Plymouth

Police are trying to find a missing 52-year-old man last seen in Bristol.

Neil Mackenzie (pictured) was last seen in the Stapleton area of Bristol at around 10am today, Thursday 11 February, and he spoke to a relative by phone shortly after.

Police are concerned for Neil's welfare and would like to find him as soon as possible.

He may be using public transport and...

The epilepsy self-monitoring app EpSMon is now available to download for free in the UK.

The app was launched in July last year to help to help ‘fill the information gap’ left by NHS funding cuts for GP epilepsy monitoring. Initiated by bereaved families of people who had died from sudden death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and created by a team of partners based at Plymouth University, Cornwall...

Pupils at Montpelier Primary School have been learning a range of life saving skills during national heart month, due to the donation of a defibrillator from a local charity.

Local heart charity, HeartSWell donated a defibrillator to the school following a request by the school’s site manager.

Zak Morgan, Site Manager of Montpelier Primary School said; “I wanted to help our...

HellermannTyton, the cable management specialists, has raised £4,800 for CLIC Sargent, a cancer support charity for young people.

A combination of events across 2015, which included a 24 hour row-a-thon and a 10k run, has seen the company’s employees raise the significant amount.

Barry Phelps, UK Product Manager at HellermannTyton, said: “Having a charity to support is very...

New buyer enquiries across the South West rose for the eleventh month in succession in January according to the RICS UK Residential Market Survey, January 2016, with 40% more respondents seeing an increase in new buyer demand rather than a fall.

Feedback to the survey continues to suggest that demand is being boosted by a rush of buy-to-let investors looking to buy before the 3% stamp...

The fight to stamp out illegal tattoo artists, sometimes known as “scratchers” in Plymouth has taken another step forward.

Barbican based tattoo studio Dust n’ Bones has become the first in the city to be a member of both the Tattoo Hygiene Rating scheme and Trading Standards Buy with Confidence scheme.

The new rating scheme to drive up tattoo hygiene standards was launched in...

A film exploring the darker histories of the River Tamar which was commissioned as part of a major festival in 2014 has been acquired by the Arts Council Collection to mark its 70th anniversary.

Tropikos, by award-winning artist filmmaker John Akomfrah, was commissioned for the It’s All About the River festival, which was curated and delivered by the River Tamar Project (RTP), the...

Budding artists from across the Plymouth area are being challenged to get creative as part of a new bi-annual competition being staged in the city.

The Plymouth Young Contemporary Open (PYCO) 2016 is designed to showcase the incredible talent of the area’s children and young people.

Anyone aged four to 30 who is living, working or studying in the Plymouth area will be invited...

A new exhibition which opened at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery on 6 February explores the role of warfare in children's play from 1800 to the present day.

‘War Games’ is a nationally touring exhibition from the V&A Museum of Childhood and will be on display until 18 June.

The show, which is designed for adults and children, allows visitors to investigate how toys...

There may be a discrepancy between how much men value their health and what they do to look after it, according to new research from Public Health England:

Three quarters (74%) of men in England aged 40 to 60 place their health in the top three most important things in their life

Only a third (35%) feel confident that they know all the risk factors for heart disease

Six...