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A team of matrons from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust will be flying the flag for career opportunities in Plymouth at two recruitment expos being held in Dublin and Belfast later this month.

As part of the Trust's on-going Registered Nurse recruitment campaign, the matrons will meet with prospective candidates to discuss current opportunities across a multitude of specialties. Alongside...

Construction companies bidding for Council contracts will have to prove they do not subscribe to unlawful industry blacklists, says Council leader Tudor Evans.

Council tender documents should be changed to ensure that building firms confirm they do not use the blacklists to vet recruits in order to keep out trade union and health and safety activists.

He is also urging partners...

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust have announced that Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex will formerly celebrate the opening of the Royal Eye Infirmary (REI) at Derriford Hospital next week.

The Countess, the wife of Prince Edward, will visit the REI on Tuesday 23 April to perform an unveiling ceremony for the new unit which has been operational since January.

Ann James,...

‘What could be done to make Plymouth a fairer city?’ is the question Dame Suzi Leather, chair of the city’s new Fairness Commission, will be asking in a year-long project created with the ambition to drive out unfairness and inequality.

Dame Suzi will head up the Plymouth Fairness Commission, which launches on 17 April with its first meeting of members, and she is already making quite...