During Deaf Awareness Week (2nd-8th May 2016), national charity Action on Hearing Loss is urging people in the South West to become more deaf aware to ensure people who are deaf or have hearing loss are not being excluded from everyday interactions that their hearing peers are taking for granted.
One in six people (11 million) across the UK are currently living with hearing loss, with...
The Transat bakerly race began on Monday (2 May), with supporters having front row seats on Plymouth Hoe as they waved Bon Voyage to the competitors.
Giants of the sea, the Ultimes are the fastest of the four classes competing in The Transat bakerly. The latest weather routing from Adrena suggests the three trimarans could cross the North Atlantic is just 8 days and 8 hours,...
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is calling on everyone in the South West to mark National Walking Month this May by signing up to Just Walk to help raise money for life saving research.
Just Walk invites family, friends and colleagues to put their best foot forward and arrange a walk in a location, time and distance of their choice to help raise money in the fight against heart...
This summer the centre of Plymouth will be blooming, and buzzing with bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects as part of the Urban Buzz project.
Work is already underway to create this vibrant new addition to Plymouth.
Millbay Park, St Andrew’s Cross and Derry’s Cross roundabouts and along Western Approach will be full of beautiful flowers and buzzing with life come the...
Key figures have gathered at Plymouth University to discuss how nurses and midwives can benefit from their professions’ new revalidation process, which went live on 1 April.
Dozens of students and health professionals joined: Professor Bridie Kent, Head of the University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery; Dr Julian Archer, Director of the Collaboration for the Advancement of Medical...
The grandson of a wireless operator aboard HMS Ambuscade, a destroyer that fought at Jutland in 1916, has published a unique book based on his grandfather’s diaries of the battle which is to raise money for the Royal Navy’s principal charity.
On the 100th anniversary year of the Battle of Jutland, "Duel in the North Sea - HMS Ambuscade at Jutland” by Pat Avery has been released,...
Launched this April, The Ticket Store is a new customer facing bespoke ticketing solution, offering a dedicated ticket selling platform for businesses.
The impressive portfolio of clients already selling tickets through The Ticket Store include Plymouth Pavilions, the South West’s biggest permanent Arena, Plymouth City Council who are currently ticketing the hugely successful MTV...
Volunteers of Salisbury Road Baptist Church have donated £1,000 to Torrington Intensive Care Unit for a second time.
In 2014, Elaine Giles underwent heart surgery and had to stay in Derriford Hospital for nine days. During this time, she stayed on Torrington Intensive Care Unit and has since made a full recovery.
Elaine said: “This charity is very close to my heart. Amazing...
With approximately 395 children and young people in local authority care in Plymouth, many of whom are in urgent need of a foster family, Foster Care Associates (FCA) is appealing for new foster carers as it prepares to mark Foster Care Fortnight (Monday 16 May – Sunday 29 May) – the UK’s biggest annual foster carer recruitment campaign.
