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.
Plymouth City Council’s library service is offering free short courses on protecting business ideas, thanks to funding from the Intellectual Property Office.
Based at the Central Library, Plymouth PATLIB serves the whole of the South West as part of a network of Patent Information Centres across the UK. It provides free information and help with copyright, trademarks, patents and...
Two Plymouth University marine graduates have embarked on a year-long training programme in a bid to beat a century-old rowing record.
Tom Rainey and Sam Coombs will be pushing themselves to the limit in May next year when they team up as ‘Ocean Valour’ to cross the North Atlantic from New York to Salcombe in a specialist ocean rowing boat.
MARINE Academy Plymouth is inviting youngsters and their parents to gain hands-on experience of what is on offer at the academy during an open events.
From science experiments and rock climbing, to dancing and cookery, a range of activities will be on offer to give prospective new pupils a taster of life as a student at the UK’s first Marine Academy.
Taking part in musical sessions can help women and children move on from the debilitating effects of domestic violence according to new research from Plymouth University.
The study, commissioned by the Plymouth Music Zone charity, has found that mothers and children can begin to build resilience and “break the cycle of abuse” through group music sessions that encourage self-expression...
Plymouth libraries are inviting people to share their favourite books and stories online in celebration of Read an eBook Day today (Thursday 18 September).
The national event encourages readers to share the books they love, or their favourite reading places on Twitter and Facebook by using the hashtag #eBookDay – and everyone who does will be in with a chance of winning a tablet or...
Twenty-five team members from Plymouth Albion RFC are to benefit from protected smiles, thanks to the Devonport Dental Education Facility (DEF), Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and run by the Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise.
The DEF team has provided advice to team members, and created and fitted tailored mouth guards for each player.
A new initiative is being launched to get more local people connected into careers in construction.
Building Plymouth is to be officially launched at a summit taking place on Thursday organised by the Council.
The call to encourage people into building careers is being announced in the face of a looming skills shortage in the construction industry, which is worth £246 million a...
