Youngsters looking to lay the foundations for a new career are invited to try their hand at a range of skilled trades as part of an apprenticeship afternoon.
From bricklaying to carpentry and hairdressing to child care, school leavers can have a go for themselves at the event run by Skills Group.
The event will be staged in a large marquee at the Piazza, by the Big Screen, on...
A Plymouth University graduate has been ranked among the most promising young guitarists on the planet.
Will McNicol is listed alongside international superstars including Ed Sheeran and Laura Marling as one of Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s “30 Great Players Under 30”.
The list aims to recognise a new generation of guitarists helping to transform the way the instrument is being...
Some of the most beautiful gardens in Devon and Cornwall are about to open their gates in support of St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth.
The St Luke’s Open Garden Scheme will run from April to October and feature a diverse selection of 25 gardens, many of which are not normally open to the public and so offer a unique and private insight into garden planning and planting schemes.
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....
