Plymouth

What's Next? Transitions advice for families

Information and advice to help young people in Plymouth make the move from services for children to adult services was the focus of an event for families yesterday.

The ‘Transitions’ event took place in the Upper Guildhall on Tuesday 23 April from 9.30am until midday and included a wealth of exhibitions and information stands, staffed by professionals in children and adult...

Smeaton’s Tower to light up the Hoe for City of Culture bid

Plymouth’s iconic landmark Smeaton’s Tower will become a beacon for culture on Tuesday 30 April.

The tower will be lit up by the Council that evening to mark the deadline for the bid for UK City of Culture 2017.

Council Leader Tudor Evans said: “We wanted to do something symbolic to mark the handing in of the bid. Smeaton’s Tower is such a well-known landmark it only seemed...

The 'City of Culture 2017' bid supporting poem...

I was asked... As it generally falls to me, in the absence of a 'Laureate' poet for the city, to deal with any 'municipal' poetry required by the City of Plymouth; to write a poem to support the bid...

Here it is - and is entitled: 'Art & Artifice..'

‘Art & Artifice..’

In the kiln’s wild, white infernos; molt glass fishes dart and...

HRH The Countess of Wessex opens Royal Eye Infirmary

Staff and patients of Derriford Hospital's new Royal Eye Infirmary (REI) enjoyed a day to remember yesterday (Tuesday 24 April) when HRH The Countess of Wessex officially opened the new site.

The Countess is a Global Ambassador for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and Patron of Vision 2020: The Right to Sight.

HRH The Countess of Wessex enjoyed a...

Plymouth Conservatives elect new council group leader

Councillor Ted Fry has been elected as the new leader of the Conservatives' council group. The councillor for Compton was previously deputy leader and replaces Cllr Vivien Pengelly who begins a year's tenure as Lord Mayor next month.

The new deputy leader is Patrick Nicholson, a councillor in Plympton St Mary ward.

Cllr Fry saw off competition from Cllr Ian Bowyer and Cllr Sam...

Plymouth based Paralympic athlete receives Rio boost

Plymouth based, Paralympic table tennis player David Wetherill has secured a long term commitment from supply chain and logistics experts, LCP Consulting, to help support his goal to win a medal at the Rio Paralympics. The 23-year-old became famous at London’s Paralympics for what the Daily Mail described as the ‘shot of the tournament’ – a feat that attracted over 6 million views on YouTube...

Police treat large fire in Millbay area as major incident

Updated 10.00pm.

A fire that began in a spray workshop at Youngs Car Body Repair in Miller Court in the Millbay area of the city has been extinguished by fire crews.

The severity and potential of a fire that began just after 4pm and had spread to neighbouring buildings containing toxic substances, led police Police to treat the fire as a major incident . People were advised to...

Why I'm backing Plymouth's City of Culture 2017 bid.

With the continuing decline in its traditional marine and industrial infrastructure and the near catastrophic reduction in the size of the Naval Dockyard; Plymouth's future social and economic well being will likely both depend and centre on its potential as a tourist and leisure destination, in which an active, accessible and flourishing creative arts community will be nothing short of...

City’s partners against crime launch 'Thieves Don't Care' campaign

Householders, drivers, business owners and major employers are the target for a major new crime prevention campaign.

Thieves don’t care….. is a police led campaign which is backed and funded by Crimestoppers, Plymouth Community Safety Partnership, the City College and Plymouth Against Retail Crime (PARC).

The group will join with media partners across the city and use social...

Tom Daley and fellow British divers take home hat-trick of medals from Edinburgh

Some of the biggest names in world diving competed at Edinburgh for the third leg of the FINA/Midea Diving World Series 2013.

Olympic bronze medallist Tom Daley took home gold in the 10m platform event on Sunday, with Alicia Blagg and Rebecca Gallantree securing an impressive silver medal in the 3m synchro.

Men’s 3m synchro pair Chris Mears and Nick Robinson-Baker secured a...

Pages