A Plymouth dementia nursing home has been announced as outright winner of three 'excellence' awards for its outstanding services at Plymouth City Council’s Celebrating Excellence in Care Awards 2025 .
The awards celebrate the contributions of dedicated adult social care workers and teams across care homes, supported living, day centres, and domiciliary care.
Plymouth parents are being urged to look out for early signs of myopia in their children.
This comes as Specsavers launches a new awareness drive to highlight the growing issue of childhood myopia – or short-sightedness – with research revealing that children are spending an average of 45 hours a week indoors, with more than a third of that time watching screens.
Multi-award-winning comedian, podcaster ( A Gay And A NonGay ), radio presenter (The Hits Radio Breakfast Show), TV Host - and gay icon! - James Barr is delighted to be bringing his fearless, critically acclaimed stand-up show Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum) to Plymouth - fresh from rave reviews at Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringe Festivals.
The NHS in Devon is preparing for the start of the holiday season, as the first of many visitors start to arrive for the Easter weekend.
Visitors and local people are being encouraged to make best use of health services, especially as the Easter bank holiday weekend is a four-day break (18 – 21 April 2025).
The message is that urgent and emergency health care will be there...
Brandon, 23 from Plymouth has been named as the winner of an award from The King’s Trust after overcoming immense challenges he faced being born blind and struggling to gain employment, to go on to create his own business which specialises in Braille greeting cards and translation.
The King’s Trust and TK Maxx & Homesense Awards recognise young people who have succeeded against...
Staff at Butterfly Lodge care home in Plymouth marked the lead-up to Easter with a Wacky Hair Day, donning quirky styles to raise a few smiles and collect raffle prizes.
Team members turned heads with their creative and chaotic hairstyles, raising smiles among residents while gathering chocolate and wine for the Easter raffle.
Deputy manager Sarah McCaffrey said: “We wanted...
A major exhibition celebrating the work of a renowned British artist who has strong connections with Plymouth and the South West has just opened at The Box.
Jyll Bradley: Running and Returning continues until 2 November 2025 and is an intimate and powerful presentation that showcases three decades of Bradley's artistic journey.
Plymouth shoppers can pick up an extra bag to put through the checkout this Easter to support families facing financial difficulties during the school holidays.
The popular donation bags pre-packed with healthy long-life food items will be available in large Tesco stores in and around Plymouth during the Easter break (April 7-20) to make donating the most-needed items easier....
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) has been awarded £1.2m towards energy efficiency projects and renewable energy.
UHP has been awarded £549,167 for a solar power project in Plymouth, thanks to funding from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The funding is part of a package of £100m from Great British Energy for the NHS to install solar power and battery...
This Spring local bus operator Stagecoach South West are introducing some changes to their Plymouth local bus network from 30 March 2025.
Some changes are announced following tender awards by Plymouth City Council. Stagecoach Services 4/4A/4B, 30/31 and 200 will operate revised timetables whilst the operator will add Services 13 /13S, 14, 19 and 27 to their network from 30 March 2025...
