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"422-year wait for beach hut" at Tinside!

"422-year wait for beach hut" at Tinside!

People wanting one of Plymouth Council's 21 brightly coloured beach huts overlooking The Sound at Tinside might be disappointed. There is a typical wait of up to 422 years to take possession of a waterfront haven, according to an analysis of official council figures. New stats obtained by

Hoe Memorial to be restored

Hoe Memorial to be restored

Petition Gains Momentum to Protect Mountbatten Beach

Petition Gains Momentum to Protect Mountbatten Beach

Big wheel wins council approval

Big wheel wins council approval

The Ghost in the Machine: Why Is Plymouth Being Left Off the UK Musical Map?

The Ghost in the Machine: Why Is Plymouth Being Left Off the UK Musical Map?

Rolls Royce in Plymouth Tinside Lido

Rolls Royce in Plymouth Tinside Lido

The Edinburgh connection: the hit shows heading to Theatre Royal Plymouth from the Edinburgh Fringe

The Edinburgh connection: the hit shows heading to Theatre Royal Plymouth from the Edinburgh Fringe

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Hoe Memorial to be restored

Hoe Memorial to be restored

The memorial dedicated to a grandson of Queen Victoria is to get some TLC as part of the 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

Petition Gains Momentum to Protect Mountbatten Beach

Petition Gains Momentum to Protect Mountbatten Beach

Big wheel wins council approval

Big wheel wins council approval

Rolls Royce in Plymouth Tinside Lido

Rolls Royce in Plymouth Tinside Lido

The Edinburgh connection: the hit shows heading to Theatre Royal Plymouth from the Edinburgh Fringe

The Edinburgh connection: the hit shows heading to Theatre Royal Plymouth from the Edinburgh Fringe

UK first for Turnchapel pioneer of autonomous unmanned sea vessels, ACUA-Ocean

UK first for Turnchapel pioneer of autonomous unmanned sea vessels, ACUA-Ocean

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

Scene on the Sound

More than 10,000 people flock to Devonport “Navy Days”

More than 10,000 people flock to Devonport “Navy Days”

By The Captain, maritime correspondent, The Beagle Once upon a time (!) there were Navy Weeks. To paraphrase the Old Plymouth website (Thank you Brian Moseley): “Plymouth’s second Navy Week ran from Saturday August 17 th to 24th 1929. Amongst the attractions were a battleship, two battlecruisers, an aircraft carrier,

A visitor from Oman

A visitor from Oman

Armed Forces Day, Gogmagog and Plymouth visitors

Armed Forces Day, Gogmagog and Plymouth visitors

Malcom Miller and Astute? This week in the Sound

Malcom Miller and Astute? This week in the Sound

Foreign warships coming to Plymouth

Foreign warships coming to Plymouth

Active morning in Plymouth Sound

Active morning in Plymouth Sound

Oh dear - a very wet visit for luxury cruise ship passengers

Oh dear - a very wet visit for luxury cruise ship passengers

The Captain

Summer scene in the dock

Summer scene in the dock

The Captain came inshore on Sunday to experience Summer in the Scene Dock at the Theatre Royal - billed as ‘an outdoor summer festival’. The Scene Dock is the outside space at the rear of the theatre where trucks usually unload sets, costumes, props and other scenery - but with

What’s the future for the “dead” nuclear subs at Devonport?

What’s the future for the “dead” nuclear subs at Devonport?

Future surface warship work in Devonport dockyard

Future surface warship work in Devonport dockyard

Sunset cruise to Calstock

Sunset cruise to Calstock

Longest Yarn has visitors in stitches

Longest Yarn has visitors in stitches

As we mark VE80 in Plymouth, a great pity that a Polish delegation does not seem to have been invited to join us

As we mark VE80 in Plymouth, a great pity that a Polish delegation does not seem to have been invited to join us

The Plymouth Blitz 75th anniversary cross

The Plymouth Blitz 75th anniversary cross

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