Plymouth

Last month, staff from Plymouth's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit travelled to the United Arab Emirates to help deliver the Newborn Life Support (NLS) course for the first time.

Dr John Madar, Consultant Neonatologist at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, led a team of UK Newborn Life Support instructors, on behalf of the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the European Resuscitation Council, which...

As America celebrated Thanksgiving, Plymouth shone a light on the Wampanoag people, who supported the Pilgrims as they struggled to survive in the New World.

The parade formed part of the Mayflower 400 commemorations and the countdown to 2020, when a host of events are planned around the world to mark the puritans’ epic voyage and the birth of America.

This year the story of...

The Plymouth office of national law firm Bond Dickinson LLP has announced that it is recruiting a further three legal apprentices. The new recruits will start in September 2017, joining the 180-strong team based in Plymouth.

The announcement follows the firm being awarded the CILEx Employer of the Year Award last month. In October it also won the Newcomer Award for the South West...

Two people have been prosecuted by Plymouth City Council’s Corporate Fraud Team for Disabled Blue Badge fraud.

Jocelyn Ruffle, of Chudleigh Road, Plymouth pleaded guilty at Plymouth Magistrates on Tuesday 22 November to using the Blue Badge that belonged to her deceased husband Peter Ruffle to park in Tavistock Place in October 2015. She was sentenced to a conditional discharge of 12...

Children at Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-School in Fort View, Plymouth have been busy fundraising for Children in Need with a series of activities.

Children at the nursery baked lots of cakes for a special bake sale, which they took along to the local fire station and sold to the firefighters.

After completely selling out of cakes, the children were allowed to sit in the...

The UK’s leading registration body for electricians is urging people to think electrics when they carry out their checks on the elderly this winter.

Research commissioned by the NICEC found that 24 million of us have elderly relatives living on their own.

Despite half (50%) of us believing the elderly are more at risk of electrical fires, 75% of us haven’t had their homes...

Santa has just revealed details of his fabulous new Christmas grotto at Drake Circus shopping centre, Plymouth which this year will feature it's very own 8 metre tall Smeaton's Tower.

The grotto's red and white lighthouse, inspired by the original iconic Plymouth landmark on Plymouth Hoe, will provide a dramatic and spectacular backdrop for Santa and his elves, as they carry out their...

CENTRAL Convenience Stores has further expanded its presence in the south west with the acquisition of a Convenience Store & Post Office in Plymouth.

Best One Convenience Store in the Stonehouse area of the city has been snapped up by the fast-growing chain after it was put on the market for £199,950.

The new store represents the 94th branch launched by Central Convenience...

Plymstock is set to get 28 new homes after ethical housing developer, Aster Group secured planning approval for its Horn Lane development from Plymouth City Council.

Located at the former Downham School site, the two-storey scheme will include 14 properties for sale as well as two affordable rented flats for wheelchair users. In addition, 12 shared ownership homes will be built, to...

One of the most exciting waterfront development opportunities in the country has now been unveiled.

Plymouth City Council is inviting preliminary expressions of interest in Phase 3 of the Oceansgate Enterprise Zone in Devonport.

Docks and jetties which once saw the departure of Royal Naval ships could welcome state of the art marine manufacturing, heralding a new era in the...