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A Devon college at the forefront of helping women break into marine engineering is celebrating International Women’s Day today.

South Devon College wants to help change the perception of the marine industry by encouraging more women to work in the sector.

Currently women make up 14.5% of all engineers but there has been an increase in the last few years. An increase that...

Trevi, the leading women's charity in Devon, are delighted to announce that their Daffodil Family Centre has been awarded a 'Good' Ofsted Rating on its very first inspection.

The Daffodil Family Centre, which opened its doors in early 2020, is a national parenting assessment centre based in Plymouth. It offers a strength-based parenting assessment that aims to support the parent to...

Childline has found boys are five times less likely to talk with the service’s trained counsellors about their mental health than girls, and even less likely to come to them when they have suicidal thoughts.

New statistics from the NSPCC-run service show in 2020/21 they carried out 31,899 counselling sessions with girls about mental health issues compared to 5,622 with boys....

PLYMOUTH people are being warned about the dangers of taking their hearing for granted.

As World Hearing Day (March 3) approaches, research shows that many people don’t look after their hearing health, so the British Association for Music Therapy and Specsavers have teamed up to encourage people to take steps to protect their hearing.

A third of people in the South West say...