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Get the gossip and re-live the scandal at Saltram

On Friday 9 May, Friday 6 June and Friday 11 July, Saltram House near Plymouth will create an evening of entertainment, delving into past scandal and romance at Saltram.

‘Scandal and Romance’ will see staff and volunteers donning period dress to give visitors a unique insight into the gossip behind the Parker family’s lives, loves and losses. Many of the costumes have been made by the...

Hospital patients can now use the WOW! factor

Patients receiving treatment from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust (PHNT) can now nominate a staff member for an award when they have gone above and beyond what would be expected of them and have provided an excellent service.

A new initiative known as The WOW! Awards, begins tomorrow (Tuesday 6 May 2014) and will run in pilot form at PHNT until the end of October this year.

The...

Sizwe Banzi is Dead

It’s 1972 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and Sizwe Banzi’s passbook gives him just three days to find work. No work and he’ll be deported. That was four days ago.

So when Sizwe stumbles across a dead body with a passbook, he asks himself – does his identity card really define who he is? Could he give up his family and his name in order to survive?

Genesis Future Directors Award winner Matthew Xia directs this momentous, Tony-nominated play which exposes the struggle for freedom and identity in apartheid-era South Africa, unravelling the brutal absurdities of everyday life...

Plymouth schools receive wildlife gardening lessons

Children from Yealmpstone Farm School in Plympton have been busy creating wildlife areas in their school grounds thanks to a partnership between Devon Wildlife Trust and Western Power Distribution.

‘Grounds for Life’ aim to equip the children with the skills and knowledge to create wildlife-rich green spaces and help them understand the issues of sustainability in our towns and cities...

Police appeal to locate wanted man

Police in Plymouth are seeking a 24 year old man who is wanted on warrant.

Jamie Armstrong (pictured) is described as a white man, 6’ 3” in height, blue coloured eyes and slim build. He has a distinctive tattoo near his right hand with a series of stars circling his wrist.

He is wanted for breach of a suspended sentence order.

He is a scaffolder by trade and may well...

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ARGYLE and Portsmouth shared the points in a six-goal thriller to conclude the season, wirtes Rob McNichol.

On three occasions midfielder Danny Hollands put the home side in the lead, but Reuben Reid and then Conor Hourihane, twice, would level things up for the visitors. Portsmouth’s, and Hollands’, third came with only 90 seconds having elapsed in the second half. With the same...

Plymouth Nurses’ Peninsula Liver Study Day is a big success

Members of our Critical Care Education team and Specialist Hepatology Nursing Team welcomed over 100 delegates to their recent Peninsula Liver Study Day.

Delegates from across the country made the journey to the Postgraduate Medical Centre at Derriford Hospital to hear from a variety of speakers, including patients who shared their stories and experiences.

The day, organised by...

Appeal for witnesses following serious assault

Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses following an incident where a man was seriously assaulted by a woman.

The incident happened in the service lane to the rear of Mount Gould Road at around 10.30pm on 24 April.

During the assault, the 51-year-old man suffered serious injury and police are treating the incident as actual bodily harm.

A 28-year-old woman, who...

Join Plymouth’s biggest cycling festival

Thousands of people will be taking to the streets of Plymouth once again for the annual cycling extravaganza Sky Ride – make sure you’re one of them.

Taking place on Sunday 25 May, Sky Ride enables people of all ages and cycling abilities to cycle around the city on traffic-free roads.

Organised by Plymouth City Council, British Cycling and Sky, this year’s route is 5km and...

Last chance to see two major exhibitions

Visitors to Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery have until 10 May to catch two significant exhibitions highlighting the work of two great artists.

‘New Sculpture and Works on Paper’ is the first major exhibition in the region for 25 years by Devon-based artist, Peter Randall-Page. It‘s also the first time in many years that he has shown a series of completely new pieces.

Peter...

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