On Sunday 25 September, mum of one, Naomi Temple, abseiled off the roof of the Holiday Inn hotel in Plymouth, to help raise vital funds for the children’s wards and the ‘brilliant staff’ who cared for her son, Jenson.
When Jenson was just six weeks old he was very poorly with bronchiolitis and was rushed to Derriford Hospital. He was cared for on Woodcock Ward but his condition...
Plymouth City Council is bringing together some of the region’s key construction and built environment companies for the city’s fourth Building Plymouth Summit.
The twice yearly summits are an opportunity for people to find out the latest developments on the Council-led partnership to address the sector’s skills shortage and gaps.
People in Plymouth who are eligible are being urged to have their flu jabs, as figures reveal that last winter four in every ten flu outbreaks in England were linked to schools.
Residents aged 65 and over, pregnant women, people with long term health conditions and children aged 2, 3, and 4, and children in school years 1, 2 and 3, are among the groups being encouraged to get...
The traffic island on Central Park Avenue is being removed this week following feedback from residents
The priority give way feature is being replaced with warning signs alerting motorists about the road humps. The signs should ensure vehicles slow down as they approach the new crossing point at the junction of Central Park Avenue and Dale Road.
Police are investigating an assault in Wolsey Road, Plymouth, between 7.10pm and 7.20pm on Saturday 1st October 2016.
The incident happened near to the TSB bank and the Roopagnor takeaway.
The victim, a 13-year-old boy from Plymouth, was assaulted by another male of similar age in an unprovoked attack. The victim was pushed to the ground and kicked, causing bruising to his head...
Dr. Tom Gale from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD) was presented with the Teaching Innovation Award by the Association of Medical Educators in Europe, for his work in developing a simulated training module for health care workers and communities in Ebola-hit West Africa.
The module, which uses computer gaming technology, was developed by Dr Gale...
Plymouth City Council’s Trading Standards Team are warning people not to risk selling counterfeit goods for extra money before Christmas after a number of seizures in the city.
There has been a rapid increase in people selling counterfeit goods on social media sites. These goods include counterfeit trade-marked clothing, trainers, handbags, sunglasses, makeup and electrical goods such...
Plymouth is to host a wave of the iconic ceramic poppies as part of a major national initiative, 14 -18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has announced it will present Wave by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper at its Plymouth Naval Memorial.
From 15 July to 19 November next year the ceramic sculpture...
Local broadcaster Judi Spiers joined more than 1,300 people who put on their walking shoes to join the fight against dementia at Alzheimer’s Society’s Plymouth Memory Walk today (Saturday 8 October).
People gathered in the sunshine on Plymouth Hoe where they took part in an energetic Zumba session before embarking on the fundraising walk launched by Judi who cut the ribbon and led...
A committee is asking the NHS to revisit its proposals which might lead to the closure of a GP practice in Plymouth.
A number of GP surgery contracts in Plymouth are up for renewal in March 2017. Plymouth City Council’s Wellbeing Select Committee met on Thursday 6 October 2016 to discuss proposals by NHS England not to re-procure a service being delivered through the Cumberland surgery...
