Plymouth

Vision Express in Plymouth will stay open during lockdown 2.0

Vision Express is encouraging locals to not let their eyesight become another casualty of the pandemic after 17% were found to have missed their regular eye appointment due to Covid-19

Nearly 2 in 10 (17%) locals in Plymouth have not been for regular eye check due to Covid-19.

Despite the new restrictions in place, Vision Express will still be open in Plymouth, offering eye...

Pantomime, Plymouth, Robinson Crusoe

Theatre Royal Plymouth pantomime to stage an all-new, socially distanced production of Robinson Crusoe

Theatre Royal Plymouth and pantomime producers Qdos Entertainment have today announced a swashbuckling cast for this year’s socially-distanced pantomime, Robinson Crusoe . Thanks to support from The National Lottery this year’s unmissable Plymouth panto will star Les Dennis, Connor McIntyre, Simon Webbe, Andy Ford and Jennie Dale, running for three weeks only from Saturday 12 December....

Trainee Legal Exec joins Plymouth family law specialist as cases increase

The Family Law Company has appointed Trainee Legal Executive Machaela O’Brien to its Plymouth team.

An Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) Machaela specialises in legal aid cases involving domestic abuse as well as private law children cases.

She has close links with domestic violence organisations in the region and extended her expertise...

Little Troopers

Five year old from Plymouth wins place in national military calendar

A five-year-old from Plymouth has been chosen from more than a hundred children to feature in a national charity calendar which shines a light on the unique experiences of military children during the last 12 months.

William Hucker will appear as the January entry in the Little Troopers ‘Through Our Eyes’ 2021 calendar.

William’s Dad serves in the Royal Navy and he is...

Help for Heroes

Fundraisers Beat Lockdown to Complete Charity Challenge 

Two Plymouth-based fitness instructors have beaten lockdown by completing a charity fundraiser for Help for Heroes a week early raising almost £2,000 so far.

Ros Glendinning and Gilly Ellis, who already volunteer their time to run free Pilates classes for military veterans at Help for Heroes, wanted to take their generosity a step further. They had planned to complete a dawn to dusk...

Safe to access care during lockdown

Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth continues to be a COVID-19 secure clinical environment. This means that as well as reintroducing planned surgery, the team there have also been able to treat NHS patients from local NHS trusts throughout the pandemic.

Hospital director Mark White, Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth (formerly Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre), said: “Despite the...

Plymouth Specsavers stores stay open with safety front of mind

SPECSAVERS stores in Plymouth and Plymstock will remain open for all eyecare and hearing needs when the country moves back into lockdown on Thursday 5 November.

Research by the retailer showed that a third of people in the UK noticed a deterioration in their eyesight during the first lockdown, so it is urging customers to keep their scheduled appointments.

While most...

Patients give top marks to popular Plymouth hospital

Since March 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 its patients through the pandemic while latterly reintroducing and maintaining elective (planned) treatment.

While there has been much change one thing has remained constant, and that is the...

Plymouth neighbours celebrate lottery win

Seven people in Plymouth are celebrating after winning £1,000 each thanks to their lucky postcode.

The Grantham Close neighbours netted the windfall when PL7 1UL was announced as a Daily Prize winner with People’s Postcode Lotteryon Saturday 31st October 2020.

People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Danyl Johnson sent his well-wishes to the winners. He said: “Congratulations to...

French Film Festival

Vive le cinéma! French Film Festival UK reveals 28th line-up in Plymouth

Despite challenging circumstances, the 28th edition of the French Film Festival UK anticipates opening on 7 November 2020 at Plymouth Arts Centre with Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano’s heartwarming The Specials . It stars Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb who work together to help children with severe autism.

The festival takes place in more than 25 towns and cities across the UK and...

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