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Bird expert banks on success in South Africa

A bird expert has travelled from South Devon to South Africa to help save an endangered African seabird. And within days of arriving, Living Coasts Senior Head Keeper Lois Rowell has found herself hand-rearing precious chicks.

Lois, an experienced bird keeper practiced in the delicate art of hand-rearing, is spending six weeks working with bank cormorants. She is helping SANCCOB, a...

New imaging equipment benefits patients

Four new pieces of digital imaging equipment are now being used in our Radiology Departments at Derriford Hospital.

The installation of the X-Ray machines began last April, with all four rooms on level 6 now being open and equipped with the latest technology.

The main benefit of this technology is the reduction in radiation dose for the patient and improved image quality. In...

Students are offered life-changing opportunities

From a sustainable grass roots project in South East Asia to working with psychiatric patients in Sri Lanka, more than a dozen students at Plymouth University have been offered life-changing opportunities through an awards fund.

Thirteen undergraduates have been chosen to receive this year’s Roland Levinsky Memorial Fund, which means they can use up to £1,500 to undertake personal...

Charity bout helps Jeremiah’s Journey punch above its weight

Business people from across Plymouth went toe to toe at a glittering black tie event at Plymouth Pavilions on Saturday to raise thousands of pounds for popular city charity Jeremiah’s Journey.

Glenn Kelly from Bruton Knowles’ Lockyer Street office flew the flag for the city’s leading commercial property consultancy earning a very respectable draw against opponent Ken York from Security...

British Red Cross Shop Drop for Nepal

The British Red Cross is today (Thursday 30 April) launching ‘Shop Drop for Nepal’ to give people another way to donate to its Nepal Earthquake Appeal.

The Red Cross is appealing to people to clear out their wardrobes and cupboards and donate their unwanted clothes and goods to their local Red Cross shop.

Funds raised from the sale of the items will aid the organisation’s life-...

Plymouth University climbs in world rankings

Plymouth University is now ranked inside the top 40 global modern universities according to the most comprehensive league table of its kind, released today.

In the Times Higher Education ‘100 Under 50’, Plymouth is placed at 37 – up five places from 2014 – and fourth in terms of UK institutions under the age of 50. The publication’s Editor-at-Large, Phil Baty, described it as a “...

Social media 'wrecking' marriages

Just under half of all Brits admit they have secretly checked their partner’s Facebook account and one in five went on to row about what they discovered, new research has revealed.

One in seven said they had contemplated divorce because of their other halves activities on Facebook, Skype, Snapchat, Twitter or What’sApp.

Nearly a quarter or the 2,000 married Brits asked, said...

Bereavement rooms opened by devoted fundraisers

A couple who lost their baby daughter through stillbirth today celebrated, with mixed emotions, opening a special bereavement suite in the maternity unit.

Greg and Jen Phillips set up the Snowdrop Appeal in 2009, after Jen gave birth to Jasmine, who was stillborn at 32 weeks.

Greg explained: “I will never forget the room we had Jasmine in. It was so drab and the skyblue walls...

Landlords told to tidy up properties

Landlords of untidy properties are being told to smarten their act as part of ongoing enforcement action.

Owners of five properties in the Mutley and North Hill areas of the city are this week being served ‘untidy land notices’ in the post.

The properties are:

• 12 Connaught Avenue • 14 Connaught Avenue • 23 Hill Park Crescent • 28 Headland Park • 25 Armada Street....

History Festival features packed programme

This year’s Plymouth's History Festival is set to begin later this week and features a packed programme filled with 125 events.

The festival will run from Friday 1 May to Sunday 31 May and is coordinated by Plymouth City Council’s arts and heritage service, with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and a wide variety of local organisations, societies, charities and individuals....

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