Only hours after the disappointing news that Plymouth had not been shortlisted to be the City of Culture in 2017, a high level Plymouth delegation was meeting the Prime Minister to discuss other important issues affecting the city.
Plymouth MPs Oliver Colvile and Gary Streeter MP, Council leader Tudor Evans and Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive David Parlby met David Cameron in 10...
Minister for Employment, Mark Hoban, and local MP Oliver Colvile were guests of honour for a behind-the-scenes tour of Plymouth’s brand new University Technical College which is set to open its doors for the first time in September.
The special guests were shown the progress of the new college on the former Parkside School site in Devonport, Plymouth. Alongside the tour, they were...
A by-election will be held in Plymouth’s Southway ward on Thursday 27 June to fill the vacant seat left by Tom Browne who won the seat for the Conservatives in 2010.
There will be a total of six candidates contesting the ward. They are:
Ryan Aldred, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
More jobs, training, meeting places, community enterprises and services could be coming to the north of Plymouth as plans for a community economic development trust (CEDT) gather pace.
Residents in Ernesettle, Honicknowle, West Park, Manadon and Whitleigh are being invited to a series of events to get a feel for what difference an economic development trust could make to their lives...
Plymouth's Sarah Barrow and Tonia Couch were disappointed to finish outside the medal places in the women's 10m platform event at the European Championships in Rostock yesterday (Wednesday 19 June).
The pair were each thought to be in with a chance of the bronze in the individual event, with Couch in particular expected to challenge. However Barrow finished an agonising 4th and Couch...
An innovative new project that is working with hundreds of schools across the South West to provide greater learning opportunities for schoolchildren in natural environments is appealing for volunteers to help realise its goals.
The Natural Connections Demonstration Project, which is being funded by Natural England, DEFRA and English Heritage, and delivered by Plymouth University, aims...
An exciting new programme of tennis sessions is being served up in Devonport Park, just in time for Wimbledon.
The popular Devonport Park Tennis Programme, launched by Plymouth City Council and the Friends of Devonport Park last year, is being expanded this summer to encourage even more people to pick up a racket.
As well as free family sessions there are also low-cost after-...
A special information leaflet has been designed to help women with learning disabilities to navigate breast screening services in Plymouth, West Devon and East Cornwall.
The leaflet has been designed to be used by women with learning disabilities and their carers to help them to decide whether or not to attend for screening and to prepare them for the screening procedure in an easily...
Organising childcare is never an easy task which is why one Plymouth nursery has created a flexible childcare scheme to make life easier for busy parents. The Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-School at Springhill Green, Pennycross, is offering Flexi-care as an extension to the normal booking pattern, meaning parents can choose sessions to fit their lifestyle on a month-by-month basis.
