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Wiser, the award-winning, Plymouth-based smart home heating brand, has pledged its support to the local Southway Community Group, funding sessions for its annual Warm Room service, and providing local residents with shelter, food and warmth.

The Southway Community Group CIC, which was set up to respond to the needs of 13,000 people in Southway and the surrounding areas, aims to...

At the time of the Brexit referendum, I was travelling and spending time in Cyprus, Malta and other European countries. I voted remain. It was the obvious thing to do. I hadn’t thought about it much beyond how convenient life was for me.

Of course, the result shook me to the core. I was angry; I was bewildered. In time, as the dust settled, and we had to accept the democratic will of...

Following a public consultation last month, a planning application for the city’s new Community Diagnostic Centre has been submitted to Plymouth City Council for approval.

The new centre in Plymouth’s West End will allow people to receive early tests and diagnosis. Ahead of this new building opening, a temporary CT scanner unit at Colin Campbell Court is already seeing 250 patients...

The new Chestnut Urology Investigation Unit at University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP) has opened its doors to patients this week. The services offered in Urology have increased over time and the new location provides sufficient space to significantly increase the level of activity and number of patients who can be treated.

The Urology department diagnoses and treats urological disease,...