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IL FRANTOLIO GROWING ON THE WORLD STAGE

IL FRANTOLIO GROWING ON THE WORLD STAGE A FAMILY business that exports (only) extra virgin olive oils across the globe and uses the ancient Lacrima…

BLACK IS THE NEW RED AT PISA'S CUTTING EDGE UNIVERSITY

Luca Bardi, direttore generale, at Sant’ Anna   WHETHER it’s black tomatoes or robot octopuses, some of the most startling scientific developments are coming from…

THE LEARNING ZONE

  Associate Professor of biorobotics, Cecilia Laschi with her octopus robot   PISA’S elite Scuola Normale Superiore university is based in some of the city’s…

GERMAN BUSINESS DELEGATION VISITING PLYMOUTH

  The city of Leipzig   A DELEGATION of business leaders from the German city of Leipzig are visiting Plymouth from the 16th to 19th…

GETTING CLEVER OVER STUDENTS WORTH TO LOCAL ECONOMY

    CITY BUSINESS LEADER Henry Hutchins is planning to work with the University of Plymouth to research exactly how many millions of pounds the…

PORTSMOUTH FAMILY ENJOY BEING HOST AMBASSADORS

  THE WHITE FAMILY FROM EASTNEY BARRACKS, PORTSMOUTH   FOR many years I’ve been a carer and enjoyed looking after people, but when I had…

UNDER THE LID OF 16TH CENTURY TOILET HUMOUR

    Meridian teacher David Stevens   A PORTSMOUTH teacher is inspiring his international students by writing a comic book about 16th century lavatories in…

PLYMOUTH & PISA – TWO CITIES, TWO TOWERS, ONE AIRPORT – THE SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES

Plymouth and Pisa – two cities, two towers, one airport – the similarities and differences By WILLIAM TELFORD, Business Editor William Telford in Pisa  THE…

MORE THAN JUST A LEANING TOWER – PISA BUILDS ITS ECONOMY ON HIGHT-TECH

More than just a leaning tower – Pisa builds its economy on high-tech By WILLIAM TELFORD, Business Editor/Plymouth Herald The river Arno in Pisa, Italy…

PORTSMOUTH TOURISM SKILLS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT

      PORTSMOUTH TOURISM SKILLS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT 20-year-old Raquel Labarrera from Barcelona in Spain, spent nearly 2 months on work placement experience at…

GOING GREEN AT SURPLUS RESCUE

  Picture: German students’ Charlotte Jander and Johann Rottman on work placements at Surplus Rescue and Dorcas Media.     MANY people from across the…

NUCLEAR PROTESTERS MUST BE EVICTED FROM SACRED PLACE

  NUCLEAR PROTESTERS MUST BE EVICTED FROM SACRED PLACE FOR most Plymothians the images in the Plymouth Herald of Charles Church being used has a…

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