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Nine apprentices from Plymouth City Council have gone head to head with seven other teams from around the country in a bid to be crowned Apprentice Team of the Year 2015 at the Brathay Apprentice Challenge.

The two-day long adventure finale at Brathay Trust’s Windermere headquarters marks the end of six months hard work, involving some of the country’s leading apprentice employers,...

Pickets are out in force again today as a strike over jobs, services and safety on First Great Western ‎enters it's second full day.

General Secretary Mick Cash said: "The solidarity, unity and fighting spirit of RMT members the length and breadth of the FGW franchise has been a fantastic example for the whole trade union movement as we face up to attacks on our jobs and conditions and...

Last week, patients and staff celebrated the official opening of the Teenage Lounge on Wildgoose Ward.

The room was opened by brothers, Charlie and Arthur, who have been frequent visitors to the ward and cut a ribbon to mark the occasion.

With the help of Children's Happy Hospital Fund, Derriford Children’s Cancer Service, Teenage Fund, 243 Field Hospital Army Reserves and...

On 3 July 2015, patients, relatives and friends gathered together at a moving ceremony at Saltram House in Plymouth to mark Action Mesothelioma Day. The special event was organised by the South West Mesothelioma Support Group (SWMSG), based at the Macmillan Mustard Tree Centre at Derriford Hospital.

The ‘Action Mesothelioma’ campaign was started in 2006 by the British Lung Foundation...