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As part of its public health role, Devon County Council is supporting European Antibiotic Awareness Day on 18 November, to encourage people to think about their use of antibiotics, particularly for children.

The day aims to raise awareness of how to use antibiotics in a responsible way, so that they will remain effective for the future.

Antibiotics are designed to fight...

A charity calendar has been produced by the South West Mesothelioma Support Group (SWMSG), based in the Mustard Tree Support Centre at Derriford Hospital, to help raise funds and awareness of the disease in the local community and surrounding areas.

This year’s calendar will be dedicated to group member and local campaigner, Debbie Brewer, who sadly passed away earlier this year, and...

Plymouth Arts Centre Food – PAC Food – has won a tender to provide school meals for children at a new school in Plymouth, inspired by Jamie Oliver.

From the start of term, children at the new Plymouth School of Creative Arts, based in Millbay, will be eating home-made food cooked in the kitchen at Barbican-based Plymouth Arts Centre.

Head Chef at Plymouth Arts Centre Food is...

Pushing the envelope

“Pushing the envelope” is a phrase that originated with American test pilots like Chuck Yaeger and John Glenn in the 1940s. It described max stress situations for the metal skin (“envelope”) of a jet aircraft. In other words, the plane was designed to fly safely up to a certain speed for a certain distance at a certain altitude. The job of test pilots was to “push...