Firms will be able to get the low-down on the laws that affect how they run their business as well as tips and taster sessions to help their companies grow.
Plymouth City Council is about to hold its third 'Nut sand Bolts' event on Thursday 24 April which aims to provide a wealth of support and guidance all in one place.
The event is organised by the Council's Public Protection...
The Renal Unit at Derriford Hospital have received a donation of £1,287 from a patient who teamed up with his local free house to host a charity race day.
Dubbed “Wacky Races”, the event lived up to its billing with teams from Boscastle and the surrounding areas racing down Penally Hill in homemade karts. The race concluded at the Cobweb Inn, where an auction and hog roast helped to...
New research conducted by Cadburys has revealed that children of Plymouth are more likely to see celebrities such as Ant and Dec and Joey Essex as explorers than Sir David Attenborough and Christopher Columbus.
The research was conducted to celebrate the annual Easter Egg Trails provided by Cadburys and The National Trust.
This year's trails have a ' eggsplorer theme' which is...
A young patient of Derriford Hospital has hatched a cracking plan for Easter.
Jasmine Bayly (15) was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis 1 when she was 8 years old, which resulted in the development of an inoperable brain tumour aged 13. She has spent most of the last two years undergoing Chemotherapy and knowing the difficulty of being confined to a hospital bed, Jasmine wanted to raise...
Transport Minister Robert Goodwill has urged car passengers to speak out against drink-drivers after one in four admitted to being too self-conscious to say anything.
Research for the THINK! Easter Drink-Drive campaign showed that a quarter of respondents admitted they had been in a car where the driver has been over the alcohol limit but said nothing because they were too...
Alison Seabeck MP is supporting the initiative of Lloyds Bank Community Fund and is asking for Plymothians to nominate local good causes.
Ms Seabeck said: “There are so many fantastic small charities and non-profit groups in my constituency of Plymouth Moor View. Over the years I have seen extraordinary commitment by volunteers to improve their neighbourhood and other people’s lives....
Active Devon has been awarded a grant of £207,220 from Sport England to develop inclusive sporting opportunities for disabled people.
The Inclusive Sport programme is designed to increase the number of young people (aged 14 plus) and adults regularly playing sport as part of Sport England’s wider commitment to increasing regular sport participation by disabled people.
For a wonderful day out for the entire family, head to The Shops at Dartington on Saturday 31st May and Sunday 1st June for the return of the hugely popular and greatly anticipated Food Fair. Celebrating the best of the region’s incredible produce with live music, cookery demonstrations and a vast array of children’s activities, The Shops at Dartington Food Fair is going to be a lot of fun, not to mention hugely gastronomic.
With over 50 of the South West’s best food and drink producers attending, the Food Fair is a must visit for any food and drink enthusiast. Local producers who...
Patients, staff and members of the Plymouth and District Leukaemia Fund (PDLF) celebrated last night (Monday 14 April) as they officially opened the new Bracken Ward and Birch Day Case Unit which is part of the Stem Cell Transplant Unit.
The official ceremony took place after the Annual General Meeting of the PDLF, with more than 60 people in attendance, and was marked by the pulling...
An online Easter egg hunt in which players act as ‘predators’ to find hidden bird eggs will help scientists better understand camouflage and its evolution.
The new game, called Egglab, is a type of citizen science – a genuine scientific experiment that anyone around the world with a computer, smartphone or tablet can take part in, with the aim of understanding how different types of...
