Tomorrow’s scientists and engineers can now apply for places at the county’s newest school, the South Devon University Technical College in Engineering, Water and the Environment, which opens its doors to the first intake of students this time next year.
The innovative UTC has been established by the University of Exeter and South Devon College alongside key local and regional...
The area outside the reception building at St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth looks stunning after local gardener Sam Ovens worked his green fingered magic and transformed the bare patches of earth in to a fantastic natural garden.
25 year old Sam, from Pelynt near Looe in Cornwall, recently won the Young Designer of the Year Award at the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society’s Flower Show...
Holidaymakers from Plymouth are among the least likely to haggle in England, reveals a new poll.
Research carried out by webuyanycar.com’s Negotiation Academy reveals that only 24 per cent of those from the city who went on holiday this summer indulged in a spot of negotiation in a foreign hotspot.
This is way below the national average of 52% and saw more than three quarters...
September’s Good Food Market at the Royal William Yard (Sunday 7th September 9.30am - 4pm) is going to be busier than ever.
Joining the regular food and drink stalls will be a host of arts and crafts stalls, as well as animals from Pennywell Farm, and the Devon and Cornwall Fireboat based in the harbour, there will be fun activities including street entertainers & face painters....
Businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly wanting to learn more about opportunities in the growing marine offshore renewables (MOR) sector are being invited to an industry event in October. Called ‘MOR Opportunity Knocks’, it will focus on how businesses can tap into a market that could be worth £4.5 billion to the South West economy by 20301.
The Trust welcomes the publication of mandatory food standards for the NHS. These standards aim to improve the overall approach to hydration and nutrition, which goes far beyond just the food that is served within hospitals.
Dr Stuart Windsor, the lead for Facilities at Derriford Hospital, said: “Over the past year we have worked hard to improve the experience that our patients have of...
Plymouth is the largest town on the south coast of England.
The town lies at the mouth of the river Plym, hence the name. Plymouth was long one of the main ports of the British Empire - and that history is still tangible in the city today
Great video of Plymouth Waterfront Partnership manager Sarah O' Leary filmed by a German media company.
All children in reception and years one and two will be eligible for a free cooked school lunch from this September. The meals will include a main course and a pudding at no cost to the parent/carer. The government’s Universal Infant Free School Meals initiative is aimed at improving academic attainment for infant children and helping families save money.
There are hundreds of user-worked crossings on farmland in Britain, which see a marked increase in traffic during the harvest season. Figures collated over the past ten years reveal that the number of collisions and near misses at these types of crossings also sharply increases over the harvest months.*. Since the beginning of June, Network Rail has recorded dozens of incidents of level...
