Devon

Are we heading for a White Easter?

If you think we've escaped a proper winter so far in 2016, you could be in for a shock.

The Met Office is warning that we might be in for a White Easter.

It's all due to what is called a sudden stratospheric warming event bringing snow, ice and temperatures as low as -14C.

The plunge - the same phenomenon that triggered the 2010 Big Freeze - is expected to result in...

Phone network for older people launches in Devon

The UK’s first mobile phone network aimed at serving older customers, Fuss Free Phones, has launched in Go Mobile stores across Devon.

Fuss Free Phones provides a telephonist-based concierge-style service, accessed at the press of a single big button on a Doro mobile phone. Answered immediately by specially trained, friendly telephonists, customers can ask to be put through to their...

Plymouth academic awarded for science engagement

A scientist who has fronted documentaries on everything from volcanoes to fracking, the geology of Africa and our use of oil has received a prestigious accolade.

Iain Stewart, Professor of Geoscience Communication and Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute at Plymouth University, has been presented with the Senior Public Engagement Prize by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)....

Students bring happiness and wellbeing to Barne Barton

Residents in Barne Barton, Plymouth, now have all the information they need to achieve happiness and wellbeing in their lives, thanks to an event run for Love Barne Barton by healthcare students from across Plymouth University.

The students were from a number of courses including medicine, dentistry, occupational therapy, clinical psychology, child health nursing and adult nursing....

Help get Sam to Rio!

A young volunteer who helps to run sports activities for young people and adults in Devonport has been selected to travel to Brazil during the Olympic Games to work with deprived youngsters living in Rio’s favela slums.

Project Rio is being organised by StreetGames, a national sports charity helping disadvantaged communities, with the aim of creating a lasting cultural legacy and...

Twitter use should form part of nursing curriculum, study suggests

All universities running nursing degrees should consider adopting the use of Twitter in their curriculum, according to a new study by a Plymouth University academic.

Professor Ray Jones, Professor in Health Informatics, has published a paper suggesting that including Twitter as an assessed element for first-year nursing students will help them learn to use social media in a...

War Horse illustrations help students onto international awards longlist

An arts student who worked for more than 20 years as a lawyer before deciding on a dramatic change of course is in the running for an international award.

Fi Smart, currently in the final year of her BA (Hons) Illustration course at Plymouth University, started drawing as a hobby after leaving her previous job in the civil service.

Now she is one of the finalists in the Book...

Date announced for Plymouth’s 10k

Run Plymouth has confirmed the date of this year’s 10k event as Sunday 9th October 2016.

Last year’s 10k was held at short notice in November when Run Plymouth saved the event after it was cancelled by the previous organisers. 2015 was a huge success and Run Plymouth are excited to be unveiling their plans to make this years Plymouth 10k one of

Plymouth’s largest sporting...

Wheelchair champion and ex-soldier join quest for handcycle record attempt

A former winner of the London Marathon and an ex-serviceman injured while on active service are teaming up with Plymouth University for a world record attempt.

Women’s wheelchair marathon champion Sarah Piercy and Chris Jones, a former Army Air Corps trooper and Help for Heroes ambassador, will aim to set land speed records at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge (WHPSC) in Battle...

Tour of Britain returns to Devon

Devon County Council will host Stage Six of The Tour of Britain, on Friday 9 September.

The world’s top cycling teams and riders will race from Sidmouth on the East Devon coast to the summit of Haytor on Dartmoor.

British Cycling’s premier road cycling event will take in Sidmouth, Ottery St Mary, Honiton, Willand, Tiverton, Crediton, Moretonhampstead, Haldon Forest, and...

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