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A Paralympian, a naval hero and the largest collection of health courses in the South West are the highlights of an upcoming event at the University of Plymouth.

Taking place on Thursday 18 October, the Health Showcase, in partnership with Next Steps South West (NSSW), welcomes schoolchildren to inspire them into health and medical careers, from nursing to neuroscience, dentistry to...

Families in Plymouth have helped to shape the future of children’s health and care services as part of a process to choose which organisations will deliver those services from April 2019.

The Council’s Cabinet will now be recommended to name community interest company Livewell Southwest as the ‘preferred bidder’ for the provision of the city’s children’s health, wellbeing and Special...

An African penguin chick has been nursed back to health with fish soup by dedicated zoo keepers. The decision to remove the chick from its parents was taken when keepers saw signs of illness and a lack of appetite.

Since then, staff at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium, have been feeding the chick every 3 hours from 7.30 in the morning to 7.30 at night. The only thing...

A multi-million pound package of schemes to help people get to and from work in Plymouth and the wider travel to work area more easily and more quickly has been shortlisted for funding by the Department of Transport.

Plymouth is one 10 cities to be given the green light to work up more detailed plans for a raft of transport initiatives all designed to keep the city on the move as it...