Drake Circus Shopping Centre has joined forces with British Heart Foundation (BHF) shops to launch their Bag It. Beat It. campaign, which urges the Plymouth community to donate bags full of unwanted items.
Every bag donated will help fund life-saving heart research, helping over 40,000 little heroes continue to fight congenital heart disease.
City College Plymouth is ensuring that the young people of Plymouth still have the opportunity to pursue the career of their choice by extending its course enrolment window until the end of October.
Due to popular demand, courses across a wide variety of vocational areas are accepting late enrolments to give people the opportunity to make the right decision for their future.
Brendan Cole, star of Strictly Come Dancing, announces a brand new show for 2015. Promising A Night To Remember Brendan and his cast of dancers, musicians and singers will present a dazzling spectacle at the Pavilions in Plymouth. Across 48 shows in three months - and straight off the back of season 12 of Strictly - Brendan will showcase his expertise in an odyssey of music and dance, once...
A group of student nurses from the Red Cross Toyota College of Nurses in Japan, visited Derriford Hospital yesterday as part of their annual trip to Plymouth.
Throughout the visit, the students were given presentations on the role of a health care assistant and a registered nurse, a demonstration from the manual handling team and were also shown around the
Work to provide an improved cycling and walking route between Central Park and Honicknowle is now complete.
Part-funded by the Department for Transport through its Cycle Safety Fund (which is administered by Sustrans), the scheme will allow more people to discover, or rediscover, the joys of cycling.
Designed by Plymouth City Council’s highways contractor Amey, the new cycling...
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Plymouth pulled three points clear of the bottom four as they finished their Premier League programme in ninth place following their 59-37 win over Sheffield at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening, writes Graham Hambly.
Team manager Lee Trigger said: “It was another good team performance to round off our...
Students arriving in Plymouth are being given a welcome back with top tips on how to be a good neighbour.
A leaflet giving the low-down on how to be a good neighbour is being handed out by Council staff at Fresher’s Week and will be distributed to all students through the university and the student’s union.
This information is designed to remind students to behave...
Plymouth is one of seven cities that have unveiled plans to organise up to 2,000 volunteers to tackle local problems, as Cities of Service launches in the UK – a volunteer programme based on the US model founded by the former Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg.
Over the next 18 months, Plymouth, along with Barnsley, Bristol, Portsmouth, Swindon and Telford and Wrekin will use...
The Ocean City Festival arrived in Plymouth with a splash earlier this month and there are still plenty of events to get involved with over the next ten days.
Organised by Plymouth City Council, and sponsored by Ocean BMW, the festival started on Monday 8 September and will run for 20 days to Sunday 28 September, offering over 30 events.
