Older people with lower levels of numeracy are more prone to financial exploitation, a study involving Plymouth University has suggested.
This is because they are, in general, less likely to engage with numeric information and less able to extract meaningful and precise information resulting in errors.
Further, low numerate individuals are more susceptible to certain biases in...
CHAGSTOCK FESTIVAL organisers have confirmed that the festival will return in 2016! Taking place on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd July, Devon’s much-loved, family friendly, not-for-profit event will feature the biggest and most diverse line up in its 10-year history.
The theme for the wildly popular fancy dress day on Saturday will be ‘Legends’.
Plymouth City Council is receiving almost £50,000 from a government grant to enable victims of domestic abuse to get access to the support they need.
The funding will be used in Plymouth to help victims in local Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities – who make up 7% of the local population - to access domestic abuse victim support services. It is part of a wider £3.5m national...
A leading marine scientist has welcomed news that government legislation on charges for plastic bags has led to a substantial reduction in their use.
Richard Thompson, Professor of Marine Biology at Plymouth University, has been studying the effects of plastic litter on the marine environment for over 20 years, and his work has informed policies on plastic bag legislation in the UK,...
A man has been charged following a stabbing in Plymstock.
Police were called to an address at Elburton Road, Plymstock, at 4.10am on Thursday 10 December following reports of a stabbing.
28-year-old David McGill from Elburton Road in Plymouth has been charged with two counts of attempted murder. He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear before Plymouth Magistrates on...
In the first half of 2015, £3.8 billion was invested in student property in the UK and it’s predicted that this will rise to £5.7 billion by the end of the year - nearly equal to the last three years combined.
As the market goes from strength to strength, the demand for growth continues to increase. There are rising numbers of UK students, and figures are predicted to double in the...
From midday today (FRIDAY) the price of unleaded petrol hit 99.9p at all of Tesco’s 500 Petrol filling stations. There’ll also be a penny drop on diesel meaning no customer misses out by shopping at Tesco this Christmas.
Peter Cattell, Fuel Director for Tesco said: “We want to do all we can to help our customers in the run-up to Christmas. We know that our customers really value low...
Devon & Cornwall Police, working in partnership with the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Association of Chief Police Officers, has delivered a successful proactive operation to safeguard children across the peninsula by targeting paedophiles that access indecent images of children online.
The operation which lasted for over nine months targeted those viewing, sharing or...
On Sunday 13th December the Royal William Yard will host its very first Lantern Parade during the Christmas Gift Fair, which runs from12-8pm.
The parade will take place along the main road, beginning at the main gate outside Wildwood and progressing to the Royal William Yard Harbour. It will take place around 5pm onwards, after Santa’s RNLI Lifeboat arrival.
The unseen responses of remote offshore lighthouses in the face of severe storms are revealed in a new study by Plymouth University.
A team from the School of Marine Science and Engineering considered historical and contemporary observations of the wave impact loading on rock lighthouses during storm conditions.
They combined these with data obtained in a pilot study on the...
