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A student who contracted meningitis at the age of 19 has produced an emotional film highlighting how he believes a life-changing disability doesn’t mean you have to give up on your dreams.

Jonathan Brough was in Canada training to be a skiing instructor when he was diagnosed with the condition, and subsequent complications in his treatment left him paralysed from the neck down....

This May, Saltram House near Plymouth will launch a brand new exhibition, ‘By the Book’, which will celebrate the best loved items from the Parker family library.

On display together for the first time are highlights from the collection, including Mark Catesby’s beautifully illustrated Natural History of Carolina, local interest works such as Smeaton’s Narrative of The Building of the...

Police have released an image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a serious assault in a Plymouth street.

The incident took place outside the city’s college of art and design in Charles Street at around 9pm on Tuesday 8 April.

The victim was punched and knocked to the floor in an unprovoked assault.

The 43-year-old victim received a serious cut to...

The orang utans at Paignton Zoo have got themselves a TV.

The 47 inch flat screen telly was donated by Richards TV and Electrical of Babbacombe.

However, it’s not for the endangered South East Asian primates to watch soaps and wildlife documentaries, but for visitors to view clips of them.

The TV will play recorded videos and stills images of the Zoo’s Bornean orang...