Lifestyle

Local businesses and organisations urged to ' pledge'

A Devon student, taking part in a prestigious exhibition, is urging local businesses and organisations to donate funds to help support the show’s marketing and publicity campaign.

Karen Sanders, who splits her time between Devon and Bristol, is one of 40 students showcasing their work at a prestigious exhibition to be held at the Bargehouse, OXO Tower in London.

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The Saturdays bring their Greatest Hits Tour to Plymouth

They last graced the Pavilions stage back in 2011, but now The Saturdays are back and bringing their Greatest Hits Tour to Plymouth this September! You can catch the all grown up girl group for one night only on Tuesday 23 September.

Since The Saturdays formed in 2007, the multi platinum-selling band have become a household name in the UK. They’ve scored 11 Top 10 singles (including...

Staddon Heights raise cash for Snowdrop Appeal

Staddon Heights Golf Club have shown their support to the Snowdrop Appeal with a generous donation of £4,500.

The Snowdrop Appeal is a charity set up to raise funds for a new specialist facility at Derriford Hospital to provide a peaceful space for bereaved parents of still birth, miscarriage and early baby loss.

The Snowdrop Appeal became the club’s chosen charity for the...

Cutting-edge technique can predict severity of MRSA infection

Scientists from universities in the South West have proposed a pioneering technique to help predict the severity of MRSA infection, which could lead to more personalised treatment for individual patients.

An international collaboration of scientists, including Dr Mario Recker from the University of Exeter, have used genome sequencing to identify the toxicity of specific infections of...

Sing along with Sooty and Sweep

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service have launched a fun but informative video for children to discourage them from playing with matches.

The video stars the endearing and cheeky Sooty and Sweep!

The video is targeted at young children, but in particular Firesetters of nursery/reception age and will be used as part of the Services Firesetter Intervention Program....

Paloma Faith returns to Plymouth in November

Paloma Faith will embark on a full UK tour this Autumn, and will be heading back to Plymouth on Saturday 8 November.

Her new single ‘Only Love Can Hurt Like This’ is released on May 12. The song is taken from Paloma’s third album ‘A Perfect Contradiction’, which shot straight to number two when it was released in March, and hasn’t shown any sign of moving from the top ten since....

New Teaching Project Moves the Classroom to the Beach

Thousands of schoolchildren are to benefit from one of the biggest Teach on the Beach projects in the UK, being launched by the Ecover Blue Mile and Plymouth University based Natural Connections.

The programme will provide training in blue spaces for teachers across the South West of England. Among the organisations providing the training are the Eden Project in Cornwall and the Marine...

Devon GP says “if it’s not an emergency, try your family doctor or pharmacy”

A family doctor from Devon has urged people with a non-urgent medical problem to get in touch with their local GP practice or pharmacy rather than visit busy hospital emergency departments.

With the Easter Holidays in full swing and more people getting out and about in the sun, it is usual that hospital emergency departments see an increase in the number of attendees at this time of...

Home sweet home – upping the standards of living

More than 20 per cent of Plymouth residents rent their home from landlords in the private sector but it is estimated that 26 per cent of these properties have significant risks to the health and safety of the occupiers.

Measures are therefore being put in place to ensure everyone has an acceptable standard of living.

Plymouth City Council’s housing officers are working with...

Stem Cell Transplant Unit and Birch Day Case Unit opens

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust's state-of-the-art Stem Cell Transplant Unit and Birch Day Case Unit for blood cancer patients will be officially opened by patients, hospital staff and members of the Plymouth Leukaemia and District Fund (PDLF) tomorrow (Monday 14 April).

The Stem Cell Transplant Unit opened its doors last spring and the first patients started receiving their treatment...

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