Plymouth

Therapy Dog Henry’s a hit on Hartor

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...

Appeal after assault in Union Street

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...

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Hero Simon calls on Plymouth residents to nominate their Brave Britons

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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Plymouth children at risk of losing free school lunch

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...

Public urged to remain calm but alert following London terror attack

Communities across Devon are being urged to remain calm but alert following terror attacks in London on Saturday night (June 3).

Devon & Cornwall Police Assistant Chief Constable Sharon Taylor said: “As details emerge from this Metropolitan-led investigation, our thoughts are with all those affected from these incidents and to all our colleagues in the emergency services who...

Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story

Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story tells the enduring tale of the musical icon’s meteoric rise to fame and his final legendary performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, before his tragic and untimely death at the age of 22. In 18 short months the Texas-born boy revolutionized the face of contemporary music influencing everyone from The Beatles to Bruce Springsteen.

The...

Go Wild in Plymouth’s Parks with the RSPB

With the amount of time children and families are spending outside in nature in decline, Europe’s largest conservation charity and discount supermarket ALDI, are challenging families to get out and go wild in their local city park this summer with the RSPB.

The RSPB Connecting with Nature report revealed that children in the UK were missing out on a wealth of mental and physical...

Gala Bingo Plymouth to help raise £250,000 for Variety

Gala Bingo, the UK’s largest bingo operator, today announces the launch of its new charity game to raise £250,000 in six months for Variety – The Children’s Charity. The game launched on Monday 29th June with Bobby Davro calling the game. The money will be in addition to the £500,000 already raised by the Bingo Association, of which Gala Bingo is part of.

These fundraising efforts will...

Fantastic Mr Fox comes to Plymouth

Roald Dahl’s classic Fantastic Mr Fox, a co-production with Curve, in association with Lyric Hammersmith, comes to Theatre Royal Plymouth Tuesday 13 – Saturday 17 June. Mr Fox is smart, clever and rather fantastic, but he doesn’t realise how determined the farmers are to get revenge. Can he hatch a plan to save his family and friends? Can they outrun the diggers and outsmart the farmers, and...

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