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South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is urging people only to call 999 this Christmas if someone is seriously ill or injured, or their life is at risk.

Demand for the ambulance service is likely to peak over the next two weeks when staff are expecting to respond to more than 3,000 calls a day.

Paramedics and Control Room staff warn that unnecessary...

Big-hearted patients, visitors and members of staff at Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre have raised an amazing £1108 through a number of festive activities, in aid of the hospital’s chosen charity – Improving Lives Plymouth.

The fundraising activities included a Christmas Craft Fair with gifts and goodies hand made by members of staff and patients; the sponsored wearing of Christmas...

The Box, Plymouth’s new museum and gallery opening in spring 2020, has appointed well-respected Bristol-based catering company Fosters to lead its food and beverage offer.

Fosters will operate The Box Kitchen & Bar, with a high-quality offer that includes locally inspired menus, a great breakfast selection, afternoon teas, Sunday roasts, children’s food and a destination evening...

The number of people recorded as homeless in the South West has reached 7,127, new figures from Shelter have revealed.

Shelter’s extensive analysis of official rough-sleeping and temporary accommodation figures shows the picture of homelessness in the region has not improved since 2016, when the charity first published its landmark annual report.

For the first time, the charity...