World-class diving coach Andy Banks will be staying in Plymouth, thanks to a funding package put together by the City Council in partnership with University of St Mark and St John, Plymouth College and Everyone Active.
Banks, who is the only British diving coach to have coached an Olympic medal-winning diver at London 2012, announced earlier this summer that he was considering a...
Plymouth Skills Group Devils v Peterborough TC Harrison Panthers - Frirday 22 August.
Plymouth will be at full strength for the visit of Peterborough in their Premier League match at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening (7.15pm), writes Graham Hambly.
The Skills Group Devils will be looking to continue the impressive home run that has seen them win their last four matches at...
Equipment worth £4,000 has been seized as a fourth ‘scratcher’ has been raided through the Council’s Operation Itchy.
Officers from the Council’s Public Protection Service, together with the police, executed a warrant at an address in Barne Barton yesterday (Wednesday) in the campaign to crackdown on ‘scratchers’ – amateurs who have bought tattoo kit over the internet and tattoo...
Plymouth has been recognised among the top third of local authorities for its work in offering intensive support to local families, and selected to help lead the way in the roll out of a future national programme.
Plymouth City Council’s Families with a Future programme was launched in 2012 as part of the national Troubled Families initiative. Families with a Future helps families with...
Magpies are not attracted to shiny objects and don’t routinely steal small trinkets such as jewellery, according to a new study.
In European culture, it is widely accepted that magpies (Pica pica) are the pilferers of the bird kingdom, unconditionally attracted to sparkly things and prone to pinching them for their nests, almost as a compulsion.
Plymouth Adult and Community Learning Service (PACLS) have now been approved by the UK’s leading qualification and membership body for accounting staff. The AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) Accounting Qualification is universally respected and internationally recognised.
Councillor Sue McDonald, Cabinet Member for Children, Young people and Public health says: “For many...
Representatives from local charity, Becca’s Bear, dropped in to Derriford Hospital today armed with another generous donation of bears for the children.
Marking the fourth anniversary of the charity, Louise Howie and Janet Pengelly from Becca’s Bear, along with Megan Lavis from Build-A-Bear, visited level 12 at Derriford Hospital to deliver teddy bears for donation to children on the...
Tradesmen of Plymouth, put down your hammer, turn off your drill, as this year’s Britain’s Top Tradesman (BTT) competition from Screwfix has launched in the South West.
Screwfix, which has a store in Plymouth, is launching its annual competition to find and recognise the brilliant builders, exceptional electricians, helpful handymen and perfect plumbers that keep the UK’s homes and...
