Plymouth

Plymouth neighbours share £210,000

A Plymouth postcode has landed six neighbours a share of £210,000 after being announced as a winner with People’s Postcode Lottery .

PL6 6AW was announced as a winner on Sunday 17th January, landing five lucky people a cheque for £30,000 each. The sixth winner, who plays with two tickets, doubled the prize to £60,000.

70-year-old David Leah was with his wife, Marion, as he...

Oltco Plymouth

Oltco Plymouth makes the switch from plastic packaging to recyclable tin

Oltco, the UK’s leading sustainable resin driveway company, is expanding its sustainable offering by switching from using plastic resin packaging to recyclable metal tins. This coincides with Oltco’s current innovative and award-winning sustainable resin driveway solution, Recycle Bound.

Oltco has always been aware of the damaging impact waste plastic has on the environment. This led...

Theatre Royal Plymouth

Our Space Launches Inspiring Collection of Digital Creative Writing

Theatre Royal Plymouth’s Our Space project members are launching a new digital collection of creative writing on Wednesday 13 January.

In March 2020 as the world ground to a halt, the Our Space programme transitioned, like so many, to an online existence, as they sought to stay connected and creative in lockdown.

They experimented with many kinds of games and exercises along...

Headteacher Lee Sargeant with students from All Saints Academy

All Saints Academy joins the Ted Wragg Trust

All Saints Church of England Academy, Plymouth has become the latest school to join the Ted Wragg Trust.

It is the third Plymouth school to join the Trust, which was formed with the aim of creating an outstanding educational experience and to improve life chances for all children. The addition of All Saints Academy will strengthen the opportunities and partnerships across the Trust and...

LGBT+, The Box, Plymouth

The Box selects local creatives for LGBT+ micro-commissions

The Box is thrilled to announce that Eric Rickard, Elani Evangelou, Laurie Reynolds and Arth Lawr have been chosen for its ‘My Story’ LGBT+ digital commissions.

The commissions will celebrate the diversity of the city’s LGBT+ community as well as mark the 10th anniversary of the launch of Plymouth’s ‘Pride in Our Past’ project and February’s LGBT+ History Month.

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Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth

Top marks from patients for popular Plymouth hospital

Patients who attended a popular Plymouth hospital in December have given it a score of 99.8% in a national audit which asks “would you recommend this hospital to friends and family?”

Since March last year the team at Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth (formerly Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre) have constantly changed the way the hospital operates to support the local NHS trust and...

Specsavers in Plymouth to remain open during lockdown

Specsavers Plymouth will stay open for all eye and hearing needs throughout lockdown. Under current government guidance, people are allowed to leave home to attend medical appointments, including eye and hearing tests, which are considered essential healthcare services. If customers can’t leave home unaccompanied for an eye test, they can request a home visit from Specsavers instead....

New Shows Coming to Theatre Royal Plymouth in 2021!

Everyone at TRP has been working very hard behind the scenes to make sure that they have some fantastic shows lined up for their audiences in 2021. Today they are excited to announce that four new shows coming to TRP will be on sale to the general public from Thursday 17 December, with something for everyone!

Tickets will be available to purchase on the TRP website where people can...

Tesco

Plymouth Tesco shoppers donate 1,700 meals to those in need this Christmas

Generous Tesco shoppers across Plymouth have been thanked after donating 1,740 meals to feed people in their communities amid this year’s Covid-19 pandemic.

During the annual Tesco Food Collection at the end of November, local shoppers donated enough packets, tins and boxes to help the Trussell Trust and FareShare in their vital work.

An additional Tesco Food Collection held...

Vue, cinema

More classics back on the big screen at Vue Plymouth over the festive break

FILM fanatics in Plymouth are already able to enjoy a selection of fan-favourite festive flicks Back on the Big Screen at Vue this Christmas, with many more classics returning from Boxing Day.

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Total Recall, the classic sci-fi/action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, has been newly restored in 4K. Follow the tale of Quaid on his rampage of Mars...

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