Plymouth and Devon food producers showed off their wares at an event to celebrate the best the region has to offer.
Tourism Minister David Evennett met some of the areas most successful producers including representatives from Burts Potato Chips, Devon Hampers and Plymouth Tea at the event at the Plymouth Gin.
They were joined on Thursday by hospitality and tourism businesses...
Who knew a trip to Pizza Express could inform a young teenagers life so greatly? One evening in 2003, Jess Glynne’s parents returned home from a night in Soho with a signed CD by a new singer they had seen performing at the restaurant’s regular Jazz night. “It had such a profoundly immediate effect on me,” remembers Jess of her parents playing Amy Winehouse’s debut album, ‘Frank’. “I’d always loved the big pop vocals of Mariah, Beyoncé and Whitney, but hearing a woman’s voice that was basically a jazz vocal, so full of individuality? Then realising she was British and still a teenager?...
A student and teacher from Ridgeway School in Plympton have pledged to shave off their hair if fellow students and teachers can help them raise £500 for charity.
14 year old Maisie Smith and Jim Strachan, Head of Academic Progress for Years 8 & 9, are planning to have their locks shorn off next month, to raise money for Cancer Research.
Classic buses, cars and vintage vehicles to take over heritage building at Redlake – 23rd July 2016
Fundraising and income generating for the charity set up to help young people – The Eddystone Trust – continues at The Clay Factory, Redlake (5 minutes from Endsleigh) with yet more varied events.
Following the massive success of last year’s inaugural Christmas Extravaganza,...
Plymouth Life Centre has been shortlisted for the UK’s most important awards in water safety in recognition of its dedication to keeping the public safe around water.
The centre on Mayflower Drive in Plymouth, beat competition from across the UK to be selected as one of the finalists for the prestigious Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) and IQL UK Awards 2016.
The South West jobs Outlook has dropped nine percentage points on the last quarter according to Manpower, the world’s workforce experts. At +1%, hiring intentions in the South West are at their lowest level in more than a year and the weakest in the country (alongside Yorkshire and Humberside).
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is based on responses from 2,110 UK employers. It...
Neighbours living around open space on Rochford Crescent will be growing their own, on land they now own, thanks to the Four Greens Community Trust and Plymouth City Council.
Residents approached the trust to see if they could help with a community food growing and allotment project. Not only did the trust help them set up the project, they worked with the Council to arrange for the...
A technology firm in Devon and Cornwall is helping to keep a publicly-funded life-saving air ambulance going.
ITEC, based in Exeter, Plymouth and Redruth, is now providing IT support for Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust (CAAT) following a rigorous tendering process.
The essential back-up ensures vital computer communications remain robust, enabling the charitable trust to raise the...
Three councils have teamed up to work on a Joint Local Plan to ensure future developments meet the needs of all residents.
Plymouth City Council, South Hams District Council and West Devon Borough Council are working together to prepare the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan.
It brings together work that has previously been carried out separately by the three...
