Plymouth

Staff and students at Plympton Academy are celebrating receiving an award from the Woodland Trust. The environmental charity has recognised the school’s commitment to green issues by presenting them with a Bronze Award as a Green Tree School. Over the past two years, students have been involved in a number of projects including tree planting, making bat, bird and bug boxes, planting...

A new breed of transatlantic law firm encompassing key commercial and financial hubs in 23 cities across the United States and the United Kingdom, the combined firm builds on the successful Strategic Alliance announced by the two firms in June 2016.

The partners of UK-based Bond Dickinson LLP and US-based Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP have voted to combine as equal members...

Therapists and carers are part of a team, based at Plymouth Science Park, which aims to help families with autistic children.

GoCarer’s co-founders, Anzel Lai and Kingma Ma, have created a team of multi-disciplinary specialists to assist young autistic people with developing their level of independence.

When Anzel’s son was diagnosed with autism at an early age, Anzel quickly...

Bringing theatre making skills to the pub, celebrating the city’s lesbian heritage and crafting your way to health and wellbeing are just three of the five exciting projects that have been awarded bursaries in the seventh round of Vital Sparks funding.

This brings the number of Plymouth-based creative ventures that have been supported by the scheme to 39. Many of the projects in this...

If it wasn’t exciting enough that Martin Garrix, Sigma, Louisa Johnson, Wilkinson, Busted, Gorgon City and R3wire and Varksi are all heading to MTV Crashes Plymouth in July, MTV UK have announced today that UK music superstars Charli XCX and Duke Dumont are also on the line-up .

Joining some of the biggest names from around the globe, chart-topper Charli XCX will rock the Hoe on Day...

Patients and visitors to Derriford Hospital have been receiving a welcome of a different kind from a recent recruit to the Hartor ward team.

Henry, an 11 year-old Golden Retriever, has been visiting patients on the healthcare of the elderly ward to help with their treatment and recovery.

“We were told that Henry is part of the staff on the ward here right away,” said Gerald...

Police are investigating an assault that took place between 9.00-1030am on Saturday 27 May outside the Lidl and Aldi supermarkets, Union Street, Plymouth.

A man in his late 20s was assaulted by a man in Union Street, Plymouth on Saturday 27 May, following an altercation between the two.

The disagreement resulted in the victim being punched to the ground, where the offender...

FALKLANDS war veteran Simon Weston is calling on the people of Plymouth to help find the unsung heroes who represent ‘The Best Of British’.

Simon, who was named the Nation’s Favourite Hero in 2014, has joined forces with global hearing specialist Amplifon for The Amplifon Awards for Brave Britons, which will celebrate truly remarkable people who are an example to the nation.

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7,884 Plymouth children aged 4-7 years will no longer receive free school meals if the proposals to axe universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) goes ahead.

This includes 1,259 children who live in poverty. In the Plymouth Moor View constituency alone, 3203 infants would miss out, 563 of whom are in poverty, with a similar picture in Plymouth Sutton & Devonport, where 2817...