Plymouth

GO! scoop top award for Palace Theatre Project

Great (Great Opportunities) Together were delighted to receive the Epic Award on Saturday 2nd April at a ceremony in Cardiff Castle.

The ceremony crowned not only the winners and runner ups for each nation (Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England) but also winners of the Peer Award for Excellence, the People’s Choice Award, and Awards for exceptional work with young people and people with...

Plymouth woman wins national prize draw

It’s been celebration for local woman, Misty Bailey, who has been successful in winning a month’s free rent in a national prize draw that was run by estate agent, Your Move, in conjunction with the Corporate Client Department (CCD) of its parent company, LSL Property Services plc (LSL).

Misty, who privately rents a property in Plymouth, entered the prize draw following completion of a...

Earliest known portrait of Francis Drake on display

Visitors to Sir Francis Drake’s former home Buckland Abbey in Devon can now see a newly identified portrait of the Elizabethan seafarer on public display for the first time.

The painting, believed to be the earliest likeness of Drake, will be on loan from a private collector, Dirk T. Griffin, for the next 12 months and will be hanging in the Drake Chamber at the National Trust’s...

Eighteen injured in Plymouth train crash

Eighteen people have been injured after two trains collided at Plymouth station on Sunday afternoon (3 April).

Emergency services were called to the scene just after 3.30pm.

All 18 casualties are reported to be in a stable condition. The majority were reported as walking wounded and eight of those were taken to Derriford Hospital.

A spokesman for British Transport...

Plymouth firm helps local charity celebrate Easter

After last year’s success, SSG Training and Consultancy organised a second annual Easter Egg donation for local children’s charity CHICKS (Country Holidays for Inner City Kids). CHICKS provides free, life changing respite breaks for disadvantaged children from all over the UK with centres in Devon, Cornwall and Derbyshire.

SSG team members and course delegates donated over 70 Easter...

Ridgeway's Year 7 football team win Plymouth Cup

Ridgeway School Year 7 football team has won the Plymouth Cup. Under the new management of PE teacher and head of the school’s Football Academy, Richard Harvey, the team has gone from strength to strength. The team beat four schools on their way to lifting the coveted trophy. “The boys did not make it easy for themselves, going 2-0 down in the semi-final against Lipson, however they showed great...

Afternoon of racing at Newton Abbot Racecourse

Spend an afternoon at the races this Easter break at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Tuesday 5 April.

Why not treat the family? Children aged 16 and under plus students with a valid student ID / NUS card enjoy free entry!

There is also a brand new children’s play area for this season, open at every fixture.

Gates open at 11:50 and the first race is at 13:50. The last race is at 17:15.

Tickets can be bought at the racecourse’s online ticket store until 17:00 on Monday 4 April. There will be tickets available at the gates on the day. Tickets are priced at £18 for...

PCC candidate hits out at Home Secretary

The Home Secretary is actively campaigning to erode the independence of the British Police, claims former Devon and Cornwall police chief Bob Spencer.

Mr Spencer, who is standing as an independent candidate in the Police and Crime Commissioner elections, has slammed Theresa May for her plans, which he claims will mean the loss of more police stations and more officers on the beat....

Plymouth City Centre Company vice chair stands down

Liz Lawson, Managing Director of Lawsons, who have traded in Plymouth since 1904 and are a key fixture of Plymouth’s high street, has decided to stand down as vice-chair of the Plymouth City Centre Company and its Business Improvement District (BID).

Liz was a founder of the City Centre BID in 2005, the first BID to be established in the UK outside of London.

Liz was the lead...

'Pirates' raise £610 for SW Mesothelioma Support Group

A group of ‘Cornish pirates’ from the Halfway Harmony choir in Kingsand & Cawsand raised £761.00 for the Torpoint and Rame Peninsula Lions New Year’s day Dip.

20% of the total raised went to the Lions own charities leaving a magnificent total of £610.00 which was donated to the South West Mesothelioma Support Group.

The South West Mesothelioma Group is based at The...

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