Plymouth

Plymouth Festival of Sail

Plymouth Hoe and The Barbican Wednesday 26 June to Sunday 7 July 2013

Plymouth's inaugural Festival of Sail has got underway with many events and activities taking place around the waterfront area on the Hoe and Barbican until Sunday 7 July and culminating with the biennial regatta of Plymouth Race Week.

There are events for all the family on...

Labour has won the Southway by-election, gaining the council seat from the Conservatives.

Jonny Morris won the vote for Labour on a turnout of 29.24% and will represent the ward alongside the existing Labour councillors Lorraine Parker and John Smith.

The UKIP candidate Peter Berrow was second, pushing the Conservative candidate, David Downie, into third place.

Result...

Sharps Brewery is supporting a new stand up paddleboard (SUP) event that is taking place on Plymouth's waterfront during the Festival of Sail weekend , 28-30 June 2013.

The public will be able to take part alongside regular paddle boarders in a knockout-style competition over 100m sprint course. Registration is from 09:00am with the racing scheduled to take place between 10am-2pm each...

The RSPCA have reported an alarming increase in animals being abandoned across England and Wales.

In the last year, the RSPCA were called out to rescue more than 37,000 abandoned animals and received a call asking for help every 30 seconds.

Every year the charity sees a sharp rise in abandonments at the height of summer. Evidence from the RSPCA and other animal charities...

Free training is being offered to entrants in this year’s epic endurance RockSolidRace in Plymouth.

RockSolidRace is one of the nation’s toughest fun challenges which includes running through fire, hydro sliding, climbing hay bales and crawling through mud tunnels among 30 other obstacles.

Now city based fitness gurus FIT Bootcamp, which is run by serving and ex-serving...

A social history exhibition that documents the reconstruction of the city after World War Two is coming to the end of its run at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery.

‘The Making of a Modern City’, which opened in May to coincide with Plymouth’s first ever History Festival, will remain on display until 5pm on Saturday 29 June.

Plymouth’s city centre and a number of its suburbs...

Patients, relatives and friends will mark Action Mesothelioma Day on Friday 5 July with a special event in memory of patients affected by mesothelioma at Saltram House.

Organised by the South West Mesothelioma Group, based at the Macmillan Mustard Tree Cancer Support Centre at Derriford Hospital, anyone affected by asbestos related mesothelioma is welcome to attend the event where...

A site manager from Plymouth is celebrating after winning a prestigious national house building award.

Craig Rutherford, site manager at Taylor Wimpey’s Penlee development, beat off stiff competition from over 13,000 entries to be honoured with an NHBC (National House Building Council) Pride in the Job Quality Award. The award, which is one of 68 won by Taylor Wimpey site managers...

Plymouth’s pioneering ‘workskills boot camps’ are now open once more to young people looking to get into work.

The scheme which was launched by Plymouth City Council and run by Whiz Kidz, a non-profit making organisation set up to improve the employability skills of young people, has been hailed as a success after returning impressive results last year.

86 per cent of those who...

Students visiting Plymouth from France can now tour the city using a new visitors’ guide to help make the most of their stay and work on their language skills.

An event celebrating the launch of the new YOLO (You Only Live Once) tourist information brochure for young people, is taking place on Wednesday 26 June at 3.30pm in the Tourist Information Office on the Barbican.

The...