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SW bottom of the jobs leader board

The South West jobs Outlook has dropped nine percentage points on the last quarter according to Manpower, the world’s workforce experts. At +1%, hiring intentions in the South West are at their lowest level in more than a year and the weakest in the country (alongside Yorkshire and Humberside).

The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is based on responses from 2,110 UK employers. It...

New agreement ensures national parks are safe and beautiful

England’s National Parks stand to benefit from improved emergency service communications in ways that respect their very sensitive environment, following a landmark agreement between National Parks England and the Home Office.

The Joint Accord was brokered between National Parks England and the Home Office and aims to:

  • Support the roll-out of the Emergency Services
  • ...

Transat bakerly docks into Britain's Ocean City

On Sunday 24 April, The Transat bakerly fleet arrived at Britain’s Ocean City, ready for the big race start from Plymouth Sound on Bank Holiday Monday.

Known as Britain’s Ocean City, every man and his dog (quite literally) turned out along Plymouth Waterfront on Sunday to welcome the skippers to Sutton Harbour and Plymouth Yacht Haven. The fleet will remain locked to the pontoons until...

Animal lover to travel hundreds of miles to Give a Dog a Day Out

ANIMAL LOVERS will be making round trips of up to 600 miles and paying for doggy day care for their own pets to help a dog rescue and re-homing charity get every dog out of their Shropshire kennels – even if it is just for one day.

Finding Furever Homes, who sponsor the kennels near Condover, Shropshire, are holding their first ever ‘Give A Dog A Day Out’ (GADADO) event this on Sunday...

Plymouth firm saves the day for bride

When Welsh bride Elin Russell-Hughes fractured both wrists just 10 days before her planned wedding in New York City, the fashion-conscious bride thought her big day was going to be ruined as she sported two blue casts that did not match her wedding dress.

However award winning Plymouth business Cover My Cast quickly came to her rescue providing a choice of black, white and nude covers...

Apple iPhone 1970 trick warning!!!

Online trolls are tricking people into completely breaking their iPhones.

Numerous tricks are circulating online that encourage people to switch their phone back to 1 January, 1970, and then restart it. But doing so confuses the phone and forces it to break, and it is only possible to bring it back by going to an Apple Store.

On its website, Apple says: "Manually changing the...

Harry Pawter needs a new 'furever' home

A NATIONAL dog rescue charity is inviting people to come forward and offer a new home to a dog so magical, they have nicknamed him ‘Harry Pawter’.

Finding Furever Homes, which cares for dogs from throughout the South West, is keen to find two year old lurcher Harry a deserving new home as soon as possible and is running an online social media campaign to find a home for Harry –...

A simple sign that could spell CANCER

Public Health England today (16 February 2016) launced a nationwide ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ campaign with the aim of raising awareness of a key symptom for both bladder and kidney cancers – blood in pee.

Around 17,450 people in England are diagnosed with bladder or kidney cancer every year and around 7,600 people die annually. Blood in pee is a symptom in over half of bladder cancers and...

Think before you ink project launched in Plymouth schools

Think before you ink! That's the message to young people in Plymouth who may be thinking about getting a tattoo.

Plymouth City Council have just launched a joint campaign, which warns that anyone who gets a tattoo under the age of 18 is breaking the law and could be putting their health at risk.

The campaign was developed with the support of the Plymouth Safeguarding Children...

Champagne launch for Plymouth's new designer store

Flannels arrived in style last week, opening its doors to Plymouth for the first time with an exclusive champagne preview party on 12th February.

The Apprentice stars Charleine Wain, Brett Butler-Smythe, Plymouth Argyle players, models and a host of local dignitaries attended the opening of the cutting edge store on Armada Way.

One lucky guest won a Golden Envelope for a VIP...

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