It was the summer of 2012 that Plymouth was treated to a mammoth 6 night run of comedy genius from Michael McIntyre, but now we are very proud to announce, hot off the press, that the king of stand up comedy will return to Plymouth Pavilions this summer! Kicking off his hotly anticipated UK & Ireland tour Happy and Glorious in the city, Michael will head to the venue for 4 nights from...
Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust's Neurology Research Team is now recruiting healthy individuals between 65 and 83 years of age to an exciting international dementia clinical research study.
The study, called TOMMORROW, aims to see if it is possible to predict if a person will develop memory problems based on a method that uses a person’s genetic status and age. It will also test the safety...
Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, has announced ambitious targets to offer free microchipping for all dogs thanks to its biggest award to date raised thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery.
In advance of microchipping becoming compulsory for dogs across England in April 2016, Dogs Trust is offering free microchipping at its 20 rehoming centres for all dogs and...
Pace of price growth in the South West accelerated slightly over the last three months and new reform in the Autumn Statement is expected to boost sales
House price growth in the past three months accelerated slightly in the South West and new Stamp Duty reforms see surveyors forecasting a sales boost of between 2-5%, according to the latest RICS Residential Market Survey.
DFS Plymouth delivered more than just your regular sofa order to the Hallam family household on Wednesday when they also dropped off a £250 donation to much-loved local charity ‘Hugs for Henry’.
After DFS colleagues realised their delivery was going to the Hallam family home they decided to surprise their son Henry with a generous donation of £250 to help support his treatment after...
Plymouth University has received funding in excess of £1.2 million from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to support capital investment for teaching facilities in existing and proposed laboratories, at the headquarters of Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PU PSMD), Plymouth Science Park.
The first phase of a partnership between BT and Plymouth City Council to make free wi-fi widely available across the city has just been successfully completed.
The first BT Wi-fi hotspots have just gone ‘live’ in the city centre at the Sundial, at Frankfort Gate near the South entrance to City Market and on the Hoe near the Holiday Inn – in time for visitors coming to Plymouth over the...
Charge points have been installed in the Regent Street, Theatre Royal and Western Approach car parks, as well as the Coypool, George Junction and Milehouse park and ride sites and at City College Plymouth.
They have also been installed at Midland House and Prince Rock Depot to support the future introduction of electric vehicles into the Council’s fleet. (These charge points will not...
A health and wellbeing event for cancer patients, organised by the Sarcoma and Living with and Beyond Cancer Team at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, was deemed a “resounding success”.
The event, which was held in the Mustard Tree Macmillan Support Centre on Saturday 22 November, was attended by 43 patients and their relatives.
One in ten (nine per cent) young people in the South West say they have borrowed money from companies, according to a shocking new report released today by Action for Children.
The charity’s report, Paying the Price, has uncovered a worrying level of borrowing amongst young people.
Out of the 1,052 12 to 18-year-olds surveyed, in the South West a third (38 per cent) of those...
