Young people in Plymouth have been treated to the inside scoop on life in Parliament.
The Speaker of the House of Commons, the Right Honourable John Bercow MP has been visiting Plymouth and came to the Council House to talk to children from HMS Heroes and representatives from the UK Youth Parliament, Plymouth Youth Cabinet and the City Youth Council.
The last home game of the season for Plymouth Argyle. A win will secure their League Two status and confirm the last few weeks have been a triumphant battle for manager John Sheridan and his players.
Rotherham however may have other ideas as they arrive off the back of three consecutive wins...
Thousands of parents and children in Plymouth have been discovering today whether they have been successful in receiving their first choice of infant and primary schools.
Plymouth City Council confirmed that 89.77 per cent of Plymouth children received their first choice of school this year, an increase of 1.64 per cent on last year’s figures.
Police in Plymouth are to install knife arches in certain key locations in the city in a bid to deter clubbers and revellers from carrying knives.
The arches, which will be introduced from tonight (Friday 19 April), work in a similar way to airport metal detectors and are fully portable and easy to assemble.
The initiative follows last weekend's stabbing of a 23-year-old man in...
After two months of tough competition between more than 90 teams of apprentices Plymouth City Council’s team have made it through to the finals of the Brathay Challenge to become ‘Apprenticeship Team of the Year’.
Eight teams across the country were announced by Skills Minister Matthew Hancock as finalists in the 2013 challenge after planning, delivering and communicating a community...
Think of an Antenatal Class and you imagine a group of smiling women, worried looking men and a midwife.
Ok, now imagine a private antenatal class... a lovely hotel, smiling women, worried looking men but who is teaching?
Midwife Antenatal is the only private Antenatal class service taught by a Midwife in the South West. Winner of Inspiring Business 2013, they have just started...
On Sunday 12 May Jonathan Tiernan-Locke, a Team Sky Pro Cyclist, will be star guest at this year's Sky Ride Plymouth. He will join residents taking part in the off road cycling event at Central Park. This announcement comes as Plymouth City Council and British Cycling confirm the route and activities for the day.
Born in Plymouth Jonathan started his career at Mid Devon Cycling Club....
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...
