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Ros Altmann, the UK Government’s Business Champion for Older Workers will today urge employers and policymakers across the world to embrace the 3 ‘R’s when considering employment of older workers.

Dr Altmann will deliver the message to an international audience in London today when she presents the Robert Butler Memorial Lecture. The lecture has been organised by the International...

Plymouth residents and visitors are invited to light a candle at the Illuminate event taking place on The Hoe in November and local bus firm Plymouth Citybus has donated a thousand bus tickets to get these people there.

Thousands of people are expected to gather for a special ‘Illuminate’ event on 20 November to mark the start of the official countdown to the 400th anniversary of the...

Don’t let the kids get grizzly this October half-term – head to your nearest library for some bear-faced fun.

Families are invited to go on a bear hunt to unearth some furry interesting facts, enjoy favourite stories of loveable bears such as Winnie the Pooh and Paddington.

Youngsters can get their paws dirty and make a bear mask or teddy bears’ picnic basket to take away with...

More Plymouth children and young people are going to school as the city has seen another sharp drop in truancy figures.

Last year the overall attendance at school for the autumn and spring terms was 95.6 per cent, with only 3.5 per cent of pupils being in the persistent absent category. This is significantly improved from previous years and indicates how much the children and young...