Plymouth

Plymouth parents in nappy world record attempt

Plymouth parents will be doing some quick changing as part of a world record attempt to highlight the benefits of using real nappies.

Mums and babies are lining up to form part of the British contingent of the ‘Great Cloth Diaper Change’ on Saturday 20 April as part of Real Nappy Week.

All around the world at 11 o’clock, mums will be changing their little ‘uns using cloth...

Queen to attend Margaret Thatcher's funeral

The funeral of Lady Thatcher will take place on Wednesday 17 April and will be attended by The Queen, it has been announced.

The funeral ceremony, with full military honours, will take place at St Paul's Cathedral in Central London, following a procession from Westminster.

Buckingham Palace said The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, will attend the service....

Plymouth's 'hidden maritime jewel' is open for business

The Royal William Yard Harbour has been modernised for the 21st century and is encouraging visitors, businesses and residents to its new. The grade 1 former Royal Naval victualling buildings now host a range of cafes, bars, restaurants, a museum, art galleries, offices and residential spaces.

The Habour say that he brand new visitor basin "has berths available daily, weekly or monthly...

Final week for Museum's Ida Kar exhibition

There's less than a week left to see an exhibition at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery featuring 40 portraits of artists from Paris, London and St Ives by one of the 20th century’s most pioneering female photographers.

‘Ida Kar: Bohemian Photographer’ has been produced by the Museum in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery. It charts Russian-born Kar’s career from some...

Plymouth school and local business link provides donation to Ghanaian school

Plymouth High School for Girls is a long standing customer of Scomis, an Exeter based ICT Service Unit of Devon County Council who have hosted the head teacher of a Ghanaian school at a special event.

Following a recent re-brand, Scomis, who provide bespoke ICT services to schools and education services throughout the South West and beyond have donated their old branded uniform and...

Bowling For Soup

BEERS, CHEERS & TEARS AS BOWLING FOR SOUP WAVE GOODBYE

Bitter sweet will sum up the announcement that this autumn’s BOWLING FOR SOUP shows will be their ‘Goodbye’ to the country that, for well over a decade, has been their adopted home.

The BOWLING FOR SOUP BIDS FAREWELL TOUR at Plymouth Pavilions on Tuesday 22 October 2013 will be one of their final shows on UK soil, but don’t for a second think you’re getting rid of them that easily!

BFS frontman Jaret Reddick is quick to assure fans that this is not the end. “We’re all excited about the...

St George's Day Plymouth 2013

From 10am on Saturday 20th April - St George's Day - a large family focused free party is planned which includes a full entertainment programme throughout the day, ranging from live music to fun competitions plus loads more.

The Plymouth Morris Men will be performing in the Piazza alongside the City of Plymouth Pipe Band. A number of local bands and singers will be on stage under the big screen to keep the crowds entertained, including star of Britain's Got Talent, Michael Collings.

There will be children's activities, a beer stall, hog roast and food. There will also be...

Man found dead in the back of a van

Devon and Cornwall Police report that the body of a man has been found in the back of a van in Plymstock.

Police received a call from ambulance staff at around 4.15pm on Monday 8 April with a report that a deceased man had been located in the back of a van parked on Radford Park Road.

At this time the death is being treated as unexplained and detectives are awaiting the results...

Police seek help to find wanted man

Police in Plymouth are appealing for information from the public to help locate a wanted man.

Leigh Dixon is wanted having breached the conditions of a prison release. He served a prison sentence for theft, criminal damage and possession of drugs and is now sought for recall to prison.

Police describe Dixon as "a 32 year old man, 6’2 in height (1.88 metres), and has either a...

Demand for flexible working prompts growth in mobile technology

The desire for flexible working amongst staff has resulted in more businesses in the south west moving towards new mobile technologies, an IT study has found.

Carried out by Stem Group and Plymouth University, the South West Business IT Survey 2012 reveals that many companies are now looking into new technologies like the Cloud and mobile computing as a result of a demand from...

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