Plans to improve Plymouth’s second busiest bus interchange have been given the green light.
Planning permission has been granted for the Derriford Hospital Interchange scheme, which will convert the existing one-way bus link to allow buses to travel in both directions.
The scheme, which is being delivered in partnership with the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, will also create...
Throughout January and February, Saltram House near Plymouth will be open and many of its treasures illuminated for the first time.
The East Wing holds some of the house’s grandest rooms, including a spectacular Robert Adam saloon and the Great Kitchen. In past years, the house was closed to visitors out of season, partly to protect the collection from degradation caused by sunlight...
It’s fair to say many people have a fear of clowns, which is known as Coulrophobia. A child’s fear of an unfamiliar face has become widespread, with many developing a fear of clowns. The phobia leads to people in later life being anxious when confronted with clown costumes, a clowns facial features and of course their make up. A clown therefore would not seem to be the ideal employment for someone who suffers from Coulrophobia, yet Doug Child decided to try and overcome his fear to retain his job in the latest Circus of Horrors production, which is currently on a world tour.
The multi-award-winning radio comedy I’m Sorry I Haven’t Got a Clue comes to the Plymouth Pavilions on Saturday 6 February.
Join Barry Cryer, Miles Jupp, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Jeremy Hardy and host Jack Dee for an unmissable evening of inspired nonsense. Colin Sell provides piano accompaniment.
“Whether the teams are singing the words of one song to the tune of another, making up serial rhymes or entering the mythic maze of Mornington Crescent, they have now become the National Theatre of fun" Gillian Reynolds, Daily Telegraph.
Plymouth City Council is buying the Quality Hotel and will market the site, with its commanding views of the renowned Hoe and Plymouth Sound, in a bid to attract an international standard hotel.
The Council has exchanged contracts with the owners of the Quality Hotel and a report is going to Cabinet today (12 January) to give the go-ahead to buy the empty property.
Francis Clark, the largest independent firm of Chartered Accountants in the South West, today announced a merger with Princecroft Willis, a leading Accountancy Practice in Dorset and Hampshire.
The merger will take place on 1 April 2016.
The newly merged firm will have a combined revenue of £38 million and a team of more than 580 people across nine offices, consolidating...
The World famous Transat yacht race will return to Plymouth after a successful bid to host the start of the race.
People will be able to see the yachts in Plymouth from 24 April up until the solo sailors start their 2,800 mile race across the North Atlantic on 2 May.
This event will bring a brand new Ocean City Rhythm, Blues & Jazz Festival, as well as an air show and...
Plymouth University and the Devon Air Ambulance Trust (DAAT) have welcomed the first students to a new programme thought to be the first of its kind in the world.
The institution and the charity have collaboratively put together a masters (MSc) in Pre-Hospital Critical Care / Transport and Retrieval, which enables paramedics to train specifically for the demands of being an air...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious traffic collision in Plymouth following the death of an 87-year-old woman.
Emergency services were called to Notte Street at 11.20am on Wednesday 6 January following the collision between a mobility scooter and a grey Seat Toledo.
The elderly Plymouth woman on the mobility scooter sustained serious injuries and was taken to...
January is traditionally a bumper month for active resolutions and the Sport England national campaign This Girl Can in association with Active Devon will be encouraging women of all shapes and sizes to try out lots of different ways of getting active.
During a whole month of visits, workshops and other celebratory activities, Active Devon the County Sports Partnership whose emphasis...
