Public Health England are warning people to take extra care as temperatures tumble.
This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable people and PHE is urging everyone to keep an eye on weather forecasts and look out for vulnerable friends and neighbours over the cold snap.
Dr Angie Bone, head of Extreme Events at Public Health England, said: "Weather like this is not...
A local charity is offering people ideas for a wild Christmas with a difference.
Leading conservation charity Devon Wildlife Trust has developed a series of ideas for ‘wild Christmas escapes’ and is urging people to spend just a small part of the festive season and get away from the excesses and stresses of this time of year.
Devon Wildlife Trust’s Steve Hussey explained the...
The wills of Charles Dickens, Winston Churchill, Alan Turing and Beatrix Potter are among millions which have been made accessible to the public through a searchable online database.
The government’s archive of 41 million wills dates back to 1858 and will enable people to find out more about their family histories, as well as researching the last wishes of some of the most influential...
This Christmas, British Heart Foundation (BHF) shops are urging South West people to give back by donating their unwanted Christmas presents to charity. The profit raised from BHF shops goes on to fund life-saving research into heart disease.
Over half [64%] of people from the South West said they receive two unwanted Christmas presents every year. With the average price per Christmas...
‘Keep the 999 line free for me’ is the urgent request being made by the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) ahead of one of its busiest times of the year.
This awareness raising campaign will run for at least the winter period and encourages people to question whether or not they really need to dial 999. Many of the 999 calls made to the service could actually...
It's too late for Christmas but there may be a sprinkling of snow on high ground in Devon tomorrow.
Temperatures are also expected to dip early next week.
The Met Office five-day forecast is as follows:
Today: A cold, frosty start with patchy freezing fog, mostly in the east. Soon becoming cloudy as with rain, heavy at times, spreading northeast from around dawn, this...
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service has partnered with local at-home care company, Home Instead Senior Care, to create a stronger community support network for the elderly in the area.
The Service have issued special ID cards with their phone number, email address and a unique Home Instead logo and account number to all Home Instead CAREGivers, who provide support to elderly...
Which? has teamed up with independent mobile coverage experts OpenSignal to reveal the best and worst mobile phone networks for across the UK, and found that the South West was the second worst region we looked at for coverage and some providers were much better than others.
The analysis of the different networks in the South West found a variation of 40% between the top and bottom 3G...
Vulnerable people in Plymouth will be hit hard by the Government’s decision to scrap a fund for families in crisis, the City Council is warning.
The Government has announced it is scrapping of the Local Welfare Assistance Scheme, which has nationally provided £172m to help 1.2m families with nowhere else to turn.
In Plymouth the fund was known as the Emergency and Welfare Fund...
