Plymouth

Taylor Wimpey proud to start a positive cycle in Sherford

Taylor Wimpey Exeter is encouraging buyers to start a positive cycle this year, by teaming up with Plymouth business The Bike Cellar to offer a 15% discount on new bikes to those who make a reservation at the Sherford development.

Customers who reserve a property before the end of 2020 will receive a voucher for 15% off a new bicycle at The Bike Cellar in their reservation pack*....

Tickets now available for family films of the year at Vue Plymouth

Vue Plymouth is encouraging families to round up the crew, grab some snacks and Get Lost in some great upcoming family stories.

The wait is over for fans of Peter Rabbit and his bunny buddies as tickets for the highly awaited sequel, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway are now available. Peter escapes his mischievous reputation and flees the countryside where he runs into an adventure-loving...

Panto without a cast appeals for new recruits

A Devon village panto, with a history spanning more than four decades, is facing the final curtain unless it can recruit new members.

Shaugh Players, based in the parish of Shaugh Prior near Plymouth, was founded in the early 1970s and stages an annual pantomime involving volunteers from the local community.

Despite attracting a full house for performances and praise from...

Harley Quinn returns to Plymouth as Birds of Prey finally lands at Vue

Fans of Gotham City’s top lady supervillain Harley Quinn can now see the hotly-anticipated Birds Of Prey: And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn at Vue Plymouth.

After splitting up with her frequent accomplice and lover Joker, Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) is ready for a new start and heads off with a group of fiery females; Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Huntress...

Spectacular live production The Hatchling coming to Plymouth

The Hatchling, a spectacular live performance combining ancient myth with innovative puppetry will take place in Plymouth from 22 - 23 August 2020.

The Hatchling will see an extraordinary, larger-than-life visitor roam through Plymouth City Centre, exploring its new surroundings and the people it encounters. Taking place across the weekend, the performance will culminate in a...

GP praises care at Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre

When Dr Susanne Charlton, 56, a GP at Port View Surgery, Saltash, cellist and novelist, needed treatment for trigger thumb and a carpal tunnel decompression, she turned to Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre in Plymouth.

Susanne, who lives in Launceston, and is also a clinical assistant in radiotherapy at Derriford Hospital, had been experiencing pain in her arm and hand on and off for...

The Box secures significant funding to keep rare work of art in the UK

The Box has raised nearly a quarter of a million pounds from five key funders to save a rare piece of 19th century studio pottery for the nation.

The work of art is a large sculpture of an anthropomorphic crab. It’s a humorous object measuring almost half a metre long with grinning eyes, a curling moustache, cropped beard and smile of uneven teeth.

It was made in June 1880...

South West nurse takes safe staffing call to heart of government

Nursing staff took the voices of their colleagues and the public to the heart of the Westminster government yesterday, calling for urgent action to fix the nursing workforce crisis in England.

Vicky Brotherton, a senior ophthalmic nurse at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, was among four nursing staff who went to Downing Street to hand in petitions totalling over 220,000 signatures...

Plymouth family have an easy move with Taylor Wimpey

A Plymouth couple loved their Taylor Wimpey apartment so much that they decided to upsize their living space and move to a bigger Taylor Wimpey home to make room for their growing family.

Jodie Smith, 30, and her fiance Rob Keymer, 34, initially bought a two-bedroom apartment at the Cherry Tree Gardens development in Plymouth. They used the Government-backed Help to Buy scheme,...

Senior nurse joins Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre

Senior nurse Linda Wyatt has joined popular hospital Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre as Day Surgery and Endoscopy Manager.

Linda began her nursing career as a healthcare assistant in Primrose Ward, Derriford Hospital, caring for patients who had undergone breast surgery.

She completed her nursing degree at the University of Plymouth in 2006 and re-joined Derriford Hospital as...

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