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Devon health visitors equipped with new tech

Virgin Care has launched a mobile-working system to increase the time Health Visitors can spend with families in Devon, as the organisation continues to transform the Integrated Children’s Services it has run since 2013 to help families feel the difference.

Health Visitors in their Devon Integrated Children’s Services have been given iPads with special secure software meaning they have...

New Foyer Federation chief kicks off national tour in South West

As a leading regional housing association DCH has invested around £565m into the south west economy over the past five years.

DCH is committed to supporting growth in the region; from building thousands of new homes and working with partner organisations such as the Foyer Federation, to creating jobs and investing in communities.

In recognition of the great work being done in...

Five thatch fires so far this year!

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service remind owners of thatched properties to ensure their homes are safe from the risk of a fire. This advice comes due to the fact that the Fire Service has already attended five thatch fires this year.

Fire in thatch is not an inevitable occurrence but it is an organic material, subject to different behaviour patterns depending on its...

Marco Pierre White 'steaks' his reputation at grand opening of Plymouth restaurant

Food lovers turned out in force on Thursday night for the hotly anticipated grand opening of Marco Pierre White’s new Plymouth restaurant.

The red carpet was unfurled outside the Steakhouse Bar & Grill to an exclusive city guest list eager to experience the city’s new gastronomy destination hot spot.

They have been waiting weeks for the new eatery, on the top floor of the...

Crucial diabetic eye screening work at Plymouth Science Park

Vital work to help check the eyesight of diabetic patients will shortly be taking place at Plymouth Science Park.


The team, from EMIS Care, has moved to the city’s premier business complex where it can benefit from its excellent facilities – from the well positioned offices and free parking for clients through to the stunning views and the on-site café. The park is also located in...

Wear your PJs for Purple Day

Young Epilepsy appeals to Britons up-and-down the country to get behind ‘PJs for Purple Day’

Purple Day, commonly known as International Epilepsy Day, takes place on Sunday, 26 March 2017

More than 112,000 young people in the UK have the neurological condition

National charity Young Epilepsy is appealing to everyone across the UK to back Purple Day on Sunday, 26 March...

Trading Standards warns of illegal skin lighteners

Illegal skin lighteners, containing potentially harmful products, have been found on sale in our region.

Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service say that the creams are similar to products which have been on sale in London. Trading Standards officers have seized a considerable quantity of illegal skin lightening creams that were being sold over the internet by a Devon-based trader...

Volunteers needed to help Plymouth blind community

A national charity is appealing for volunteers to come forward and help the blind people it supports in the Plymouth area.

British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF) provides specially adapted audio equipment to visually impaired people across the UK.

The charity is looking for radio support volunteers, whose role would be to visit people with sight loss in their homes...

Theatre Royal Plymouth opens National Theatre Hedda Gabler Tour

Following a sold-out run at the National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre, the NT will begin a UK tour of its acclaimed production of Hedda Gabler on 2 October 2017.

Opening at Theatre Royal Plymouth and running until Saturday 7 October, the tour will journey across the UK.

Just married. Bored already. Hedda longs to be free…

This vital new version of Ibsen’s masterpiece by...

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