Tickets are on sale for a month-long film festival coming to Devon and Cornwall this autumn.
It’s All About the River is a major cultural programme, which aims to explore the historical and future connections of local and international communities with the River Tamar.
Starting on September 12, it will feature new commissions from local, national and international artists and...
Plymouth City Council’s leader has wasted no time in working to establish a relationship with the new Government Ministers following the recent cabinet reshuffle.
Councillor Tudor Evans, Leader of the Council, has written to all the Under-secretaries, Ministers, and Secretaries of State, congratulating them on their appointment and making them aware of the priorities for Plymouth....
A world-leading aquaculture expert will represent Plymouth University at two major conferences examining the future of the global food industry.
Professor Simon Davies, Chair in Aquaculture Nutrition in the University’s School of Biological Sciences, will be among the keynote speakers at Aquatic China 2014 taking place in Beijing in September.
Council leader Tudor Evans has written to the Highways Agency urging them to review their planned programme of work to replace the A38 Merafield Road bridge.
He is calling on the agency to see if they can reduce the disruption and time the project will take after learning the agency plan to carry out the work over 70 weeks.
The Council leader has also written the city’s MPs...
Prospective students will get the chance to speak directly with their future lecturers as part of efforts by Plymouth University to make the confirmation process less stressful.
Thousands of applicants will receive their A-level results on Thursday 14 August and call the University’s specially established hotline to confirm they will be coming to Plymouth in September.
We’re pleased to welcome back two of the British folk scene’s most accomplished performers, following two great sell out gigs in 2013.
Kathryn and Sean won the Best Duo Award in the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, as well as being nominated in the Best Original Song category. They have graced stages the world over in a number of guises, however, the intimacy and strength of passion they show as a duo, combined with an eclectic repertoire ensures a rare treat.
With a story that includes collaborations with Seth Lakeman, Cara Dillon, The Levellers, Kate Rusby and Show of Hands...
The film festival weekend celebrating the River Tamar gets off to a fine start with the Rum and Shrub Shantymen, a group of traditional singers from Cornwall with a worldwide reputation for lively singing of shanties, sea songs and folk songs.
This well-travelled band perform all over Europe as well as at festivals in the UK, especially in Cornwall, including the Falmouth Shanty Festivals. More recent ventures have included a tour of the Eastern seaboard of the USA at venues ranging from Mystic Seaport to New York City, a trip to Waterford in Southern Ireland, some memorable visits...
New research has revealed the growing trend of people taking important health and well-being advice from unreliable sources.
Almost 4 in 10 people would choose to go online to seek advice on their own health and wellbeing and around 1 in 20 Brits have admitted they would turn to social media sites like Facebook or Twitter for advice on health issues.
Plymouth Albion will face the Doncaster Knights on the opening day of the RFU Championship. The match will be held at the 5,000 capacity Castle Park Stadium, which is the home of Doncaster, on 6th September.
Albion’s first home game will be the following week, when they’ll face Nottingham Rugby at Brickfields. Both teams pre-season begins this week. Plymouth face the Cornish All Blacks...
