Deaf teenager Bethany, from Plymouth, attended the Labour Party Conference yesterday [Monday 28 September] to urge MPs to improve support for deaf children in England.
Bethany, 18, a Plymouth City College student and a member of the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) Youth Advisory Board, was in Brighton to ask MPs to back the NDCS Listen Up! campaign.
With summer drawing to a close, and the evenings starting to get noticeably cooler you might be tempted to light a fire, rather than put the central heating on.
Are you be sure your chimney is clean and ready to light?
From 7-13 September, Chimney Fire Safety Week takes place providing a timely reminder to make sure that your chimney is ready for the winter months ahead. Devon...
Car smoking ban comes into force New legislation has come into force today (1st October) which makes it an offence to smoke in a vehicle containing a person under the age of 18.
The Smoke-Free (Private Vehicles) Regulations 2015 has been introduced to protect children from the harms of second-hand smoke.
It is now an offence to smoke in a private vehicle with someone under the...
Plymouth Pavilions are proud to announce that the Riverdance UK Tour of 2016, which marks the show’s 21st birthday, will visit the city in May 2016.
The cast for this tour will feature, for the first time, some dancers who were actually born in the same year that the show first opened; 1995 at the Point Theatre in Dublin! This is an unmissable chance for UK audiences to reconnect with...
Researchers from Plymouth University are collaborating with world-leading industrial biotechnology and synthetic biology business Ingenza, to develop an efficient, scalable microbial production system for epidermicin, a new class of antibiotic being developed for use in the fight against infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Police are appealing for information after a woman was sexually assaulted in Plymouth.
A 19-year-old local woman was walking home alone on Lipson Road, near the junction with Mount Gould Road, when she was approached by a man from behind at around 3.20am on Tuesday 22 September.
The man grabbed her and attacked her, causing her to fall to the ground, and sexually assaulted her...
Constantly checking emails, watching TV before bed and noisy neighbours are some of the unnatural components of our sleep routines that are causing havoc with our sleeping patterns. The rise in technology and making ourselves available 24/7 means more than a quarter (28%) of Brits wake up more than three times every night, and 24% of us take over half an hour to get to sleep, due to problems...
There will be a special service for parents who have experienced bereavement through the loss of a pregnancy or death of a baby. The service will take place on Sunday 4 October at 2.00pm and will be held in the chapel on level seven at Derriford Hospital.
The Chapel will be also be open from 1.00pm for the opportunity to meet other parents and talk things over with a chaplain or the...
The Dreamboys are back and hotter than ever with a brand new Show and UK Tour for 2016.
The Dreamboys are without a shadow of a doubt the UK's top Male Strip Show, perfect for a girls night out with all your friends. Their showcase is unquestionably the most famous Male Stripper act the UK has ever produced. With special guest appearances on some of the UK's biggest TV shows such as...
With Stoptober, the 28 day quit challenge just around the corner, Patrick and his daughter from Plymouth are urging other smokers to follow their success and quit for good.
Patrick Lomax, ex-military and now in his 50s, was smoking up to a packet of hand-rolled tobacco a week when he decided to quit for financial reasons. Having tried before and relapsed, this time he asked his local...
