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Best-selling crime novelist Peter James is visiting Plymouth later this month.

Peter, who is currently touring the UK, will visit Plymouth University on Tuesday 20 October as part of the Plymouth International Book Festival, where he will be discussing his writing and forensics with Plymouth graduate Haydn Kelly.

Haydn is a forensic podiatry analyst and actually features in...

New research from the University of Exeter and University College London has challenged claims that sitting for long periods increases the risk of an early death even if you are otherwise physically active.

The study, which is published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, followed more than 5,000 participants for 16 years (making it one of the longest follow-up studies in...

Tattoo equipment has been seized as another 'scratcher' has been raided through the Council’s Operation Itchy.

Officers from the Council’s Public Protection Service, together with the police, executed a court order at an address in the city last week in the continued crackdown on illegal tattooists, known as scratchers. Scratchers are people who have bought a tattoo kit over the...

Over 9000 young people made their voices count at the weekend as they took part in the annual Make Your Mark campaign.

Make Your Mark is a UK-wide ballot which gives young people aged 11-18 the chance to decide what Members of the Youth Parliament should debate and vote on.

A total of 9319 votes were cast by Plymouth’s young people all wanting to have their say about local and...