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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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Plymouth business Sponge UK has been named among the best places to work in the country in a leading workplace study published by the Sunday Times.

The elearning company was placed at 49 in the Sunday Times list of 100 Best Small Companies to Work, 2016.

It’s the only company in Devon and Cornwall to make the 100 list for the small business category.

The ranking is...

GO2, organisers of Plymouth’s Half Marathon, are pleased to announce that the event has now attracted over 4,500 runners to take part in the event on Sunday 17th April! With entries being snapped up at such a fast rate, there is every likelihood of a race sell out with eight weeks still to go until race day!

Jamie Warren, Head of Marketing at GO2, said: "The interest in Plymouth’s...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a street robbery left a grandmother and her grandson with minor injuries.

The incident took place at the junction of Skerries Road and Alderney Road, Southway, Plymouth, at around midday on Tuesday 23 February.

The victim, a 72-year-old woman, was pushing a pram which contained her one-year-old grandson when her handbag was pulled from...