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Plymouth will be pulling out all the stops for Halloween this year as shoppers are set to spend more than 1.4million hours preparing for their spooky celebrations*.

In a survey of 2,000 people by British Land, owners of Drake Circus, Plymouth residents said they are planning to devote almost a whole working day (seven hours) on average to their ghoulish preparations, which will include...

The prestigious Plymouth City Council awards are named after Sir Patrick Abercrombie, the architect responsible for the plans to rebuild the city following the devastation of the Blitz during the Second World War.

Every three years they celebrate and honour the designers, architects and builders who are helping to shape the city for generations to come.

This year there are...

A patient decided to thank staff at Derriford Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for ‘saving her life’, by holding a charity disco at her local social club.

Victoria Whittley was rushed in to the ICU on 25 December 2015 with severe pneumonia, sepsis and toxic shock syndrome. “My family were told that I might not make it”, explains Victoria. “They honestly thought I was going to die....

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched a campaign with property industry charity LandAid* to raise over £2 million in the biggest ever fundraising campaign for the charity. The funds will contribute to ending youth homelessness across the South West and will provide secure and affordable bed spaces in the region.

As part of RICS’ 150th anniversary in 2018, the...