Lifestyle

More than seven in ten people from the South West (77 per cent) are not doing the amount of average weekly exercise recommended by NHS guidelines, despite evidence that taking part in regular exercise can reduce a person’s risk of developing dementia, according to a survey carried out by Alzheimer’s Society to mark the start of Memory Walks on Saturday.

Taking regular physical exercise...

A massive thank you to Neil Carhart, his grandson Lucas and the team from The Plume of Feathers, Pool, for kindly choosing Gold Dust to be one of the recipients of their annual charity fundraiser.

A cheque of £809.79 was presented to Anita Dykes, Matron for Paediatrics, which was raised through a 24 mile sponsored charity walk, which took approximately eight hours to complete and took...

Over 40 per cent of Plymouth tanning salons failed a recent test purchase operation.

Public protection officers visited seven salons in Plymouth and staff in three of them did not challenge a 16-year-old volunteer about their age, despite the age limit being 18.

The volunteer did not use the sunbed but was given access to the bed, which is a criminal offence. The Sunbeds...

Midwives at Derriford Hospital would like to re-assure their mums-to-be following a high profile story that has been broadcasting as part of an Eastenders storyline.

Nicola Phillips, Maternity Matron, explains: "Following the broadcast of the story on Monday we have received a flurry of calls from mums-to-be who are worried about reduced fetal movements. It is important that there is...