Pride in the Park Plymouth’s LGBT pride will take place on Saturday 20th July 2013 at Devonport Park the event will be officially opened at 1.30pm by the Deputy Lord Mayor and Deputy Lady Mayoress. New for 2013 we introduce the PRISM dance stage that will be showcasing more talent with DJ’s James Stalker, Ry Smith, James Pearson, Fiona Pearse and more.
The main stage at the bandstand hosted by Jazmin and Miss Pussyfat has an amazing line up including:
2Tonic Funky Divas Sister sister Michael Tyler Joanne James Danny Jones Kirsty Johnson Jerry Foale David Whitfield Channel...
Every year in mid-summer, Lord Jagannath, with his elder brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra goes on vacation, travelling in grand chariots, from his temple in Puri, to his garden palace in the countryside.
We now celebrate one of the biggest religious Hindu festivals - the Rath Yatra or the Chariot Festival. This is also the etymological origin of the English word 'Juggernaut'.
A chariot is brought to the Piazza and a marquee is erected. The marquee houses images of all of the religious deities, as well as cultural activities such as henna face paintings including the...
Plymouth will be celebrating its diverse communities this weekend with two events on Saturday 20 July.
Devonport Park will once again host Pride in the Park . Thousands are expected to attend from 1.30pm to 7pm for the celebration of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender culture. There will be free live entertainment, stalls and a bar all organised by Pride in Plymouth. The Council...
Volunteers and staff came together this week to celebrate the 95th birthday of Ron Price, one of the estate’s best loved volunteer room guides.
Ron trained as a carpenter joiner at Yelverton in the early 1930s, a time when Lady Seaton and Lady Drake where still in residence at Buckland Abbey. He vividly remembers the night the Abbey caught fire, on 6 January 1938, when Yelverton Fire...
Two of Devon’s top volunteer groups have received the Royal seal of approval this week as they were honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
The Tavistock and District Outdoor Education Forum (TDOEF) and The Dawlish Gardens Trust were amongst 117 groups in the UK to receive the prestigious accolade, which is the highest award given to volunteer groups and has a status...
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has published estimates of the costs generated by child poverty rates in every local authority and constituency in the UK.
The CPAG estimates the cost of child poverty in Plymouth to be £120 million per year with 11,085 children in the city falling below the relative poverty line.
The local authority estimates, produced by Donald Hirsch of...
Police have re-issued their appeal to trace two people who they believe are key witnesses to a collision on the A38 on Sunday 14 July and may have vital information which could assist with the investigation.
A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a Nissan van near the Lee Mill Industrial Estate on the eastbound carriageway at about 10.30pm. The 47-year-old man was from Smithaleigh...
The twinning of two hospitals, thousands of miles apart is to bring mutual benefit to the staff and patients of both organisations.
Derriford Hospital and the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD) have been helping to support the rehabilitation of Masanga Hospital in the Tonkolili district of Sierra Leone since 2008.
This summer the Class 40 World Championships will be hosted in the City of Plymouth from the 17-20 August.
The four day Championship will be organised by the Royal Western Yacht Club of England as the event authority, with an expected 20 international teams from nine nations due to compete at the event.
Twenty Class 40 teams have already pre-registered for the Rolex Fastnet Race and are due to arrive in Plymouth from the 15 August.
The teams will have a couple of days break before starting an intense series of inshore and coastal races to decide the overall Class 40...
