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Join the NEW Patient Council

Would you like to help make a difference to our patients? If so, please join the new Patient Council and come along to the meet and greet evening on Tuesday 30th September, between 5-7pm at the Peninsula Radiology Academy.

This is a great opportunity to meet with members of the Trust including Carolyn Bruce Spencer, Chair of the new Patient Council, Jayne Glynn, Patient Experience...

Plumber and bricklayer bid to nail title

Local Plumbing & Heating Engineer, Alan Carruthers, and local bricklayer, Peter Elmes, both from Plymouth have made it through to the regional finals of a nationwide search to find Britain’s Top Tradesman.

Alan, 50, and Peter, 61, have seen off competition from across the region to become two of only five local tradesmen and women to make it through to this stage of competition....

Arts venues join forces for acclaimed exhibition

Four of the city’s biggest arts venues have joined forces to present an acclaimed national exhibition.

‘Walk On: From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff – 40 Years of Art Walking’ will be on display until Saturday 13 December.

The nationally touring show is presented as a multi-site exhibition across Peninsula Arts (Plymouth University), Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth City Museum...

Historic 130 year old key to Smeaton’s Tower handed over

The great-great-grandson of a former Mayor of Plymouth has handed the 130 year old key to Smeaton’s Tower over to Plymouth City Council’s current Lord Mayor Councillor Mike Fox.

The key, which dates back to 1884 and was used for the opening of Smeaton’s Tower the same year, and the Lord Mayor’s 1884 year book belonged to the Mayor of Plymouth of the time, John Greenway. On Wednesday 25...

Striving for excellence in cancer services

Nearly nine out of ten people with cancer treated at Derriford Hospital rate their care as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’.

This is the finding of the latest National Cancer Patient Experience survey, which is run nationally and asks patients with cancer treated at all hospitals across the country about their care. More than 700 patients treated at Derriford Hospital responded to the survey....

‘Our Star’ Awards winners 2014

More than 300 Plymouth City Council employees were nominated for this year’s Our Star Awards that recognise staff dedication and commitment.

Dozens of finalists attended the Council’s annual Our Star Awards held at Plymouth University’s graduation ceremony marquee on the Hoe.

The 13 winners included the Council’s events team, which won an Innovation Award for putting on the...

It's the Spanish Art-mada!

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery will be holding a fun family event on Saturday 27 September inspired by the Spanish Armada.

Two art and craft sessions will run from 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm and children will get to show their creative sides as they work with a guest artist to design their own ship for a giant collage.

‘Here Comes the Armada’ is inspired by...

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Plymouth v Ipswich Cup semi final preview

Plymouth Skills Group Devils v Ipswich Sackers Witches

Premier League KO Cup Semi-Final – 2nd Leg Preview

Plymouth will aim to put on a show for their supporters when they face Ipswich in the deciding leg of the Knock-Out Cup semi-final at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening (7.15pm), writes Graham Hambly.

The Skills Group Devils face a 40-point deficit after losing...

New helipad for Derriford Hospital

Derriford Hospital will have a new helipad in operation by next summer. Funding of just under £2m has been agreed to build the new helipad close to the Emergency Department entrance.

The helipad will be able to receive Search and Rescue helicopters as well as the night flights which Devon and Cornwall Air Ambulances will soon be running.

Derriford Hospital does not have a...

Simple Minds bring Big Music to Plymouth

BIG MUSIC released through Caroline International is Simple Minds’ 16th album. It’s a swaggering collection that reiterates the band’s world-class credentials; a culmination of a decade of stealthy rediscovery that has seen the band make two albums, 2005'sBlack & White 050505 and 2009's Graffiti Soul, before reminding us all of their legacy with the acclaimed X5 boxed set and subsequent...

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