Doctors from Plymouth will be supporting a study to investigate whether routine heart scans for hospital patients with chest pains will help reduce heart attack rates.
Professor Carl Roobottom, Consultant Radiologist at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and Professor Jason Smith, Consultant in
Teenager Tom Gardner from Tavistock in Devon has won a bike designed to his own specifications from the charity Jole Rider based in Tetbury, Gloucestershire.
The first Bike Draw organised by the education charity, one of the UK’s largest bicycle recycling organisations, raised over £1000. The money will go to Jole Rider‘s Bikes4Africa programme and will be used to deliver bikes to...
More than 970 children from low income families in Plymouth attending Early Years providers will be able to take advantage of the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) from this April.
It was announced last June by the government that the new EYPP worth £300 per pupil, would help narrow the attainment gap between young children from low-income families and their peers.
At approximately 9.25am on Tuesday 10th March, an altercation took place between the driver of red taxi and a male pedestrian at the city bound traffic lights of North Hill and North Road East, Plymouth.
It is believed that a pedestrian walked in front a queue of traffic which was waiting to turn into North Road East and an argument ensued, resulting in the pedestrian pulling a chisel...
Plymouth folk band Mad Dog Mcrea are playing at The Donkey Sanctuary Ivybridge on Saturday 28 March from 7pm to raise funds for the centre’s donkey assisted therapy work.
The gig at the centre in Filham Park includes support act Alex Hart with her unique ‘Westcountry Country’ vibe.
Doors and bar open at 7pm. Proof of age ID will be required.
Centre manager Bob Venn says: “Join us for a wonderful night of folky, country, jazz! Mad Dog Mcrea are such a fantastic band and it’s always been a great evening in the past. And this year it will be even better with Alex Hart’...
Plymouth folk band Mad Dog Mcrea are playing at The Donkey Sanctuary Ivybridge on Saturday 28 March from 7pm to raise funds for the centre’s donkey assisted therapy work.
The gig at the centre in Filham Park includes support act Alex Hart with her unique ‘Westcountry Country’ vibe.
Doors and bar open at 7pm. Proof of age ID will be required.
The young woman shown in the attached image is being sought by police as they believe she may have witnessed an assault involving two females in the Two Trees pub on Union Street in Plymouth.
The incident took place at around 2.25am on Sunday 15 March.
If anyone recognises this person or you believe it may be you and you were in the Two Trees pub in the early hours of Sunday...
A man in his early fifties was attacked from behind while he was walking to work leaving him with serious wounds to the head.
The incident took place around 8am on Monday 16 March on Embankment Road Lane South in the Prince Rock area of Plymouth (a service lane near Cotehele Avenue).
Detectives are keen to hear from any witnesses who were nearby at the time of the incident....
New independent research published today has found that the decisions made about doctors during a GMC investigation are fair and consistent.
In 2014 the General Medical Council (GMC), the regulator of doctors in the UK, commissioned researchers at Plymouth University to undertake a review of decision-making in its fitness to practise procedures.
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service is joining with Fire and Rescue Services across the UK in supporting Fire Sprinkler Week 2015, taking place from 16-22 March.
This is the second annual sprinkler awareness campaign undertaken by Fire and Rescue services and this year is focusing on the way that fitting sprinklers can help businesses and education, by reducing the impact of...
