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Star Fireworks crowned British champions

Star Fireworks from Berkshire have been crowned the 'Champion of Champions' winners of this year's British Firework Championships following a spectacular two-day showdown between the UK's top pyrotechnics specialists on Plymouth Hoe.

Thousands of spectators gathered on and around Plymouth Hoe on Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 August to see tonnes of fireworks set off into the night sky in...

British Firework Championships all set to illuminate Plymouth's skies

The internationally renowned British Firework Championships will once again be blazing a trail from Plymouth’s waterfront today and tomorrow evening (13 and 14 August).

The event returns with six professional firework companies battling it out to be the 'Champion of Champions'.

Delivered in partnership with the Event Services Association (TESA), the event celebrates its 17th...

Plymouth prepares to host spectacular British Firework Championships

The city of Plymouth is preparing to host one of the most exciting events in the UK this August, the internationally renowned British Firework Championships. This year’s competition takes place on Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 August 2013 with six previous winners going head-to-head to be crowned the ‘Champion of Champions’.

Plymouth City Council coordinate the event in partnership with...

Plymouth festival celebrations set sail

Plymouth Festival of Sail

Plymouth Hoe and The Barbican Wednesday 26 June to Sunday 7 July 2013

Plymouth's inaugural Festival of Sail has got underway with many events and activities taking place around the waterfront area on the Hoe and Barbican until Sunday 7 July and culminating with the biennial regatta of Plymouth Race Week.

There are events for all the family on...

Doom Bar stand up paddleboard experience on Plymouth waterfront

Sharps Brewery is supporting a new stand up paddleboard (SUP) event that is taking place on Plymouth's waterfront during the Festival of Sail weekend , 28-30 June 2013.

The public will be able to take part alongside regular paddle boarders in a knockout-style competition over 100m sprint course. Registration is from 09:00am with the racing scheduled to take place between 10am-2pm each...

RockFish... Opening soon!

Opening RockFish in Plymouth feels like such an obvious thing to do. A sustainable seafood restaurant adjoined on one side by the National Marine Aquarium and on the other by Plymouth fish market and of course the sea. Our first RockFish, in Dartmouth, has proved to be a great success, loved by locals and visitors alike and this year won the National Fish and Chip Awards' best independent...

Plymouth bids to transform city centre and waterfront cycling links

Plymouth is bidding for Government funding to provide improved cycling and walking links through the city centre and along its spectacular waterfront.

As one of the cities applying for a ‘City Deal’, Plymouth has been given the opportunity to bid for a share of up to £30 million being made available through the Department for Transport’s Cycle City Ambition Grant. The grant scheme...

Plans unveiled for Route des Princes yacht race

Exciting plans for the major new yacht race, the Route des Princes, have been unveiled at an international press conference in Paris today.

Ten teams have been confirmed for the race which starts in Valencia on 9 June and will reach Plymouth between 26 June and 29 June. A giant 80 feet maxi yacht will be among the ten enormous multi hulls that will stop over in Plymouth.

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