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Tracy Nokes, 58, a health care assistant at Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre, has successfully taken her career to the next level by qualifying as an assistant practitioner.

The role of assistant practitioner is a relatively new one in the NHS and describes people who have skills and experience in a particular area of clinical practice. Although they are not registered health...

ESSENTIAL trial holes have been dug to kick off the beginning of the groundworks for the historic Lady Astor Statue on Plymouth’s Hoe.

The trial pits were drilled in ground on the exact site of the statue outside Lady Astor’s former family home as part of the first stage in determining its suitability for foundations.

The results of those tests will be examined by experts to...

A life-saving emergency medics team in Devon has won the support of a regional builder. BASICS Devon, based in Plymouth, has received a £1,000 donation from Persimmon Homes Cornwall’s Community Champions scheme to help fund the work of 14 volunteer medics who respond to major medical emergencies across the region The volunteers make themselves available around the clock throughout the year,...

A new campaign has been launched to encourage landowners with ash trees on their property to inspect them for Ash dieback.

Devon County Council’s “My tree, my responsibility” campaign, supported by the Devon Ash Dieback Resilience Forum, aims to inform owners of trees to look out for signs of the fungal tree disease and to take any appropriate action in order to maintain public safety...