A team of health students from Plymouth University are hungry to find out what’s on the menu for footballers in the city to help boost their studies while looking at ways to improve player performance.
Undergraduates on the Nutrition, Exercise and Health, and Health and Fitness degrees, are being are matched to sporting ‘partners’ from local clubs, University teams and sports...
Carol Robertson, Head of Community Fundraising at Brain Tumour Research, has completed a 400-mile cycle ride in just four days in memory of her friend who lost his life to a brain tumour.
The cycle ride, dubbed the “Tour de Labs”, saw Carol start from the charity’s HQ in Buckingham and visit each of the four Centres of Excellence funded by Brain Tumour Research – two in London, at...
Shoppers will have the opportunity to buy their dream car from the newest Pop-Up store in Drake Circus, Mercedes-Benz!
The pop-up show room, located next to Costa Coffee on the Lower Mall, hosts two gorgeous Mercedes cars, the A Class and the S Class and gives shoppers an exclusive chance to preview the brand new Smart Car (the ForFour) which is yet to be launched on British roads....
Dental students warn – look out for hidden sugar in energy drinks and snacks
A team of dental students from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry have been working with sport students from the University of St. Mark and St. John, to raise awareness of the hidden dangers to teeth of sugary energy drinks and snacks.
A unique and exceptionally rare Beryl Cook oil painting has sold at Plymouth Auction Rooms and now sets sail for Canada. The original piece of art sold for a staggering £19,200 to an overseas collector, who narrowly outbid a local Plymouth auction-goer.
The painting – titled 'Kissing Time' – is in the much-loved local artist’s distinctively vibrant and fun style. As a Plymouth resident...
The LGiU and CCLA are delighted to announce that Councillor Tudor Evans (Leader, Plymouth City Council) has won the 2015 C’llr Achievement Award for Leader of the Year.
The sixth annual Awards Ceremony was held on Monday evening (March 2nd) at the Lord Mayor’s Parlour, in Westminster City Council. The Awards are the only national ceremony to honour the hard work of councillors from...
Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, has today announced it is to open a new base at Cardiff Airport.
The airline will serve 11 destinations in the UK and Europe this summer and base two of its existing Embraer E195 aircraft at the Airport. One of these 118-seat aircraft will arrive at Cardiff in June and the second in September 2015.
Plymouth City Council is gearing up for Lord Mayor’s Day on Saturday 6 June and its events team want to hear from anyone interested in taking part.
This year’s theme will be ‘the 200th Anniversary of Napoleon on HMS Bellerophon in Plymouth Sound’ and anyone can get involved – from individual people to community groups, clubs and organisations.
Help to Buy, the government’s flagship housing scheme, has helped 88,420 people buy a new home (9,045 in the South West) since it was created, new figures have revealed today.
Since the launch of the Help to Buy equity loan and mortgage guarantee schemes:
• 80% of scheme completions have been made by first-time buyers • the average house price has been £185,000, significantly...
White collar warriors aiming to go a couple of rounds with opposite numbers from the Plymouth business community could end up toe to toe with Bruton Knowles’ Glenn Kelly.
Glenn – an associate at Bruton Knowles’ Lockyer Street office - will be joining two dozen other hopefuls hoping to slog it out at Plymouth Pavilions on Saturday April 25 on behalf of city-based children’s bereavement...
