Homes & Gardens

Alarming new figures from housing charity Shelter have revealed almost 500 people in the South West were put at risk of losing their home every week in the last year.

In an analysis of statistics from the Ministry of Justice, the charity identified how many people are at risk of eviction and repossession as well as the ‘home threat hotspots’ across the South West where people are most...

Having a set place on the sofa and feeling comfortable enough to go to the toilet with the door open are what makes a house a home in Plymouth, according to a new study.

It takes someone living in Plymouth on average just under four months (15 weeks) before they believe their house has become a home and it is the simple things like having a “house smell” which make all the difference...

26 year old, Rosie Mai in embarking on a mammonth journey travelling through the whole of the UK, whilst pushing a bed.

She is pushing the bed 1200 miles from John O' Grots to Land's End sleeping in it every night. She wants to raise awareness of many children not having a safe place to sleep at night and suffering in appauling conditions.

She is raising £200,000 to set up a...

Fire survival advice given by Fire Control Operators helped save the lives of three people from a fire in Plymouth on Saturday morning (9 May).

Smoke alarms alerted the three adults to the fire in Chaddlewood Avenue, St Judes, early this morning and they immediately called 999.

The fire on the ground floor of the house had trapped the woman and two men inside upstairs, so as...