Family-friendly natural history group Wild About Plymouth are heading to the Jurassic Coast on Sunday 28 April for a ‘Big Beach Fossil Hunt’.
The group, which is a partnership between Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and Plymouth University, usually organises a natural history or science-based event in and around the city every month. For its April event it has decided to travel a...
Communities in Plymouth will be able to play a major part in protecting their local woodlands thanks to a new project which aims to inspire and reconnect people with wildlife.
Plymouth University has secured £55,900 of Heritage Lottery funding to run the ’Plymouth Woodland Project’, which will work to engage schools, youth groups, community groups and the general public with their...
The sights, sounds and smells of Hollywood in the late 1950s and early 60s are coming to Plymouth University.
For five weeks from April 27, the Peninsula Arts Gallery will host an exhibition which features a recreation of a Los Angeles coffee house, complete with authentic entertainment and a working vintage espresso machine.
The exhibition has been coordinated by Fine Art...
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall, Tony Hogg believes that a pilot trialled in Ipswich restricting the sale of high-strength alcohol, should be looked at for Plymouth.
The scheme is being considered by Plymouth's senior officer, Chief Superintendent Chris Singer who believes it might help to reduce alcohol-related street crime in certain areas of the city. The...
All aboard the Plymouth Sofa! Sailors and seafarers are being encouraged to enter the debate on the future of Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City.
Plymouth City Council’s planners will be taking the sofa to the Plymouth Marine Showcase at Queen Anne’s Battery on Saturday 20 April from 10am to 3pm.
The team want to hear the views of yachties, fishermen and watersport enthusiasts as...
A group of young-looking lumber jacks have been getting to grips with logging as they help design the playground of their dreams for Honicknowle’s Rothesay Gardens.
Youngsters at three schools will be building bridges, log stripping and helping to build log play equipment during a series of sessions this week with play contractors, Earthwrights.
A public consultation into the future of Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue has been extended until the end of next week.
The consultation is asking the public to provide feedback on proposals to manage the service in the light of cuts of 17% to its government grant. The cut means savings of £5.5m need to be found.
The proposals include a reduction in some full-time crewed...
A team of matrons from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust will be flying the flag for career opportunities in Plymouth at two recruitment expos being held in Dublin and Belfast later this month.
As part of the Trust's on-going Registered Nurse recruitment campaign, the matrons will meet with prospective candidates to discuss current opportunities across a multitude of specialties. Alongside...
Scrap ‘bedroom tax’! That’s the strong message from Plymouth’s Community Development Cabinet Member as the Government’s changes to the welfare system come into force.
A motion to Full Council on Monday by Councillor Chris Penberthy, Cabinet Member for Co-operatives and Community Development, calls for support from politicians and the Council’s Chief Executive to request the Government...
Construction companies bidding for Council contracts will have to prove they do not subscribe to unlawful industry blacklists, says Council leader Tudor Evans.
Council tender documents should be changed to ensure that building firms confirm they do not use the blacklists to vet recruits in order to keep out trade union and health and safety activists.
