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Friday 27 October
 A four-day Summer Sessions music festival is to be held on the Hoe next year after we agreed a deal with leading events company Live Nation this week.
The festival will bring big names in rock and pop to Plymouth and it could become a regular fixture in the city's events calendar if it proves popular.
Live Nation have successfully run the Lytham Festival for 10 years, attracting 20,000 a day to see the likes of Jamiroquai, Sting, Lionel Richie, George Ezra, Blondie, the Kaiser Chiefs, Def Leppard and Kim Wilde.
The agreement with Live Nation will not require the Council to make any financial investment and in future could help generate income to help support existing free events.
 The new proposals for regenerating Armada Way include features to help boost culture in the city centre.
Culture is important to Plymouth, with more than 365 businesses classed as arts, entertainment and recreation and 1,500 people employed in the sector. The proposals aim to build on this – with space for more activities, festivals, markets, concerts, exhibitions and performances.
The proposals include a number of flexible spaces for markets, live entertainment and arts, as well as an amphitheatre for performances.
James Mackenzie‑Blackman, Chief Executive of Theatre Royal Plymouth, is keen to see regeneration move forward so even more cultural and creative activity can take place. He said: “Cities that are bold and ambitious about their futures need fantastic city centres. All of us who have roles living and working in the city centre are desperate for the regeneration to take place.”
 A new project is to explore the key role Plymouth and the South West played in the story of the Windrush generation.
Researchers will take a deep dive into the passenger lists of the dozens of ships that arrived at the city’s Millbay Docks from the late 1940s to the early 1970s and uncover the stories of the people who arrived here, their descendants and their lives in the South West.
The work is possible after the Box was awarded a National Lottery Community Fund grant of £9,500.
The Box’s ‘Culture Club’ – a group of people from the local community with lived experience of racism – will also be involved.
If you’d like to find out more about the project or you have a story to share, you can call in at The Box on Saturday (28 October), any time between 11am and 3pm, to chat with the team.
 Children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) in Plymouth will receive better care and support following the launch of a new plan to drive innovation and improvements.
Plymouth’s local area SEND partnership has created a new strategic improvement plan in response to concerns raised in the recent joint local area inspection by the Care Quality Commission and Ofsted.
The ambitious plan has been co-produced by all partners, who include the City Council, school and college leaders, local NHS organisations and other key partners such as Plymouth Parent Carer Forum.
The plan was created following input from families and children and young people with SEND to ensure their experiences are at the heart of future services.
 A big thank-you to everyone who made poppies for the remembrance display now hanging from the Council House balcony in Armada Way.
Schools, knitting and craft groups, guides and rangers, community groups and Council staff all contributed to the hundreds of poppies that have been attached to a camouflage net donated by Royal Marines based in Stonehouse.
The display, which will remain in place until Remembrance Sunday, was the idea of Armed Forces Champion Councillor Pauline Murphy. She said: “I can’t thank everyone who helped with the project enough – the support has been incredible.”
 If your child is due to start secondary school in September 2024 there are just a few days left to submit your application.
We are taking applications from families whose children are due to start secondary school in September 2024 or wish to apply for a Key Stage 4 place.
You need to apply by 31 October via our website.
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