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Top Headlines This Week
8Crime writer’s love affair with Argyle is focus of his latest book (P.5)
A love letter to a time and place, a city and its beloved football team, Home Park Heaven is uplifting, frequently hilarious, poignant and moving.
It tells of the author’s shock at being plucked away from his idyllic home opposite Central Park at the pivotal age of 15 before coming up to date with an emotional return trip with his late father in 2012, a 60th birthday visit with his wife and yet another crucial encounter at Home Park in 2024.
7Pay boost for Princess Yachts workers (P.12)
Nearly 1,200 Princess Yachts workers will receive a 6.5 per cent pay rise after a successful industrial action ballot, Unite, the UK’s leading union has announced.
The workers voted in favour of strike action after being told their wages would stay the same during pay negotiations.
6Hundreds of city students to take part in groundbreaking STEMfest (P.2)
Groundbreaking STEMFest 2025 at the National Marine Aquarium is celebrating industry, sustainability and innovation within the city of Plymouth.
For the first time ever, 1,000 Plymouth school children will take part in a completely free, barrier-breaking STEM experience at the National Marine Aquarium in September – a project set to inspire children to learn about Ocean Friendly Homes and how sustainable living protects our Ocean.
5Transformation of Millennium building under way as further £600,000 investment comes in (P.6)
Work is underway on a project to breathe new life into an iconic Plymouth building, thanks to collaboration between three organisations.
Nudge Community Builders has taken on the Millennium Building, following a £600,000 joint investment from social impact investor Resonance and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
Construction has now started on plans to turn the Union Street building into community spaces for young people and the wider community, including a music venue, workshops and a café bar.
4Boer War Hoe Memorial to be restored (P.12)
A Plymouth Hoe memorial dedicated to a grandson of Queen Victoria is to get some TLC as part of Plymouth City Council’s ongoing review of its assets.
The Prince Christian Victor Memorial was erected in 1902 to commemorate the death of Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, one of Queen Victoria’s grandsons, who died of typhoid fever during the Second Boer War.
3Sign up for the Poppy Walk (P.13)
Plymouth locals, families and friends are being encouraged to take part in this year’s Royal British Legion’s Poppy Walk to raise funds for the RBL’s 2025 Poppy Appeal.
The sociable 3km walk will take place at Central Park, Plymouth on Saturday November 8. Registration will open at 10am, with the walk starting at 11am, shortly after a moment of Remembrance.
2Red Bull Up the Mast event is coming to Plymouth (P.7)
Red Bull have announced that the unique Up the Mast event designed to test competitors’ speed, skill and sheer determination, is coming to Plymouth.
A total of 200 brave participants will take on the mast on September 27 in a battle to be crowned the Red Bull Up The Mast 2025 Champion.
Plymouth-based frigate HMS Richmond today left the city to join the UK’s flagship on the Royal Navy’s headline deployment of 2025. The submarine hunter, which left Devonport Naval Base this morning, will spend most of the next eight months protecting aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales and other ships which make up the UK Carrier Strike Group. She was waved on her way by families who gathered as sailors have done for decades at Devil’s Point.
1Plymouth gets another big defence business boost
Plymouth has been named one of five key national defence growth areas in the UK Defence Industrial Strategy announced on September 7.
A team of city organisations that form Team Plymouth, formally Growth Alliance Plymouth, have warmly welcomed the landmark designation that marks a transformative moment for Plymouth and the region, unlocking unprecedented opportunities for economic development, innovation and community prosperity.
