Plymouth

Plymouth veteran turns festive designer for Armed Forces charity

A Plymouth-based Army veteran-turned-artist has partnered with Armed Forces charity Help for Heroes to design two new T-shirts and a fundraising Christmas card – and issued a plea to other veterans to step forward to ask for help if they need it.

Kevin Preston, 57, served with the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards for four years, before leaving the service, and, having joined the...

Plymouth Tesco store launches campaign to save lives of those most at risk from flu

Plymouth’s Tesco Pharmacy is driving a campaign to boost the uptake of flu jabs and help save lives.

Tesco Pharmacy, British Heart Foundation, Diabetes UK and Cancer Research UK, through their ‘Helping you to live healthier’ partnership, have joined forces to encourage more people to protect themselves and their families, and continue to do their bit for the NHS, by getting the flu...

Final calls to escape this summer at Vue Plymouth

FILM-GOERS have their last chances to escape to the jungle, Wild West or even space this September, as a raft of family-friendly content is still screening at Vue Plymouth as summer closes.

For those who want to go on an adventure to a more tropical climate, the long-awaited comedy Jungle Cruise is still screening. Featuring a star-studded cast including Dwayne Johnson and Emily...

Rare horse paintings come to auction at Ewbank’s, 33 years after artist Lionel Ellis’s death

Ewbank’s are to offer a series of horse paintings from the estate of Lionel Ellis (1903-1988), the accomplished artist and Wimbledon School of Art tutor, at their September 16 Fine Art auction.

The rare consignment consists of works unseen by the public since Ellis left them to his long-term partner, fellow artist Barbara Shaw, 33 years ago. She died recently and the proceeds will go...

Shrek and Batman Back on the Big Screen in Plymouth this September

Vue Plymouth has announced its line-up of classic film content showing this September.

In addition to blockbuster new releases such as Free Guy , Shang Chi: The Legend of the 10 Rings and at the end of the month, the long-awaited new Bond film No Time To Die , Vue will also be showing some all-time classic films Back on the Big Screen where they belong.

From this Friday, two...

Masters Summer Show Open 2021 – Innovation and disruption from research-led makers

At the Masters Summer Show Open 2021, postgraduate students from Plymouth College of Art will showcase a variety of exciting and dynamic research projects undertaken within the College’s specialist postgraduate community of practice, working across specialisms that include painting, drawing, sculptural installation, moving image, design and ceramics.

This year Plymouth College of Art’s...

Plymouth OLIO volunteers share more than 8,000 meals in partnership with Tesco

Food Waste Heroes in Plymouth have prevented 8,302 meals from going to waste in the past year, thanks to a ground-breaking partnership between Tesco and food-sharing app OLIO.

In August last year Tesco became the first supermarket to partner with OLIO, which provides unsold surplus food fit for consumption to people in the community.

In the first full year of the partnership...

Outstanding new manager for Butterfly Lodge

Bristol’s loss is Plymouth’s gain in the case of care home manager, Clare Sinclair, recently appointed to the post at Butterfly Lodge in St Budeaux, who brings a Care Quality Commission (CQC) ‘Outstanding’ track record to her new position.

Paul Teasdale, director of Camelot Care which runs Butterfly Lodge, said: “We are delighted to welcome Clare as our new manager at Butterfly Lodge,...

School’s still out at Vue Plymouth with more escapes for everyone

FAMILY-FRIENDLY big screen content continues in full force at Vue Plymouth this month, with plenty of escapes for everyone available before schools go back.

Ryan Reynolds returns to the big screen in the long-awaited blockbuster, Free Guy , in which ordinary bank worker Guy is faced with the reality that he’s nothing more than a non-playable character within the large, bloody video...

Full cast annouunced for Bat Out of Hell - The Musical

The producers of the UK & Ireland Tour of Bat Out of Hell – The Musical , featuring Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf’s greatest hits, are delighted to announce the return of Glenn Adamson ( American Idiot ) as Strat, Martha Kirby ( Grease, Rags the Musical ) as Raven and our original leading cast members Rob Fowler ( Mamma Mia!, Bat Out of Hell ) as Falco and Sharon Sexton ( Mamma Mia!, Bat Out...

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