The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHSFT (RDUH) has hailed the success of a project aimed at improving organisational efficiency and infection control for nurses and patients in the community.
Following the completion of a prototype developed with medical bag manufacturers CorrMed, the launch of a new community nurse bag will help support community teams in their challenges around...
East Devon’s MP Simon Jupp has continued his campaign for better broadband by collecting information on internet speeds so he can demand action from internet providers.
Using a short survey found on his website, East Devon residents and businesses are recommended to test their broadband service through consumer choice website ‘Which?’ and submit their download speeds to Simon Jupp MP...
Devondale Electrical, which has branches across Devon, is up for three prestigious Electrical Wholesaler Awards, and is now encouraging customers and those working in the trades to vote for them.
The national awards recognise excellence in the UK’s electrical sector, celebrating everything from outstanding wholesalers to exceptional professionals. Devondale is through to the voting...
A new ‘Hedgehog Friendly Fencing’ campaign has been launched in a bid to make garden fencing with ready-made ‘Hedgehog Highways’ available as industry standard, and members of the public are being asked to help. Habitat fragmentation is one of the main issues affecting Britain’s hedgehogs, but 13cm square gaps in fences, known as ‘Hedgehog Highways’, help to combat this prickly problem....
=Plymouth volunteers were recently recognised in SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity’s annual award nominations. SSAFA’s Sir James Gildea Awards were created to recognise volunteers and employees for their exceptional contribution and commitment to SSAFA’s activities and values.
SSAFA Plymouth’s Chair, Colin Stockman, was presented with the prestigious Prince Michael of Kent Award for...
Local care-experienced children and young people will play a key role in one of Plymouth’s most dazzling annual events.
Every year the skies above Britain’s Ocean City explode in a blaze of colour during the British Firework Championships when, over two nights, six professional pyrotechnic companies vie to entertain up to 100,000 spectators on Plymouth Hoe and the waterfront....
Shadow Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard MP joined one of Help for Heroes’ coffee mornings, in his Plymouth constituency, for personal and in-depth discussions with veterans who told him of some of the issues they face.
The coffee morning – part of the Charity’s regular recovery event programme for veterans – was hosted at Wolseley Business Park. Representatives from the Department...
A Devon-wide health and wellbeing charity, based near Exeter, is seeking support from businesses and volunteers in the ‘final push’ for a new venture that will offer free workshops to people of all ages to teach them how to prepare nutritious meals from scratch with simple, affordable ingredients - at a time when cooking healthily, cost-effectively and sustainably has never been more important...
Devon CPRE, the local branch of the countryside charity, has campaigned for many years for the right type and number of new homes to be built in the right places at prices local people can afford.
Responding to new housebuilding plans announced by PM Rishi Sunak and Housing Secretary Michael Gove, Devon CPRE Director Penny Mills said: “While it’s heartening to hear Mr Sunak promise not...
Watcombe Beach has officially reopened to the public following repair works and the creation of a new access point.
Located on the edge of Torquay, it was closed by Torbay Council in February 2020 after storms and heavy rains destroyed much of the path and steps leading down to the beach, making it difficult to access the beach safely.
