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Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service would like to congratulate four serving or retired members of staff and representatives who have been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2016.

Former Station Manager Rob Carlson receives an OBE for Services to Road Safety, Fire Authority Chairman Cllr Mark Healey and former Group Manager Loz Adams receive MBEs and Alan White a BEM...

This weekend (Sunday 12th June) to celebrate the Queen's official 90th birthday, the Mall outside Buckingham Palace will host a huge street party for 10,000 guests. If you haven’t made the invite list you can head down to the Royal William Yard or Plymouth’s city centre to join in their celebrations!

At the Royal William Yard there will be a day of Yard-style royal celebration. There...

Catholic charity CAFOD, has today launched an emergency appeal to help millions of people facing hunger in Ethiopia.

CAFOD is appealing to its supporters across Plymouth for urgent funds to help more than 10 million people across the East African country who are in dire need of food, clean water and basic sanitation.

CAFOD’s partners in Ethiopia have been responding to the...

This week marks the first anniversary of the opening of our helipad, which was officially launched on Friday 5 June 2015, with its first ever landing of a Search and Rescue helicopter.

Previously Derriford Hospital did not have a recognised helipad and instead had a small grassed-over area adjacent to the Emergency Department, which had been used for some years as a set-down area for...