Dental students from Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry have worked with care staff from Age UK Plymouth to help them achieve good oral health for the elderly people in their care.
The project was part of the Inter-Professional Engagement scheme run by the Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise, which sees dental students working with a variety of groups in the community to...
Businesses trading in Plymouth City Centre are being urged to get in touch with Plymouth City Centre Company about completing a simple form to join the official business rates appeal process before 31 March.
The Government announced in February that from 1 April 2015 they will be radically changing the period for claims. Up until Tuesday 31 March 2015 business can appeal against the...
Councillor Tudor Evans has handed over a cheque for £330 to the Ferndale Community computer club as part of Plymouth City Council’s community grant scheme.
Each Councillor has an annual grant allocation of £3,500 to fund community activities and projects in their wards. Councillors can combine their grants to fund one or more projects or various community activities, if they wish....
Following a disciplinary panel on Friday, March 6, 2015, it has been ruled that a police officer involved in a Taser deployment which resulted in a fatality will have no further action taken against him by Devon and Cornwall Police.
Andrew Pimlott died following the incident in Honicknowle, Plymouth, on April 19, 2013.
Two police officers were called to the Honicknowle property...
Two of our apprentices will find out next week if they have won awards at this year’s South West Region Health Sector Apprenticeship Awards 2015.
Chantelle Lea, who works in the Pathology Department, has been shortlisted for the Higher Apprentice of the Year Award (Level 4+) and Abby Morgan, who works in the Communications Office, has been shortlisted for the NHS Inspirational...
Police are seeking the identification of a man following criminal damage to a bus in Plymouth.
At around 6.45pm on Saturday 21st February on Saltash Road opposite the train station, the man pictured is believed to have pulled the windscreen wiper from the bus and cracked the windscreen after he was refused access the bus.
Police are appealing for anyone who can identify the...
An ambitious plan to develop a more skilled and flexible workforce in Plymouth will be officially presented for approval to the Council’s cabinet this month.
Plymouth’s Plan for Employment and Skills is needed to ensure the skills of the city’s workforce keep up with the demands of employers.
Council Leader Tudor Evans said: “Plymouth is a world class leader in marine, science...
Plymouth City Council’s Cabinet is expected to approve plans to control the type of new licences issued on the Barbican.
The changes were agreed after the police submitted a report to the Council last year asking to expand the current cumulative impact policy (CIP) to not only cover the Barbican, but extend across Sutton Harbour up to and including Sutton Road.
A team of health students from Plymouth University are hungry to find out what’s on the menu for footballers in the city to help boost their studies while looking at ways to improve player performance.
Undergraduates on the Nutrition, Exercise and Health, and Health and Fitness degrees, are being are matched to sporting ‘partners’ from local clubs, University teams and sports...
Carol Robertson, Head of Community Fundraising at Brain Tumour Research, has completed a 400-mile cycle ride in just four days in memory of her friend who lost his life to a brain tumour.
The cycle ride, dubbed the “Tour de Labs”, saw Carol start from the charity’s HQ in Buckingham and visit each of the four Centres of Excellence funded by Brain Tumour Research – two in London, at...
