Last year Freya Barlow, a student at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth was diagnosed with leukaemia at just 20 years old. Her strength, determination and the support of her friends and family helped her during the six months in isolation at Derriford Hospital and through aggressive chemotherapy.
Despite the initial success of the treatment, Freya relapsed in October last year...
Devon & Cornwall Police have located and released an image of a missing woman who vanished more than three decades ago.
On December 28 1979 June Ellena Brockway, then aged 43, discharged herself from hospital. Now, 33 years later, the case represents the city's longest standing missing person enquiry.
The investigating officer has received calls and information from the...
An organisation funded by all 14 Primary Care Trusts in the South West to reduce smoking rates in the region has revealed that 1 in 20 (5.2%) of smokers in Devon now smoke illegal tobacco, a trade with a retail value equivalent of £211m in the South West alone.
Smokefree South West has launched a multi-partnership initiative alongside HMRC, Trading Standards, the Police, Crimestoppers...
To help patients stay connected with life outside, Derriford Hospital is now offering free wireless internet services for patients, visitors and guests.
Wireless internet access ('Wi-Fi') has previously been available from WiFi SPARK at a cost for patients, visitors and staff but this is now free to anyone with a compatible mobile device. The wireless...
A £1 million contract to develop a new consumer champion for Devon has been awarded by Devon County Council to the Community Council of Devon, an independent local charity.
The charity, which is part of the rural community councils network, has been awarded the contract for the development of Healthwatch Devon – the local consumer champion for health and...
Local flood defence schemes across the South West have received a boost of £721,000 after the Environment Agency’s South West Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (RFCC) agreed to increase funding by 20 per cent.
The Committee, which is made up of local authority representatives from across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, agreed to contribute £721,000 to reduce flood risk in...
Outlining its plans to cope with population growth, climate change and new environmental legislation, South West Water has published its proposed business strategy for 2015-2040.
The 25-year 'What's in the Pipeline' outlook has been published ahead of the 2014 Price Review which will establish investment and water charges in England and Wales between 2015 and 2020. South West Water is...
It is feared that 16-year-old Jordan Cobb from Plymouth drowned after he jumped from Torpoint ferry on New Year's Eve. D espite extensive cross-agency searches and a waning possibility that he will now be found alive, a Facebook page set up by his friends is asking for people to keep hoping. A fundraising page to offer support to his family has so far raised a total of £1,184.
A spectacular all new professional Easter pantomime version of the classic story. The cast features a host of top quality professional performers including No. 1 children’s star; Tracy Beaker's Dani Harmer in the iconic role of Dorothy. Dani also reached the Strictly Come Dancing Final recently and she will be joined along the Yellow Brick Road by comedy legend Bobby Davro as Scarecrow and star of CBeebies’ Mighty-Mites & Tikkabilla, Sarah-Jane Honeywell.
Follow Kansas farm-girl Dorothy and her pet dog Toto on this magical adventure suitable for all ages. Watch in amazement...
A registration or licensing system for pedlars and street traders is still needed to protect the city’s more vulnerable residents – that’s the response Plymouth City Council will be giving to a Government consultation.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is looking at repealing current controls on pedlars and changing street trading regulations to comply with EU...
