Lifestyle

With Stoptober, the 28 day quit challenge just around the corner, Patrick and his daughter from Plymouth are urging other smokers to follow their success and quit for good.

Patrick Lomax, ex-military and now in his 50s, was smoking up to a packet of hand-rolled tobacco a week when he decided to quit for financial reasons. Having tried before and relapsed, this time he asked his local...

If you’ve been told that your child is too young to get their eyes tested, or they have to be able to read to have an eye test – then you have been misinformed. What’s more, according to the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO), many parents in the UK admitted they are unaware that their child’s eyes need to be tested at an early age.

One in eight parents wrongly believe...

Tony Tamblin, Post Room Operative at Derriford Hospital, has successfully completed the challenge of climbing the UK’s highest mountain; Ben Nevis, in aid of the Chestnut Appeal and has raised an amazing £669.00.

Tony has always loved a challenge and decided to leave Devon for the very first time in his 40 years, whilst raising funds for a charity very close to his heart.

In...

Freshly caught seafood, mouth-watering dishes and an ocean of fun is what will bring the Barbican and Sutton Harbour alive this weekend (26 and 27 September) as the city celebrates the Plymouth Seafood Festival.

Organised by Plymouth City Council for the Plymouth Waterfront Partnership Business Improvement District and sponsored by Plymouth Gin and Brittany Ferries the festival is a...