical skills after being invited to take part in a unique televisual event.
The Plymouth Humanoids will take their place in a specially convened robot orchestra and perform at the 2014...
Visitors to the Barbican and Sutton Harbour will be able to find local attractions, places of interest and learn about the history of the area more easily thanks to new tourist information boards.
Eight new wayfinding signs have been installed within the Plymouth Waterfront Partnership (PWP) Business Improvement District (BID) which will make it easier for visitors and residents to...
House prices in the UK will see an average increase of three percent over the course of next year, bolstered by recent changes to Stamp Duty, continuing demand and lack of supply of property, according to the RICS housing forecast for 2015. The forecast looks ahead to the next 12 months, across all parts of the housing market, from house prices, sales, rents and housing starts and repossession...
Plymouth City Council is putting on a special collection to pick up all the trees after the festive period is over.
For the first time ever, the Council will be picking up real trees after Christmas as part of a pilot scheme. The round will take place from the week beginning Monday 5 January and will run until Thursday 8 January.
Around four billion minute fibres could be littering each square kilometre of some of the world’s deep seas, demonstrating that plastic debris is now creating cause for concern in some of the remotest parts of the marine environment.
That is one of the findings of a pioneering international study examining the scale of the presence of microplastics at depths of up to 3500m in parts of...
Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, delivered a petition to Parliament last night, on behalf of her constituents, calling on the House of Commons to take action and end the scourge of nuisance texts and phone calls, which so many of us receive.
Having collected signatures whilst out on the streets of her constituency, Ms Seabeck wants to see a review into the current law on cold...
Young painters and decorators across the UK are being invited once again to put their hard-learned skills to the test and register now for the 2015 Dulux Decorator Centre Student Decorator of the Year competition. On 23rd April, the competition will be calling at City College Plymouth.
Encouraging talent and professionalism in the industry, the national competition – previously called...
Rail Minister Claire Perry has welcomed the first major redesign of First Great Western’s mainline timetable in Devon and Cornwall for seven years by waving off the first new 0706 retimed service.
The changes launched on Monday (15 December) see an improved service for the South West, providing an earlier morning direct service from London to Plymouth and Cornwall and shaving over 30...
A watch tower overlooking Plymouth Sound is getting a new lease of life, thanks to an exciting, award-winning scheme to entice entrepreneurs with cracking ideas.
The ‘Liner Lookout’ stands on Plymouth’s world-famous Hoe and is one of a number of sites in the city centre and on Plymouth’s stunning waterfront being marketed for use under the Plymouth Your Space project.
