A special memorial at Weston Mill cemetery has been given a spruce up – the city's tribute to Agnes Weston.
One of Plymouth’s favourite adopted daughters, Agnes Weston was buried at the cemetery with full naval honours in 1918 for her work providing a place for a home onshore for sailors.
Agnes (1840 to 1918) was born in London and began hospital visiting and parish work in...
The motives, strategy and endgame of Russia’s involvement in the escalating crisis in Ukraine is set to be the focus of a professorial lecture at Plymouth University this month.
Professor Graeme Herd, Head of the School of Government in the University’s Faculty of Business, will analyse the situation in Eastern Europe in his lecture Russia After Ukraine: Systemic Change or Business as...
Plymouth’s campaign to encourage people to think before they ink has got off to a flying start - equipment has already been seized from two properties.
Yesterday (Tuesday) the Council’s Public Protection team accompanied by police officers seized equipment from a house in Efford. The haul included needles, ink, tattoo machinery, tattoo stencils from someone who was doing tattoos in...
Police in Plymouth are appealing for members of the public to contact them who may have witnessed a ‘road rage’ type incident on Ringmore Way close to the Shaldon Crescent junction in the West Park area, where a car was damaged by a motorcyclist.
It is understood that a black Yamaha 125 motorcycle was threatening and abusive to the driver and the passenger of a silver Ford Mondeo. It...
Schools across Plymouth are cooking up a national first with the Council to guarantee hot school lunches will continue to be offered to children through a new city-wide Co-operative company.
A report to Plymouth City Council’s Cabinet outlines plans to create a jointly owned Local Authority Trading Co-operative Company, which will see the majority of schools in Plymouth owning 49% of...
In May, Burrington Estates began marketing its newly refurbished apartments in Ocean Crescent, Plymouth, putting this landmark building in the city centre, back on the map.
The 122-apartment development also includes four luxury duplex penthouses boasting city and ocean views and Burrington Estates is hosting an Open Weekend on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 July to launch its luxury one...
• More giant screens and HD TVs than any other bar on the high street • Order drinks from your mobile phone • Amazing World Cup after-parties
With the World Cup just weeks away, if you can’t afford a ticket to Brazil, the big question is ‘where’s the best place to catch all the action?’ For the ultimate football fiesta, great food and drinks deals, an awesome atmosphere and, of course, brilliant big screens, look no further than Walkabout on Union Street. With more screens than any other bar on the high street, Walkabout will be showing every kick of every game in stunning HD on at...
• More giant screens and HD TVs than any other bar on the high street • Order drinks from your mobile phone • Amazing World Cup after-parties
With the World Cup just weeks away, if you can’t afford a ticket to Brazil, the big question is ‘where’s the best place to catch all the action?’ For the ultimate football fiesta, great food and drinks deals, an awesome atmosphere and, of course...
Ocean Crescent, a landmark 122-apartment building currently undergoing a £1 million refurbishment, has appointed Heather Branson as its full-time concierge to ensure the smooth running of the building.
Heather, who also lives at Ocean Crescent, will manage the day-to-day running of the building, whilst also acting as a first point of contact for residents.
The Combined Laboratories at Derriford Hospital are pleased to announce that their Clinical Pathology Accreditation has been retained.
Accreditation assures patients that technologies and procedures match best practice to provide a consistently high quality service. The labs underwent an external assessment in January and the news means that our Combined Labs have now maintained the...
