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Ten young people from Plymouth’s Young Inspectors group have been talking to the Council’s most senior managers about the experiences of children and young people in the city’s child protection processes.

The project was started to make sure that the voice of the child was included in all aspects of work around children’s social care. Managers wanted to gain a thorough and accurate...

Plymouth University Peninsula School of Medicine has been given the seal of approval in its General Medical Council report, with assessors stating that “the quality of medical education was found to be high.”

The report is part of the GMC’s remit to ensure that all medical schools comply with the standards and outcomes set out in “Tomorrow’s Doctors”. The report comes from meetings...

A survey of 2,000 consumers by predictive analytics firm, Blue Yonder has discovered that shoppers are becoming increasingly technology savvy in finding the best bargain and has discovered a new trend borne of the millennial age – the strategic online shopper.

Some of the top findings include:

• We spend on average 29 minutes looking for the best bargains on fashion items
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Police are warning residents about the latest scam that has seen some victims duped out of thousands of pounds.

Computer Software Service Fraud, also known as the Microsoft Tech Scam, relates to predominantly Indian call centres cold calling victims claiming to be from legitimate businesses, such as Microsoft.

The caller states that there is an issue with the victim’s computer...