Could you be the next JK Rowling or Jacqueline Wilson? If you’re aged between 12 and 15 and love to write why not join Young Writers Squad Plymouth?
The group, which launches on Saturday 5 October, is for young people interested in creative writing of any kind - from poems to plays, stories to songs and texts to tweets. The work they produce will be displayed in the library and there...
Lucian Freud, LS Lowry, Frank Auerbach and Marc Quinn are among the internationally celebrated artists whose works will be on display in Artists Make Faces, an exhibition of nearly 60 artworks at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery this autumn.
Artists Make Faces, 21 September – 7 December 2013, is the vision of Monika Kinley OBE, a pioneering curator who moved to the Plymouth area...
If you’ve ever forgotten a loved one’s birthday, the chances are you don't live in Plymouth.
Research by Groupon UK has revealed that people based north of Birmingham are more likely to forget important birthdays and special occasions. The research shows that those based in the north east and Scotland were the most frequent offenders, with Glasgow top of the pile; while the further...
Plympton Library is launching an exciting new project for 11 to 19-year-olds who love writing, performing music, reading and the arts.
HeadSpace Plympton will offer free sessions every week, including film making, meeting authors, movie nights, crafts, dance, music, songwriting, fashion, photography, poetry workshops, Manga comics and more. There will also be opportunities to volunteer...
Plymouth City Council approved a proposal on Monday (16 September) to continue to offer live webcasts of its meetings. The cost of the four or five year deal is estimated at £74,000.
Members of the Council's ruling Labour group voted to support the webcasting after a 12-month trial gain approximately 100,000 hits.
Labour council leaders argued that it would offer increased...
Winner of the BBC's MasterChef: The Professionals 2012, Anton Piotrowski is revealing his latest recipe for success with the launch of a new website for the Treby Arms in Plympton, Devon.
With the help of digital agency Creative Network , which has a presence throughout the country and a head office in Cheltenham, Anton’s website for the Devon pub looks good enough to eat.
Police and crime commissioner Tony Hogg has vowed to put the cost of alohol-related crime at the top of his agenda.
With the bill currently running at more than £300m in Devon and Cornwall, Mr Hogg called upon all organisations affected by the 'booze culture' to create a strategy to reduce both the cost and the effect on society.
Police report that a Plymouth man missing since last Thursday (12 September) has not yet been found.
Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of Desmond White who was last seen in the Ernesettle Lane area, Ernesettle, Plymouth, near to the Vi-Spring factory on the morning of Thursday 12 September 2013.
Desmond is described as male, white, aged 45 years, 5’8”...
The sun shone on ‘Super Saturday’ at the 2013 Ecover Blue Mile, as hundreds of people took to the water off Plymouth’s historic Barbican to raise money for the Marine Conservation Society.
A record number of people signed up to take part in this year’s event, which saw almost 300 enthusiasts swim, kayak and stand-up paddle (SUP) a mile from The Mayflower Steps and Commercial Wharf to...
