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Plymouth apprentices: Your country wants you

Calling all trade apprentices in Plymouth! Do you think you’ve got what it takes to be named the best in the UK?

Screwfix – which has a store in Plymouth - is launching its first competition to find and reward the best trade apprentice in the UK. Brilliant budding builders and the next generation of electricians and plumbers can all enter for the chance to win a trade business pack...

Devon Street Pastors praised by police chief

Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer opened the third annual Devon and Cornwall Street Pastor Conference by thanking team members for their incredible contribution on behalf of the police and every person they had helped.

The conference, held at Middlemoor Police HQ on Saturday 21 March 2015, was led by ex-Met officer Nick Cornish from the national Street Pastor charity Ascension Trust and...

Lord Mayor Designate announces deputy

Lord Mayor Designate Councillor Dr John Mahony has announced that Councillor Richard Ball will serve as his deputy next year.

Councillor Ball was born in Plymouth in 1946 and has represented the Compton ward since 2008. He will be supported in his role by his wife of 47 years, Dianne. The couple have two children and three grandchildren

He trained as an electronic technician...

RBL calls on VE Day veterans

The Royal British Legion will join the nation in marking the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) over the weekend of 8-10 May.

A series of national commemorative events will take place in London, and community events and celebrations are being organised across the country.

The Second World War generation will be at the heart of all activity. As part of this, the...

Animal charity acquires investment property in Plympton

A leading charity which oversees pet welfare in Devon and Cornwall has added to its investment portfolio by acquiring industrial units located within the Newnham Industrial Estate in Plympton, Plymouth.

Plymouth commercial property specialist, Glenn Kelly from Bruton Knowles, helped broker the deal which sees the Gerrick Rose Animal Trust acquire the freehold interest in units A-F...

Leading Women UK Political Special

Please join the Plymouth network at The Treasury as part of the Leading Women UK Poltical Special 2015.

The Treasury will kindly be providing canapés for attendees.

According to the Fawcett society: - Men currently outnumber women 4 to 1 in Westminster. - Currently 16% of Conservative 32% of Labour and 12% of Liberal Democrats MPs are women. - Women constitute 32% of elected...

Students sign-up for meningitis study

Thousands of students visited members of our Research and Development Team at their stand at the UCAS Higher Education Convention at Westpoint Centre in Exeter this week to find out more about careers in the NHS and research, development and innovation work at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.

As part of this, more than 800 of the students came forward over the two days to sign-up to a...

Police target rogue drivers on M5

Operation Vortex, the successful road safety campaign run by Devon and Cornwall Police, is to be staged on Thursday 2 April and on days throughout April and May.

Police will be using a number of unmarked vehicles including police motorbikes to help identify and target motorists who disregard road traffic laws and cause danger to others.

Officers from the Armed Response Unit...

Easter crackdown on illegal raves

Devon and Cornwall Police are fully prepared to prevent and disrupt any illegal rave activity across the two counties over the Easter holiday.

During the spring and summer Devon and Cornwall can be vulnerable to illegal raves, such as the problems encountered in recent years at Bellever and Davidstow.

Each year police have to remove a number of illegal raves which diverts...

Plymouth man seriously injured in assault

Detectives are appealing for witnesses to an assault in Plympton at the weekend to come forward.

A 24-year-old man, from Plymouth, was approached by a man who punched him in the mouth and struck him over the back of the head in Fore Street, St Maurice.

The victim suffered serious head and facial injuries as a result of the attack that happened at around 9pm on Saturday 28 March...

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