Theatre Royal Plymouth have today announced that Soap Star Steve McFadden will lead their panto cast as the villainous Captain Hook in a spectacular production of Peter Pan, which will run from 15 December 2017 – Saturday 13 January.
Former British Soap Awards ‘Villain of the Year’, Steve McFadden is one of Britain’s favourite soap-baddies and has been a regular on our TV screens for...
Organisers of this year's Royal William Yard Festival in Plymouth are to deliver a proper soul-funk Sunday send off, at this year's event with the announcement that soul superstar Jazzie B, OBE, will be the final act at the festival.
The UK music industry legend, one of this country's most influential funk & soul artists, will be closing the festival with a two hour DJ set in the...
ATTENDEES at Nuffield Health Plymouth had the chance to find out about Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life as the charity visited the Fitness and Wellbeing Gym on Friday 7 April.
A team of volunteers and events managers joined classes throughout the day promoting the local Race for Life events at Plymouth Hoe and Central Park which take place on Sunday 18 June and Sunday 1 October...
Police were called at around 10.15pm on Tuesday 11 April following reports of a road traffic collision on Second Avenue, Camels Head, Plymouth.
A dark coloured Ford Galaxy people carrier and a red Ford Ka car were involved in the collision. This resulted in an altercation between around ten men, some of which were reported to be using bladed weapons.
Saturday 15th April: With outdoor spaces around the UK bursting into colour, the colleagues at B&Q Plymouth are hosting hanging basket workshops at the store.
A great activity for the whole family, the hanging basket workshops are free to attend and will run from 12pm to 2pm.
Visitors will be greeted by the instore B&Q horticulturalists who will be on hand to help and...
The team behind the History Centre has appointed polar explorer Antony Jinman as the project’s first-ever ‘Explorer in Residence’.
The Plymouth-born adventurer is one of only a handful of people to have skied to the North Pole and solo to the South Pole. He also runs an organisation called ‘Education Through Expeditions‘ which gives school children the chance to learn more about...
Clear, consistent standards which set out what the Council – and residents – can do to help the city get cleaner and greener have been published.
A policy document has been put together so that crews and residents are given clear guidelines about how, when and where to put bins and bags out as well as reminding people about what to recycle.
This spring will see more stunning wildflower road verges being created through the centre of Plymouth as environmental charity Buglife and Plymouth City Council once again work together on the Urban Buzz project.
After the fantastic feedback we received last summer about places including Western Approach, Derry’s Cross and North Cross roundabouts, the decision has been made to...
Staff at The Lost Gardens of Heligan caught an intrepid night-time intruder on camera last week - stealing fish from the Italian Garden pond!
“I was first alerted to the fact that our fish were going missing back in November, when gardeners reported finding fish scales around the ponds in the Jungle” explains Claire Pumfrey, Heligan’s Wildlife Project Co-ordinator.
Destination Plymouth Executive Director, Amanda Lumley, has spoken out about the Supreme Court’s ruling on holidays outside school term-time and how it is effecting Plymouth and the rest of the South West.
Highlighting the challenges tourism businesses face, ensuring they can withstand quieter times outside the peak time school holiday period, she comments “As a sector there will be...
