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A range of events are taking place in Plymouth to mark Hate Crime Awareness Week (10 – 17 October) and encourage local people to report hate crimes and incidents. Events are being held by organisations from across our local voluntary and statutory sector here in Plymouth.

Hate crimes and incidents are targeted at a person because of hostility, prejudice or discrimination towards that...

The Trust has welcomed the first cohort on its brand new training programme which will see 12 healthcare support workers (HCSWs) undertake an 18 month course to become Assistant Practitioners (AP).

This is the first time Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has provided this training, which is delivered in partnership with Somerset College, and will see the HCSWs commit to undertake a Higher...

Drake Circus Shopping Centre’s customers help the British Heart Foundation to Bag It. Beat It.

Drake Circus Shopping Centre’s 2015 Bag It. Beat It. stock appeal for The British Heart Foundation (BHF) launched on Wednesday 30th September when the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor John Mahony, donated the first bag of items. The items will now go on to be sold in BHF shops and help...

Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has set out his plans for managing the likely £54m budget reduction faced by Devon and Cornwall Police.

“With such an extreme budget reduction we will have to completely rethink the delivery of policing services in Devon and Cornwall.” said Mr Hogg

“At this time, there is much that we do not know, but it is right that we start to plan so...

British Transport Police (BTP) officers in the South West are urging the public to do their level best to stay safe when using crossings.

The call comes as they take part in the latest phase of Operation Look, a week of action (5–10 October), which will see extra patrols at a number of crossings.

BTP recorded more than 100 offences at crossings in the region during 2014/15,...

Police have launched an investigation after a car collided with a house in St Levan Road, Plymouth, at around 11.40 pm last night (Wednesday 7th October 2015) causing substantial damage.

Emergency services attended an apartment building in Warleigh Court following reports of a Ford Focus collided with 2 parked vehicles and the building.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue...

People in Plymouth are being urged to keep on supporting England in an extra special way– by giving platelets.

NHS Blood and Transplant is appealing for new volunteers to give it a try and check if they can be a platelet donor during the world’s biggest rugby tournament. More than 50 new platelet donors are needed in Plymouth this year.

Platelets help patients to survive...

Communities across the South West are set to benefit from nearly £40.5 million after the Big Lottery Fund and EU have joined forces.

The Big Lottery Fund is matching funds from the European Social Fund (ESF) 2014-2020 to provide joint investment in 61 local projects tackling poverty, promoting social inclusion and boosting local economies.

Projects will provide learning and...

People in Plymouth would rather go without alcohol or dessert at dinner time than miss out on their fix of potatoes according to new research. Almost half (41%) of people in Plymouth confessed that they would banish the booze, 40% would happily ditch a dessert and 23% would rather wave goodbye to water than forego a healthy potato with their dinner (20%).

The poll, commissioned by the...

House sales continue to pick up across the South West in September supported by a modest improvement in the availability of mortgage finance, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

Across the region, 19% more chartered surveyors saw a rise in agreed sales, with 23% more respondents expecting a rise in sales expectations over the next three months. This trend in...