Heligan welcomed over 3500 visitors, who came to walk off the festive excesses and enjoy a winter stroll through the historic 200 acre estate. Despite the wet start on New Year’s Day, these annual charity days proved as popular as ever with the local community beating all previous December records.
George Elworthy, managing director of The Lost Gardens of Heligan said, “We would like...
A woman from the south west who suffers with a range of health issues has urged employers at a jobs fair to recruit people with health problems.
Denise Guyett, 43, from Plymouth but originally from New Zealand, gave an impromptu speech at the city’s first Disability Confident jobs fair at Plymouth University.
Unemployed Denise, who by her own admission suffers from agoraphobia...
For clubs, coaches and community sports people alike, the Devon Sports Awards is a prestigious annual event which celebrates their hard work and achievement across a number of different categories.
This year marks a special landmark for the Devon Sports Awards which are 20 years old. To celebrate, there will be a glittering ceremony on June 30th 2017 with a sporting hero as guest...
A new mini-film that promotes the adoption of rescue dogs has generated 1.1 million views on Facebook, after dog lovers from across the UK shared the video over 29,000 times.
' When Harry Met Hero ' - created by dog grooming product company HOWND - documents the relationship between a boy and a rescue puppy as they grow up together. It aims to promote the adoption of rescue dogs,...
A 46-year-old man has died after being in collision with a van in Plymouth on Thursday [29 December].
Emergency services were called to Outland Road at 5.35pm after the collision outside the Esso Home Park service station.
The victim, from Devonport in Plymouth, was crossing the road when he was struck by a white Ford Transit Connect van in lane one of the Manadon-bound...
Get Fresh is a biennial exhibition held at Devon Guild gallery - this year showing work by 15 new and emerging designer-makers from the South West. The exhibition reveals a diversity of approach to materials and the design process, whilst also providing a debut platform for exciting new work in craft. Includes jewellery, ceramics, furniture and mixed media sculptures.
Exhibitors: Luke Axworthy, Jo Barker, Mark Cullen, Sarah Duncan, Carey Ellis, Emma Finch, Tom Gyr, Sarah Hitchens, Carol Hunt, Claire Reed, Marieke Ringel, Fern Robinson,...
A total of 471 Christmas hampers have been delivered to Plymouth families who have worked closely with the Council’s Inclusion, Attendance and Welfare Service
The Families that are selected are usually on low incomes and have been working with their child’s school and other agencies to improve their child’s school attendance.
The hampers themselves are enormous and include...
Three-year-old Evie Murphy, from Wembury near Plymouth, is half a pound in weight away from being too big for her regulation car seat. However, she has severe developmental delay so she can’t use a booster; an expensive special-needs car seat is her only option.
This equipment will cost £1,500 – and with no funding available locally, the family have turned to children’s disability...
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust are delighted to announce today, as a special Christmas present for 10,000 children and families who use the service each year, their Gold Dust Appeal has reached its £100,000 target to refurbish the children’s wards and corridors at Derriford Hospital.
The Gold Dust Appeal was launched in late 2015 and thanks to the dedication and generosity of supporters...
