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Make your mark: sign up for Plymouth's Half Marathon

Last New Year, 2.6 million people in the UK decided to change their diet and exercise habits in a bid to shape up.

However, within two weeks, 92 percent had already ditched their resolution in favour of returning to their old ways.

If health and fitness tops your New Year's resolution list in 2016, why not set yourself the ultimate goal of completing Plymouth’s Half Marathon?...

Plymouth Civic Centre sold to Urban Splash

Plymouth City Council has now completed the sale of the listed building with the company that helped transform the city’s Royal William Yard, taking it from a disused Naval supplies base to a thriving residential community and much-loved destination with diverse offer covering office, retail and food and drink operators.

Urban Splash Director Nathan Cornish said: “We’re really excited...

Fugue Stage at Plymouth’s Ocean Studios

Between the 8th and the 29th of January 2016, The Factory Cooperage Gallery in Plymouth’s Royal William Yard will host Fugue State, a combined exhibition, funded by the Arts Council England, featuring Ocean Studios’ residents Jack Carberry-Todd and Rhys Morgan.

The exhibition explores the themes of human desire and greed set against a need for the romantic. Both artists’ works are...

Don’t forget your tax return in January

When returning to work after the festive season it is easy to forget that your self-assessment tax return deadline is less than month away.

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is reminding everyone who completes an online tax return to make sure the deadline isn’t forgotten when catching up after the break.

Chas Roy-Chowdhury, ACCA head of taxation, said...

New year, new focus for Ridgeway School

2016 is going to be a busy year for the students and staff at Ridgeway School in Plympton.

The school has a new leader, Lisa Boorman, and is set to have a new name, uniform and logo for the start of the September academic term.

Ms Boorman said; “The January league table will show the real progress that Ridgeway School made in 2015, this year we’ll be building on that success –...

Weather warning of more rain for Devon

The Met Office has issued another weather warning as heavy rain is set to return to the region this evening.

A band of heavy rain will move in from the west, arriving in Cornwall late on Wednesday afternoon, then affecting the rest of southwest England and south Wales through the evening and overnight, before clearing from most areas towards dawn on Thursday.

Forecasters are...

£30k for start-up businesses in South West

GAIN, the South West Growth, Acceleration and Investment Network is looking for all start-ups, innovators, disruptors to invest £30,000 as matchfunding to help business growth.

GAIN has partnered with the UK's #1 rewards crowdfunding platform, Crowdfunder, to find brilliant businesses based in Devon, Cornwall, Isles of Scilly or Somerset who have a product, service or approach that is...

Top honours for Plymouth firm

Plymouth business Sponge UK has achieved top honours on an acclaimed list which recognises the UK’s best companies to work for.

The business has been awarded , the highest possible accreditation – three stars - in The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For 2016.

The award is based on staff feedback and follows a rigorous survey where employees answered questions...

Recycle your real Christmas trees

Plymouth City Council’s successful Christmas tree collection scheme starts next week.

The special tree collections start on Monday 11 January and run right up until Thursday 21 January.

All people have to do is to put the trees out next to their bins or bags and a separate crew will pick it up on the day their rubbish and recycling is collected.

The tree rounds operate...

Witness appeal after fatal crash on A38

At 5.45pm on Friday 1st January 2016 a report was received by police of a single vehicle road traffic collision on the A38 at Dean Prior, near Buckfastleigh.

Police Fire and Ambulance attended the scene where it was established that a Green coloured BMW 323i motorcar travelling towards Plymouth had left the carriageway and struck a tree.

The driver of the vehicle, a 22 year old...

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