The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the Department of Health (DH) are encouraging organisations in the South West to help make their communities safer as they launch a £1 million partnership to make public access defibrillators and CPR training more widely available across England.
The announcement comes as new figures from the BHF show few people in the South West are even aware...
PLYMOUTH Skills Group Devils will go into this weekend's crucial Play Off Quarter Final encounter against the Glasgow Tigers on Friday 2nd at St Boniface Arena (7.15pm) and Sunday 4th October away without their experienced number one rider Ryan Fisher.
"Due to family business Ryan has had to return home to the USA" said The Devils Co-Promoter Ashley Taylor. "Ryan and his wife Daelyn...
Student accommodation is changing the face of the Plymouth property scene and dramatically altering the range of accommodation available.
That’s the view of Mark Slade from Bruton Knowles’ Plymouth office, who said: “With upwards of 26,000 students in and around the city there is an insatiable appetite for student accommodation in the city. The continued expansion of the university...
The claim that flowing water has been discovered on Mars could undoubtedly enhance knowledge of the Red Planet, a scientist from Plymouth University has said.
But it could also make future exploration of the planet more difficult because of restrictions designed to prevent the contamination of any potential biological material or ecosystem on Mars, or anywhere throughout the solar...
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...
