The Government has launched its consultation for a new theatre tax relief which will support theatres across the UK, as well as touring productions.
Announced at Budget 2014, the tax relief will offer a relief rate of 25 per cent for qualifying touring productions and 20 percent for other qualifying productions.
Discussing the UK’s theatre industry, Chancellor of the Exchequer...
An appeal for information has been made to try and locate a man from Plymouth who is wanted by the police.
Jamie Muttram, 22, who is sought for recall to prison, is believed to be in the Plymouth area.
He is described as being around 6ft 1in tall, of proportionate build, with brown eyes and short, straight brown hair. He has a strawberry birthmark on his forehead and a pierced...
Plymouth Labour Party has released its 2014 City Council election manifesto with the promise to help create "more home and more jobs."
Cllr Tudor Evans, Labour Leader of the City Council said: "It has been 24 months since Labour made 100 pledges in our last manifesto. I am pleased to say that a Labour Council has delivered 99 of those 100 pledges and we still working on the last one...
An innovative sonic arts project which aimed to immerse audiences beneath the surface of the River Tamar is to be showcased at a major new exhibition in Turkey.
Fathom, created by Plymouth University media arts specialists Jane Grant and John Matthias, used cutting edge technology to create an artificial surface 6ft above the floor of a 17th century Royal Navy victualing yard....
Raising money can prove difficult but should always be fun - and so it was at Ashfords Plymouth office's hugely successful charity quiz last night at the City College Plymouth restaurant.
A record breaking £2,000 was for raised for our chosen Charity of the Year, Children's Hospice South West at the Plymouth Office's annual Charity Quiz.
Scientists have found that a simple blood test, which can read DNA, could be used to predict obesity levels in children.
Researchers at the Universities of Southampton, Plymouth and Exeter used the test to assess the levels of epigenetic switches in the PGC1a gene – a gene that regulates fat storage in the body.
Epigenetic switches take place through a chemical change called...
Plymouth is today hosting a conference to celebrate its diversity by bringing together different people from all walks of life under one roof to share stories and experiences of living, working and playing in the city.
The ‘In Our City’ conference, hosted by Plymouth City Council’s Social Inclusion team, and organised by and for people from diverse communities, involves at least 50...
