Things are hotting up at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, which has a packed programme of events and activities on offer for children and families throughout the summer holiday.
Free film screenings of Wreck-It Ralph (6 August), Madagascar 3 (13 August), Ice Age 4 (20 August) and The Croods (27 August) will run from 1.30pm each Tuesday.
Plymouth’s golden girl Ruta Meilutyte took time out from her busy schedule to explain why she’s backing an event which gets people active in the water.
Ruta, 16, has thrown her weight behind the 2013 Ecover Blue Mile which takes place off Plymouth’s historic Barbican on 14-15 September.
Lithuanian-born Ruta shocked everyone including herself when, at the age of just 15, she won...
A new pedestrian and cycle link on Plymouth’s iconic Laira Rail Bridge has been given the green light by planners.
The scheme, which is part of the three-year ‘Plymotion’ project, will refurbish and convert the disused Laira Rail Bridge to provide a new alternative shared pedestrian and cycle route across the River Plym, to complement the existing route on Laira Road Bridge.
On Saturday 27 July, the South West Community united in their support for a seventh celebration of St Luke’s Hospice at Plymouth's favourite girl’s night out, the Midnight Walk. Offering three routes of three, seven and 15 miles, this event truly demonstrates the support and dedication to the Hospice with over 2,000 women embarking on the challenge over the midnight hours.
Police investigating a Plymouth assault, where part of a man’s ear was bitten off, would like to speak to the man and woman pictured in the CCTV image (above).
The unprovoked assault happened in the Two Trees pub in Union Street, Plymouth on Sunday 14 July at around 2.50am.
Anyone who recognises them is asked to call police on 101 quoting EC/13/6764 or alternatively call...
Papa John’s brand new Plymouth store will be giving away 200 of its finest pizzas for free on Saturday 3 August to officially mark its opening celebrations.
Owner Jo Boland opened the doors to the brand new Papa John’s store last week and, pleased with its initial success, has decided to give the pizza fans of Plymouth a party to remember on Saturday and is urging those who haven’t...
Plans to expand a primary school to provide more places for children with special educational needs (SEN) are set to be approved by Plymouth City Council's cabinet next week.
The Council is recommending the necessary consultation begins to double the amount of SEN places available at Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School based in Keyham.
Detectives are investigating after a Plymouth man was robbed at knifepoint in the Stonehouse area of the city.
The victim was approached by two men in Victoria Park who asked him for a cigarette. The man agreed but one offender then drew a knife while a second searched the victim’s pockets.
The pair then ran off towards Stonehouse with the victim’s wallet containing various...
Plymouth's Derriford Hospital has been rated among the worst in the country in a new TripAdvisor-style national survey.
Plans for the Friends and Family Test (FFT) were first announced by Prime Minister David Cameron in January 2012 and the survey was introduced in April this year.
The FFT asks patients whether they would recommend A&E and inpatient wards to their nearest...
