Local News

Plymouth City Council’s Leader is calling on the Government to make mobile phone companies improve mobile and Wi-Fi connectivity on trains between Plymouth and London.

Councillor Tudor Evans has written to Brandon Lewis MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, the Oliver Letwin MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture and the Digital...

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is helping to spearhead the increase in clinical research in the NHS, according to a national league table published yesterday (21 October).

Clinical research is a vital part of the work of the NHS, it is the way that clinicians gather evidence about ‘what works’ so that treatments for patients can be improved. In addition, there is research evidence to...

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is a top performer in England for price and quality of hip replacements – according to national figures.

The statistics were published following a national review of adult elective orthopaedic services in England earlier this year as part of the ‘Getting it Right the First Time’ programme led by Professor Tim Briggs. This is part of the Carter Review...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist died following a collision with a car in Plymouth.

The collision involving a blue Suzuki GSXR and a silver Mercedes C230 happened at 4.20pm on Tuesday 20 October on Weston Mill Drive, the St Budeaux bypass.

The 46-year-old male motorcycle rider was taken by ambulance to Derriford Hospital, in Plymouth, where he later died...