Plymouth

Open Air Theatre at Buckfast Abbey

Following on from last year’s lively adaptation of Godspell, Into the Light is a thought-provoking and beautifully written piece that will be performed at Buckfast Abbey from 7th -12th September by the Torbay-based Unleashed Theatre Company. Based on St John’s Gospel, it follows a group of refugees fleeing from Eastern Europe in the late 1930s at the start of the outbreak of the Second World...

Plymouth man wins £28,000 with 50p each-way bet

A recruitment consultant from Plymouth has scooped more than £28,000 with bookmakers William Hill after placing a 50p each-way bet!

Ryan Jarvis, 31, placed the tiny bet on a seven-horse accumulator on the racing and managed to turn the £1 stake in to a huge jackpot.

Mr Jarvis said: “Nobody believes me that I’ve won such a massive amount! I was sitting on my own watching the...

Plan your journey ahead of major event

Ten of thousands of people will be taking to The Hoe for the British Firework Championships and people are encouraged to think how they are going to get to and from the event.

With the championships taking place on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 August many of the city’s main car parks will be open 24 hours with Western Approach and Lambhay Hill open until midnight.

In addition...

Register to vote and have your say

Preparations for next year’s elections are already under way and Plymouth City Council wants residents to make sure they’re able to vote and have their say.

More than 116,000 forms have been posted to households across the city as part of the Council’s annual voter registration canvass. Residents are being asked to check the forms and make sure the information listed for people living...

Police appeal after dangerous driving incident

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward who may have seen a car being driven dangerously around Plymouth.

Officers received reports of a green Renault Megane being driven erratically around Beacon Park Road, Montpelier Road and Westeria Terrace around 10pm on 27 July.

The vehicle, containing around five people, was seen mounting pavements and doing wheel spins before...

Police hunt teenagers following attack on pregnant woman

Detectives in Devonport have released EvoFIT images of the two teenagers they are trying to trace in connection with an attack on a pregnant woman on Friday 31 July.

The teenage boy is described as being 14 or 15, with mousy brown bobbed hair, 6ft tall and of skinny build. He was wearing dark jeans and bright white trainers.

The teenage girl is described as being 14 or 15, with...

Plymouth school leavers fear settling for second best jobs

Young people in Plymouth due to pick up their GCSE and A-Level results fear too much competition, not having enough confidence and a lack of experience and training will stop them from getting their dream job, new research by the British Army – the UK’s largest apprenticeship provider – has revealed1.

People aged between 16 and 24 are currently three times more likely to be unemployed...

MARS mission aims to make historic autonomous Atlantic crossing

A pioneering project has been launched to design, build and sail the world’s first full-sized, fully autonomous unmanned ship across the Atlantic Ocean.

The Mayflower Autonomous Research Ship, codenamed MARS, will be powered by state-of-the-art renewable energy technology, and will carry a variety of drones through which it will conduct a variety of experiments during the crossing....

Extensive footway resurfacing programme gets underway

An extensive footway resurfacing programme is due to get under way in Plymouth on Monday 10 August.

Around 60,000 square metres of ‘slurry seal’ will be laid in 61 locations across the city, on footways that are showing the first signs of deterioration.

Slurry sealing is used as a preventative measure; as well as filling defects, levelling the surface and making it waterproof...

Derriford plays key part in national tinnitus research

Are you or is someone you know affected by tinnitus?

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is participating in a national, clinical trial into a potential new drug treatment for tinnitus.

Derriford Hospital is one of 11 in the UK taking part in the QUIET-1 trial, which will involve about 150 patients receiving four daily pills - or a placebo - every day for four weeks.

James...

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