Marks & Spencer (M&S) is calling on volunteers from Plymouth to descend upon Wembury Beach to help pick up litter as part of the retailer’s 4th annual Big Beach Clean Up.
Taking place on 8 May from 11.30am, the event will be hosted in partnership with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and invites local residents, businesses, students and societies to join them in helping...
As we approach exam season Asthma UK is urging parents and students to take preventative steps to ensure their asthma doesn’t hinder their exam success as research shows that having a diagnosis of asthma means they are 30% more likely to drop a grade between mock and final exams.
More than 1 million children have asthma in the UK – around 2 in every classroom – and 4 in every 52 people...
A group of volunteers from Salisbury Road Baptist Church have kindly donated £1,000 to Torrington Intensive Care Unit.
In 2014, Elaine Giles underwent heart surgery and had to stay in Derriford Hospital for nine days. During this time, she stayed on Torrington Intensive Care Unit and has since made a full recovery.
Elaine said: “This gift is just a small token of my...
Castles and forts within Plymouth’s boundaries have been getting some TLC, thanks to a grant from English Heritage.
Plymouth City Council has secured £53,115 grant funding from the conservation organisation to help stem the tide of time on some of the city’s much-loved monuments.
Work has been carried out on the landmarks – including the 1,000-year-old castle at Plympton St...
The Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables for Devon & Cornwall Police and Dorset Police have today reached a symbolic milestone around how they will deliver policing services across the three counties in the future.
An agreement has been reached for a large-scale strategic alliance between the two forces. Their aim, through the alliance, is to maintain a high standard...
With Easter fast approaching, Vospers SEAT have launched an Easter Egg Hunt - with a difference.
Vospers is taking the traditional Easter Egg hunt to the road with a car!
Those living in and around the Plymouth area are invited to look out for a brand new SEAT Mii with a decidedly Easter theme, as finding it could win them a free Easter egg.
Wayne Hemingway MBE, co-founder of fashion business, Red or Dead, and affordable and social design agency HemingwayDesign has been announced as the keynote speaker at Plymouth Chamber of Commerce’s upcoming Annual Business Dinner.
Taking place on 15th May at St Mellion International Resort, Plymouth Chamber’s Annual Business Dinner will bring together business leaders from across...
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust's clinical research nurses have been taking scores of throat swabs from students at local schools and colleges for the UK Meningococcal Carriage Study.
Teenagers and young children are at an increased risk of meningitis and blood poisoning due to the meningococcus germ which is ‘carried’ in the back of the throat without causing any symptoms in about one in...
