The nation’s seventh national Get Online Week begins today (Monday 14 October) and this year people are being encouraged to get digital for the week.
Whether you want to get healthy, get connected or get a bargain, doing it the digital way by getting online could make everything quicker and easier. But there are still 7.2 million people in the UK who are offline, and a further 8.5...
Over half-term there will be free autumn activities ranging from seed gathering, Shed on Wheels to autumn art and design to get children and their families outdoors. They take place on:
• Monday 28 October 11am to 2pm Forder Valley meet at Sheeptor Road (just off Novorossiysk Road, parking available). • Tuesday 29 October 11am to 2pm, Woodland Wood, just off Ringmore Way, West Park. • Wednesday 30 October 11am to 4pm – the All Ways Apples event at Devonport Guildhall in Ker Street, a-peeling activities for everyone with apple pressing, arts and crafts workshops, cookery...
Date: Friday 25 October Time: 10.30am Place: Whitleigh Wood Event: Children will be checking out the deadwood to see what lies within as part of Plymouth’s Woodland Week
Children from St Peter’s Primary School will be checking out the deadwood in Whitleigh Woods to see what lies within as part of Plymouth’s 'Woodland Week'.
They will carry out the survey to help get a picture...
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has reported an incident involving a man on the roof of a property in Union Street in Plymouth in the early hours of Monday morning (14 October).
The Service received a call from the Police reporting an unnamed inebriated male on the roof of a property at around 3am. Two fire appliances from Greenbank, the specialist rescue team from Camels...
Plymouth-based swimming sensation Ruta Meilutyte has added more goal medals to her Olympic and World Championship titles in a World Cup event in Moscow.
The Lithuanian who is a national hero in her home country and studies at Plymouth College, won both 50m and 100m short course breaststroke titles.
The 16-year-old coached by Jon Rudd at Plymouth Leander, set a new world record...
Barne Barton is to get a new dispersal order to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.
The order for Barne Barton was requested by Devon and Cornwall Police and will cover the Halloween and Bonfire Night period. The order is the second to be applied in Plymouth in recent days alongside the one issued for the city centre and waterfront area for the same festivities and the run up to...
Police and frontline staff in Plymouth have teamed up with a local charity to help them support people with communication difficulties in the local community.
Members of the Speech and Language Therapy Department at the Dame Hannah Rogers Trust in Ivybridge are teaching Makaton to 25 police and front line staff as part of the pilot scheme.
Plymouth City Council has announced that Crownhill Library will be closed for essential maintenance from Monday 14 October to Friday 18 October 2013. It will reopen on Saturday 19 October at 9am.
The Council has apologised for any inconvenience and confirmed that all other libraries will be open as usual.
A dispersal order for Plymouth city centre and the waterfront area has been approved this week by Plymouth City Council.
The dispersal order is designed to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour during events including Bonfire Night, the Christmas lights switch-on and festive late night shopping. The dispersal order will include the city centre, the waterfront, Union Street, North Hill...
Plymouth is set to host a roadshow event as part of the Government's Regional Growth Fund, which re-opens to bidders today (Friday 11 October).
The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced a new round of bidding, calling on businesses across the country to bid for a share of the £300 million cash pot.
To help south west bidders on their applications, a road show and...
