Local News

Award-winning Devon dementia champion and advocate turns years of experience into second book

An award-winning dementia champion, advocate and author is drawing on more than a decade of experience to publish her second book, When Time Aligns: Stories of Care from a Dementia Companion , this October.

Gina Awad has spent more than a decade championing better...

Full story

SW house prices set to rise by 22 per cent

House prices are expected to rise in the South West by 4 per cent per annum, over the next five years (a cumulative increase of around 22%)

Rising property prices in the Home Counties could be having a knock-on effect in the South West, encouraging urbanites to downsize into the region’s small holdings, says a local RICS spokesperson. Anecdotally, chartered surveyors in the South West...

Tags:

house prices

rise

South West

RICS

Plymouth youths in Parliament debate

Two Plymouth UK Youth Parliament members were today joining 300 other young people between the ages of 11-18 in a debate in the House of Commons chamber.

The annual event is chaired by the Speaker of the House of Commons, The Right Honourable John Bercow MP and gives young people a first-hand experience of political debate.

Sarah Staples and Robin Willoughby will be taking part...

Tags:

Plymouth UK Youth Parliament

House of Commons

Top Award for The Mustard Tree team

The Mustard Tree Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Centre at Derriford Hospital has been awarded a Macmillan Quality Environment Mark (MQEM) for delivering high standards of care to people affected by cancer.

The award - given by Macmillan Cancer Support following rigorous, independent assessment - is the first in the UK that specifically assesses how well buildings such as...

Christmas arrives in Plymouth

Plymouth Loves Christmas and the festivities will begin this Thursday, starting with the anticipated Christmas lights switch-on, which thousands are expected to attend.

Showcasing the new mesmerising gold and white lights with snow falling affect features, the countdown event will begin at 4pm on Thursday.

Everyone is invited to join celebrities and special guests for what will...

Tags:

Plymouth Loves Christmas

Christmas lights

The Mustard Tree Cancer Support Centre

Plymouth's role in Sierra Leone Ebola-free status

Sierra Leone officially declared Ebola-free – partly thanks to a team of medical education researchers and virtual learning technicians from Plymouth.

The team, made up of clinicians, academics and programmers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD) and Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, has worked with Masanga Hospital in Sierra Leone and the Masanga...

Tags:

New blood test for unborn babies

Research into a simple, accurate and low risk blood test that can detect fetal blood group, sex, and genetic conditions in unborn babies has been published in the international scientific journal, Clinical Chemistry.

The research is the result of a collaboration between Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and Plymouth University. The DNA test costs pence and is non-invasive – as opposed to...

Tags:

Fraser Hart takes on Bond

Luxury jeweller Fraser Hart in Drake Mall, Plymouth, has more than enough style to take on James Bond – and share the limelight with the British spy in his latest outing as 007.

Spectre’s premiere was the springboard for Omega to launch its limited Bond edition watches.

Omega and the iconic 007 character have long associations: James Bond has worn an Omega watch since Pierce...

Tags:

HMS Heroes take part in remembrance festival

At this time of year, we are all remembering those who serve and have served in our armed forces, across the generations.

This is particularly poignant for Plymouth’s HMS Heroes young people, all of whom have had at least one member of their family serving in the military.

Every year the HMS Heroes Choir sing at the Festival of Remembrance at the Plymouth Pavilions, which is...

Tags:

Plymouth schools join in National Roast dinner day

Thousands of Plymouth children have been tucking into a hearty roast dinner today as schools across the country celebrated national roast dinner day.

National Roast Dinner Day is all about celebrating fantastic school catering staff as well as celebrating how far we've come in improving school meals across the country

This year’s National Roast Dinner Day, organised by Food for...

Tags:

roast dinners day

Plymouth

Appeal after car stolen in Plymouth burglary

Police in Plymouth are appealing for information following a house burglary.

The incident occurred sometime overnight between 10pm on Wednesday 4th November and 7am the following morning, Thursday 5th November at a property in Portland Road, Stoke, in Plymouth.

The house was entered and a number of items were stolen including an Apple Laptop computer.

The offender(s)...

Tags: