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A team of apprentices from Plymouth City Council have launched their bid to become apprenticeship team of the year.

Over the next six months they will be developing a community orchard near Lakeside Drive in Plymouth.

This bid is part of the Brathay Apprentice Challenge, the official search for the apprentice team of the year supported by the national apprenticeship service....

Derriford Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has been overwhelmed by the amount of support and generosity from the public, for their help with making the ‘snugglies’.

In October, Derriford Hospital appealed for volunteers to help make more snugglies, allowing them to keep up with the high demand. At the time, NICU only had three packets in stock, as the nurses were having to make...

Last week Alison Seabeck, Labour MP for Plymouth Moor View, challenged the Leader of the House of Commons, William Hague MP, over why Ministers at the Department for Food and Rural Affairs continue to delay a report into the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).

The MMO is failing local fishers in Plymouth and across the South West, by producing questionable data, which is potentially...

Private sector output in the South West of England continued to rise at a strong rate in December, according to PMI® survey data.

Growth was supported by higher new business volumes and the level of incomplete work continued to rise, despite a further robust round of job creation. That said, the rate of growth in new orders eased to the slowest in 19 months. In line with the broad UK...