Lifestyle

At the end of last year Plymouth University became the first university in the world to be awarded the Social Enterprise Mark in recognition of its long-standing support for the sector.

The university has achieved another world first as the first education provider to incorporate a clinical entity into a social enterprise. The new social enterprise – Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise...

People should take historical and cultural influences into account before forming opinions about those who spit in public, an academic has suggested.

Ross Coomber, Professor of Sociology at Plymouth University, said while the UK now largely condemned the practice, in many nations it remains a fully accepted part of the lifestyle.

He also said despite the current revulsion in...

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is throwing down the gauntlet for staff in a Cup Challenge at this year’s Plymouth Half Marathon.

In teams each department that enters the 13.1 mile challenge submit their five fastest times, with the overall fastest group time earning the right to lift the coveted Challenge Cup.

The inter-departmental challenge, designed to foster healthy...

An Okehampton officer and his two brothers will be heading straight for success with a 230-mile charity walk next month.

Neighbourhood beat manager Matt Evans will be treking the Fosse Way Roman Road with his brother Steve, a police fingerprint expert, and Barry, a care home manager, in aid of two charities.

The trio will set off from Lincoln on 13 May and aim to average more...