Staff at the Central Library will be donning onesies on Wednesday 2 April to help raise awareness of autism.
Onesie Wednesday was created by The National Autistic Society as a way for people to show their support for anyone on the autistic spectrum. By wearing a onesie or pyjamas for the day, people are saying ‘it’s alright to be different’.
Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, has encouraged local businesses to enter the Manufacturer of the Year Awards 2014, which celebrate excellence in the manufacturing industry.
The 2014 Awards were launched in Parliament by Business Minister Michael Fallon. Over 200 senior business leaders attended the launch including representatives from Rolls Royce, GE Aviation, Mulberry,...
Registrations are filling up fast for the St Luke’s Midnight Walk on Saturday 19 July 2014 from a brand new location, The University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth.
The eighth Midnight Walk promises to be even more exciting.
Organiers have made some great improvements and introduced brand new routes with the choice of a three mile, seven mile or 15 mile walk. There will...
Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, attended an event on Tuesday 25 March in Parliament run by Samsung Electronics and Code Club, the national network of over 1,300 volunteer-led after-school coding clubs, to discover more about Code Club’s work and its partnership with Samsung.
The programme aims to inspire more volunteers to run Code Clubs in schools across the UK. She...
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...
