Plymouth City Council report that a section of Outland Road will be closed for six weeks from Monday 8 April, while South West Water carries out sewer renewal works.
The scheme involves digging down 15 feet through hard rock to reach and renew old sewers buried beneath the road surface.
To enable this work to be done in the most effective and safest way possible, Outland Road...
Plymstock Library is hosting a special event on Saturday 13 April to showcase its wide range of services.
Visitors will be invited to take part in a storytime session and online workshops, meet a comedian and poet, watch a film and find out more about what the library has to offer.
The WRVS will be promoting volunteering opportunities to help older people in the community and...
Plymouth residents are being invited to a one-day sale of compost bins and water butts at discounted prices.
A range of compost bins, water butts and wormeries will be up for grabs at the event taking place on Sunday 14 April.
Plymouth City Council has teamed up with Original Organics Limited to offer compost bins and other environmentally-friendly garden features at discounted...
Star of Sky Living's Psychic Sally On The Road, Britain's favourite TV psychic Sally Morgan returns with her outstanding 2013 nationwide tour.
Often referred to as "psychic to the stars", Sally has built up an extensive client list having read for well known faces like Katie Price, George Michael and the late Princess Diana. Since touring, each year Sally packs out theatres as people from all over the country come to witness her incredible gift. Her down to earth nature and infectious personality has attracted a whole new audience to the spiritual world and her astounding accuracy...
Following a summer of festival appearances and their hugely acclaimed 5X5 tour, Simple Minds will be performing their Greatest Hits Live this year on a huge 28 date tour.
Simple Minds are one of the UK’s most successful rock groups to date. Having topped America’s Billboard chart, the Glasgow band have achieved six No.1 albums in the UK as well hitting the top spot in countless other territories including Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. Simple Minds are also arguably one of the best live bands in the world and over a thirty year career have been...
Local fire fighters are launching a public consultation on draft proposals to reduce costs in the light of Government cuts.
The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority is currently consulting on a range of proposals to help it meet the reduction in government grant over the next two years. As part of its consultation it will be holding six community events across Devon and...
Dental students from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry have been working with residents from a local project providing housing and support for homeless Armed Forces Veterans.
Ten students visited residents at the veterans’ home run by South West charity Alabaré Christian Care & Support recently, to get their input on a pack they are producing aimed at...
Scientists from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and the University of Reading are asking anyone interested in gardens and gardening, whether allotment holders or those who enjoy visiting gardens, to take part in a unique survey designed to improve understanding of how climate change may affect gardens and green spaces in the future.
The information gathered will enable the RHS to...
A team of young professionals from Devon are off to the Jeollanam-Do province of South Korea under the Rotary Internationals Group Study Exchange (GSE). At the same time, a similar team of South Koreans will travel to Devon.
The one month exchange, which will begin on 1 May 2013, comprises team leader Sally Wilcox, police officer Ed Vallins, lawyer Lucy Seymour and development...
Local food producers and buyers flocked to the first ever Food Plymouth Expo on 27 March, at the Guildhall, which hosted over 60 food producers and support organisations including; fresh fish, meat, pasties, fruit and veg, along with a range of other innovative and tasty local food products. It was attended by local restaurants and hotels, along with other key food buyers from within the city...
