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British Red Cross appeal for volunteers

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service are supporting the British Red Cross plea for more volunteers.

So far this year Red Cross volunteers have responded to 122 calls across Devon and Somerset and were on standby during the recent storm which lashed large parts of the South.

The fire and emergency support (FES) service is a rapid response service working in partnership...

Week of events aims to spread the spirit of enterprise at Plymouth University

Budding entrepreneurs will be inspired to let their imagination run wild as Plymouth Enterprise Week gets underway on Monday 18 November.

The event, coordinated by Plymouth University and partners across the city as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, will see a series of events taking place across the city campus, including the launch of the new Futures Entrepreneurship Centre and...

Police search for missing Plymouth man, Timothy Harwood

Police are searching for a Plymouth man who was reported missing last week.

Timothy Harwood, 47, was reported missing on Thursday 14 November 2013 when he failed to return home.

Mr Harwood lives in the Efford area of Plymouth though most recently he has been living in the Dean Cross area of Plymstock.

He was last seen walking along Billacombe Road towards Plymouth at...

Police appeal for information on wanted suspect

Police in the Plymouth area are searching for 40-year-old Robert Moogan, who is wanted in connection with a recall to prison due to a breach of his licence conditions.

The police would like any information relating to his whereabouts or to assist in finding him and are proactively following a number of lines of enquiry to locate him. He will be arrested once found.

Mr Moogan is...

Plymouth woman forgot she knew photo-taking 'burglar'

A Plymouth woman based in the Barbican area who reported a burglar had taken a picture of himself on her phone has said that she knows the man in the photo.

The woman found a picture on her mobile of an unknown man in her home prompting her to believe that a burglar had left a chilling calling card.

However in what the police have called a “genuine lapse in memory” the unnamed...

Flybe cuts 116 jobs in Exeter

116 jobs will be lost from Flybe’s Exeter headquarters the largest portion of the 500 redundancies announced earlier this week.

The redundancies were announced on Monday as part of the companies’ drive to find £85million in savings.

Chief executive Saad Hammad said: "I know that these proposals are creating great personal uncertainty, but they are necessary to secure a long-...

Council to award £500,000 of solar energy business

The decision to award 14 new contracts to provide solar PV installations has been announced by Plymouth City Council.

The projects form the next phase of its multi-million pound energy saving programme.

Work totalling £527,000 will provide savings on civic energy bills and boost the city’s economy; with contractors committing to increase Plymouth’s ‘green’ skills base through...

Stoke Community Focus Week

Staying safe on our roads, reducing anti-social behaviour and improving community spirit are all coming under the spotlight for Stoke’s Community Focus Week.

Councillor Chris Penberthy, Cabinet member for Co-operatives and Community Development said: “This week of activities starting on 18 November will focus on a number of issues in the neighbourhood and will bring together the...

Parents of premature babies celebrate World Prematurity Day

Mums, dads, babies and children joined staff on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for celebrations, ahead of World Prematurity Day.

Sunday 17 November is World Prematurity Day, aimed at raising awareness of babies who are born too soon.

Staff on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit held a special cake sale and invited up parents, who had previously been on the unit, and their babies...

Plymouth City Council crackdown on council tax cheats

A full review to ensure people claiming a 25 per cent council tax discount because they live alone is to be carried out by Plymouth City Council.

Approximately 40,000 Council Tax payers in Plymouth who receive this single occupancy reduction to their bill will be contacted over the next few months to make sure that the reductions are correct.

The checks form part of the Council...

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