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Full moon and a big wheel - a night time spectacle on The Hoe ahead of British Firework Championships

Full moon and a big wheel - a night time spectacle on The Hoe ahead of British Firework Championships

The Big Wheel on the Hoe is taking shape ahead of next week's British Firework Championships - and with tonight's full moon the Ocean City's centrepiece was putting on a show. But the planning application submitted in February this year for a semi-permanent Wheel

Albion Launches ‘Vision and Mission’ Ahead of Historic 150th Anniversary

Albion Launches ‘Vision and Mission’ Ahead of Historic 150th Anniversary

Twenty years ago Plymouth Albion stood at the edge of top-flight rugby - securing third-place league finishes and reaching their first Twickenham cup final in 2004–05. Brickfields regularly welcomed thousands through the gates, and the club was widely admired in the rugby world. By 2015 they were being

Blue plaque honours achievements of Plymouth man who helped NASA

Blue plaque honours achievements of Plymouth man who helped NASA

A new blue plaque has been unveiled in honour of a Plymouth-born man who became a scientist, explorer and soldier and whose ground breaking research into sand dunes has been recognised by NASA. Ralph Alger Bagnold OBE FRS KL (1896-1990) was born on 3 April 1896 and grew

Plymouth navigational alert as Breakwater lighthouse and foghorn deemed unreliable

Plymouth navigational alert as Breakwater lighthouse and foghorn deemed unreliable

Plymouth King’s Harbour Master issued a navigational warning today (August 7, 2025), revealing that the Breakwater Lighthouse and its accompanying foghorn are currently unreliable due to ongoing maintenance operations. The lighthouse—an essential aid at the western tip of Plymouth Breakwater—has intermittently faltered, while the foghorn’s signals

Nice afternoon for a drive around The Hoe!

Nice afternoon for a drive around The Hoe!

Mayhem and a near calamity this week when a visiting motorist fell foul of the 4pm parking barrier closing the Hoe’s disable parking bays. The panicked driver set off around the paths of the park to find an alternate exit - trundling towards the Crowne Plaza then doing a three-

Going for Gold

Going for Gold

Smeaton’s Tower on Plymouth Hoe was lit gold in celebration of the England Lionesses’ dramatic penalty shootout victory over Spain in the UEFA Women's Euro final, writes GP. Councillor Sue Dann, Plymouth City Council's Cabinet Member for Sport and Leisure said of the nail-biting

Run of Hope promo shoot on Plymouth Hoe

Run of Hope promo shoot on Plymouth Hoe

The Hoe was a blaze of red white and blue on Thursday evening as Storm Plymouth running club members took part in a promo shoot for an event called The Run of Hope - the greatest relay in history - which takes place in the USA next year. The photo shoot and