Residents and visitors to Plymouth can now report a range of issues to the Council by using the My Plymouth mobile phone app.
Suitable for Blackberry, iPhone and Android smart phones the app can be used to report dog fouling, fly tipping, fly posting, graffiti, street cleaning and abandoned vehicles.
Photos, videos and relevant information can be sent through the app to the...
Plymouth will be the penultimate destination on a nationwide bus tour to promote the UK’s first ever Small Business Saturday when it arrives in the city on Thursday 5 December.
Championed in the UK by Chuka Umunna, the Shadow Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, and supported by the Prime Minister, the Business Secretary Vince Cable and the Minister for Skills Matthew...
Austerity and ‘make do and mend’ necessitated by the war years are being celebrated at an event at Plymouth Arts Centre.
The event, on Saturday 14 December, is the opening celebration of the Looe Street Detectives exhibition at the Arts Centre. Artist, Sara Bowler has worked with a team of Plymouth residents, the ‘Detectives’, aged from nine to over 70.
Late night shoppers can enjoy free parking in three of Plymouth’s West End car parks in the run-up to Christmas.
To get folk into the festive spirit, Plymouth City Council is waiving charges on a Thursday night – the traditional late night shopping night – in the following car parks:
Team Hope have arranged ‘An Evening with Mark Hines & Debra Searle’ to be held at Marjons University in Plymouth on the 16th of December 2013 at 7pm.
Mark Hines
Mark Hines is an Ultra Endurance Adventure Racer, Academic and Writer. He is an
exercise physiologist and biomechanist who competes in the toughest ultra-endurance races in the world. He has raced in rainforests, across deserts, over mountains, and in the sub-Arctic and Arctic.
Mark also spends time conducting research in his labs, writing books on health, fitness and his...
Crazy clown troupe Le Navet Bete turn this Dickens classic into a physical comedy fun-fest for all the family using visual gags, jokes for the kids and the grown-ups with a sprinkling of topical satire for these recession-hit times.
The show runs from December 7-24 with matinee performances from December 14-24.
£12 adult, £9 concessions including OAPs, under 16s, students; £35 family ticket (2 adults, 2 children)
Book your pre-show meal at The B-Bar Thai noodle bar, beneath the Barbican Theatre. Call 01752 242021 for table reservations.
All things Vintage & Festive is back for a 2 day Christmas fair at the Guildhall, Plymouth on the 7 and 8 December from 10.30am-4.30pm.
There will be over 70 Vintage, antique and good quality handcrafted stalls. These have all been picked with Christmas gift buying in mind.
Jo from Miss Ivy Events went on to say “We are trying to support local small businesses this Christmas, and bring you unique Christmas gifts that you won’t find on the High Street”
There will be lots of Festive entertainment which the fair is becoming renowned for. Just Misbehavin’ will be...
The Met office has warned of incoming frost as temperatures plunge in Devon.
An icy blast is set to end the current mild spell in the South of England and will begin a period of low average temperatures over the coming months.
The Met Office said: “Indications are that December will most likely be colder than average. For December-January-February as a whole uncertainty is...
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery’s permanent art collection has received a prestigious boost thanks to the acquisition of a new painting by current Turner Prize nominee, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
To Tell Them Where It’s Got To (2013) has been purchased with a grant from the Contemporary Art Society and the support of London based Corvi-Mora Gallery.
Serco has won a three-year extension to its hotel services contract with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust. The extension is worth £42 million and means that the contract will now continue until September 2019.
Employing 650 people in Plymouth, Serco provides a range of facilities management services including cleaning services, patient catering, retail catering, portering services, and a...
