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Staff mark World Radiography Day

Staff from the Radiography Department at Derriford Hospital marked World Radiography Day yesterday with a stand in the main concourse.

Derriford Hospital celebrates World Radiography Day every year to mark the anniversary of the discovery of x-radiation by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895.

World Radiography Day raises awareness of radiographic imaging and therapy, which play a crucial...

Tackle Mensa test in Plymouth

Have you got what it takes to be one of the cleverest people in Britain – officially?

Mensa, the high IQ society, will be holding a supervised test session in Plymouth on November 22 to give residents chance to find out their IQ score.

Mensa membership is available to anyone with an IQ in the top two per cent nationally.

The session will be held at the University of...

Time for a new challenge?

From diving to mine warfare and nursing to media operations, the Royal Naval Reserve is offering potential recruits the chance to gain an insight into the valuable work of the Navy’s own volunteer force.

Plymouth’s reserve establishment, HMS Vivid, which has volunteers from across Devon and Cornwall, is holding a ‘Live’ event on Wednesday 12 November.

There will be...

Council commit £2m to Science Park

Plymouth Science Park’s plans for growth received a major boost thanks to a significant loan from the Council of just under £2 million.

The Council's investment board has this week approved a loan of £1.98 million to expand the science park, which is the biggest in the south of England.

The loan will help unlock further funding from the Heart of the South West Local Economic...

Busy remembrance weekend for HMS Heroes

At this time of year, we are all remembering those who serve and have served in our Armed Forces, across the generations. This is particularly poignant for our HMS Heroes young people, all of whom have had at least one member of their family serving in the military.

HMS Heroes, who are affiliated to the Royal British Legion, have the Poppy Appeal as their focus throughout the year and...

Good luck to the final four candidates!

In September, twenty sixth-form students began battling it out in an ‘Apprentice’ style competition, which will lead to one student winning a week of work experience in our Pathology Department at Derriford Hospital.

This week is National Pathology Week and on Wednesday, nine of the students took part in the Plymouth Pathology Roadshow, where a stand in the main concourse at Derriford...

Frozen on Ice comes to outdoor rink

Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf will be at the outdoor ice rink on the Piazza as local skaters perform to a number of popular songs from the Disney film Frozen.

To welcome them, Mr and Mrs Claus, along with their huskies and elves, will take to the ice at 5.30pm.

Crowds will be able to head to the Piazza and sing along as a synchronised skating team, Synchronicity, and local...

Frozen on Ice

Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf will skate to a number of popular songs from the Disney film Frozen on the outdoor ice-rink in Plymouth on Thursday 13 November.

To welcome them, Mr and Mrs Claus, along with their huskies and elves, will take to the ice at 5.30pm shortly followed by the Disney characters.

Crowds will be able to head to the Piazza and sing along as the skaters spin, spiral and jump to the songs in the film.

Entry to the show, which will last approximately 45 minutes, will be by a voluntary cash donation with all proceeds from the night being donated to...

Paloma Faith postpones Plymouth gig

Plymouth Pavilions has just received confirmation from Paloma Faith’s promoter that tomorrow evening’s performance has unfortunately been postponed. The following statement has come from the tour promoter:

Paloma Faith regrets to announce that she has had to reschedule a further tour date due to illness. The Plymouth Pavilions show originally scheduled for November 8th will now take...

Entries open for 2015 Plymouth Half Marathon

Organisers of Plymouth’s Half Marathon, GO2, are pleased to announce that entries for the 2015 race taking place on Sunday 19th April are now open!

The much celebrated half marathon attracted over 5,000 entries last year, and has already seen over 2,500 runners pre-register for the 2015 event. Now heading into its 22nd year, the interest in Plymouth’s Half Marathon is predicted to...

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