Devon

Now that the Government’s new Universal Credit scheme has been introduced the City Council is hosting a special event to explain the changes for private landlords.

Universal Credit is a single monthly payment for people in or out of work, which merges together some of the benefits and tax credits that people currently receive. Universal Credit has replaced income-based Jobseekers’...

The National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS) will be running an event for people who have been diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (axial spondyloarthritis) (AS) in the last 18 months called AS & You.

The event will take place at Plymouth Copthorne Hotel from 6.00pm on 10 March 2016 and is completely free. Anyone who goes along is also invited to bring friends and family so...

Francis Clark’s annual Finance in the South West event, now in its 4th year running, will be taking place on Tuesday 23rd February from 08:00 to 14:00 at Exeter Racecourse. The

Seminar brings together specialists representing funding and business support available to businesses in the Heart of the South West LEP area.

This year the keynote speaker will be Radio 4 business and...

There was energy, enthusiasm and attitude aplenty last Friday as nearly 500 young athletes and volunteers from schools all over Devon gathered at the Plymouth Life Centre in the region’s biggest celebration of inclusive sport. Young people with a range of physical and learning disabilities came together to get active, try new sports and compete against one another.

With figures...

The Chinese New Year will be heralded in with a series of special events at Plymouth University.

The Year of the Monkey officially begins on Monday 08 February, and a host of festivities will take place all over the world.

But before that, the party will be getting underway early with a celebration of Chinese culture being staged in the Rolle Marquee on Thursday 04 and Friday...

Much-loved BBC Radio Radio Devon presenter Tony Beard has died, it was announced today.

Tony told his listeners that he had been diagnosed with bladder cancer in April last year.

A former Dartmoor farmer Mr Beard, 79, had been a presenter for about 35 years.

He was known to listeners as the "Wag from Widecombe".

Listener Gwen Ottery was among the first to post a...

The design company working on the fit-out of Plymouth’s new Central Library have released images showing what the interior will look like.

thedesignconcept have been working with the Council and Claremont Interiors, who are refurbishing the building, to create a more modern and flexible space in the heart of the city centre.

Located on the corner of Armada Way and Mayflower...

Ten people took their own lives in prisons in the South West during 2015 as the suicide rate behind bars remained at an alarmingly high level, figures seen by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal.

They were among a total of 29 people who died in the region’s prisons last year, according to data published by the Ministry of Justice.

Four people took their own lives in...

STAFF and students have started 2016 on a high after Ofsted inspectors commended Ridgeway School’s continuing improvement.

Ridgeway School has been awarded a ‘Good’ by the Government education watchdog, Ofsted in a report published today.

Inspectors have praised the new principal of the Plympton academy for providing 'dynamic leadership'.

The academy has also...

GO2, organisers of Plymouth’s Half Marathon, are pleased to announce that the popular South West running event has already attracted over 3,500 eager runners to take part in its next instalment on Sunday 17th April!

Jamie Warren, Head of Marketing at GO2, said: “We have seen a huge spike in the numbers of runners looking to take on Plymouth’s Half Marathon over the New Year, and with...