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...
New statistics show the majority of parents in the South West believe stopping children being exposed to junk food adverts could cut childhood obesity, as the British Heart Foundation (BHF) delivered a 30,000 strong petition to ban the adverts before 9pm to Britain’s most famous street.
The BHF polled 2,000 UK parents and found 67% of parents in the South West believe that stopping...
Plymouth City Council is encouraging local people to support their Foodbank.
Plymouth Foodbank in Manor Street, Stonehouse, is part of the Trussell Trust network of Foodbanks, and aims to help people with much needed food and also a listening ear and useful advice. They rely on people’s donations and regular food collections are obtained from local community groups, businesses and...
Police are appealing for information after a distinctive electric guitar was stolen from a van in the Mutley area of Plymouth.
The black and white Danelectro 12-string guitar was stolen, along with a red-striped guitar case and bag of tools, from a white Vauxhall van parked in Seaton Avenue, sometime between 5.30am and 6.30am on Tuesday 24 March.
