The doors to Buckland Abbey’s medieval Great Barn swing open this Christmas to unveil a unique interpretation of the traditional carol, The First Nowell. Using natural materials, props and a lot of creatively, local groups from the National Association of Flower Arranging Societies have been busy creating impressive floral displays which will fill the Great Barn with colour, festive aromas and...
B&Q will be spreading festive cheer across Devon and Cornwall this Christmas, by donating 14 Christmas trees to local good causes, including Queensway Primary School, Brent Ward’s pancreatic cancer unit at Derriford Hospital, and Street YMCA.
The donations form part of B&Q’s ongoing commitment to supporting its local community and this year the UK’s leading home improvement...
Patients undergoing cataract surgery at the REI in Derriford Hospital can now benefit from a revolutionary new computer assisted cataract surgery system, which includes robotic-like tracking and data displaying through the operating microscopes.
This new system provides better visual outcomes for patients and is now available at Derriford Hospital, among few selected centres in the...
Devon and Cornwall Police is launching a campaign designed to raise awareness of how domestic abuse can affect anyone and takes many forms.
The campaign will highlight the fact that domestic abuse can happen to anyone, at any age, in any kind of relationship. This phase will be highlighting the fact that domestic abuse can happen among groups such as the elderly, the disabled and same...
Bruton Knowles has completed the acquisition of the former B & Q premises at Coypool Road, Plympton, Plymouth for their clients HBH Woolacotts and Furniture World.
The off market deal followed weeks of speculation as to the store’s fate.
Mark Slade from Bruton Knowles’ Lockyer Street office said: “We were instructed to acquire the Coypool Road site – with a view to...
]Plymouth is preparing for a busy December as residents are set to spend a total of more than 3.5 million hours preparing for Christmas Day.
In a survey of more than 2,000 shoppers, almost 1 in 5 Plymouth residents said they will need more than the equivalent of a working week to prepare for Christmas Day, taking into account shopping, cooking, getting the house in order, and wrapping...
Detectives from British Transport Police are appealing for information after a woman was sexually assaulted whilst travelling on a train between Plymouth and London Paddington.
Just after 9am on Friday 11 November, a 21-year-old woman boarded a train at Plymouth station, bound for London. During her journey a man sat next to her and then touched her inappropriately. She challenged the...
Kingfisher Fish & Chips in Plymouth has introduced changes to its portion sizes and seen its profit increase three-fold.
Co-owners of Kingfisher Fish & Chips, Craig Maw and Nikki Mutton, bought their chip shop in 2012 and its selection of portion choices attracts fish and chip lovers from far and wide.
Nikki said: “We now offer small, regular and large portions to cater...
Time is running out to tell the Council your preferred choice of primary or junior school for September 2017.
If your child is due to start at primary school for the first time in September 2017, or junior school for children who have completed Year 2, you only have six weeks left to get your applications in.
The deadline for primary and junior school admission preferences is...
A consortium of universities and colleges across the South West has won £5.5million in government funding to inspire young people from disadvantaged backgrounds into higher education.
Institutions across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset – led by the University of Plymouth – have been awarded two years’ funding in the first phase of the National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP),...
