Libraries in Plymouth are getting ready to celebrate 100 years of the world’s greatest storyteller, Roald Dahl, with this year’s Summer Reading Challenge – The Big Friendly Read.
Children can visit their local library and sign up from Saturday 16 July. It’s free and every child who signs up will be given a special collector folder to keep track of their Summer Reading Challenge reading...
An exclusive tea-party was organised by Hospiscare at Knightstone Manor and sponsored by wealth management company Brewin Dolphin, Exeter office. The seventy special guests were Invited to join The Rt. Hon. Baroness Butler-Sloss GBE, Vice-President of the charity, for a traditional afternoon English tea. Kindly hosted at Knightstone Manor, located on the outskirts of Ottery St. Mary, the...
To Plymouth lady Sandy Rice, 72, age is just a number.
A proud nanny with 11 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a lifetime of experience, Sandy has been empowering women through beauty and make-up.
Sandy started to work for Avon, and eventually start her own business after suffering from ankylosing sponditis, a form of spinal arthritis that eventually causes a fusion...
Fashion in the city is coming to Plymouth with an army of stylists.
The event will take place on the 2 to the 11 of September 2016 spanning across 2 days.
The programme of interactive activities will include a 2 day fashion show in Drake circus shopping centre, including a Fashion in the city beauty bus taking the event on tour to outlying areas.
Plymouth’s new coach station will open on Thursday 8 September.
Contractor SWH Civils is making good progress on the construction project off Mayflower Street which will replace the old 1950s coach station at Bretonside.
SWH Civils has released the latest time lapse video from May and June to show how much progress has been made. http://bit.ly/1X8INU2
Families for Children are currently looking to find new families for their new adoption service Fostering to Adopt.
The service places young babies during the period of temporary local authority care with foster carers who are also approved adopters, and may adopt the child if approved by court.
The exhibition Summer of Colour featuring artists Jackie Gale and Doug Hinge will be at The Art Source contemporary gallery in Plymouth.
The show will take place from 6 to the 29 August 2016.
The opportunity to watch Jackie at work will be available on 6 and 7 August 11am to 4pm. Children will also be able to have a go at creating some art.
You will also be able to watch Doug Hinge at work on the 13 and 14 August 11am to 4pm, with children given the opportunity to grab a paintbrush and try out their skills.
The tour announcement comes on the heels of the recently sold-out 75-city European run, the upcoming 16-city tour of Australia and New Zealand, and a 45-city North American headlining tour, the latter of which begins September 29th in Providence, RI and includes an October 7th performance at the historic Radio City Music Hall in New York City. All of this prompted the Buffalo News to proclaim...
