A generous seven year old from Plymouth has raised hundreds of pounds for the Gold Dust Appeal, which is raising money for the refurbishment of the Children and Young People’s wards and corridors on level 12 of Derriford Hospital.
Ollie Willis, a pupil at Montpelier Primary School, presented the cheque for £850.24 to Anita Dykes, Matron for Paediatrics at Derriford Hospital on Friday...
AILING Argyle limped to a second successive home defeat, and dropped out of the Sky Bet League 2 play-off standings, as Andy Drury’s first-half goal – his first of the season – proved decisive at Home Park.
With considerably more than a third of the first-team squad unavailable to manager John Sheridan, and all three of the recent loan signings who helped propel the Pilgrims into the...
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery’s early self-portrait by famous 18th century portrait artist Sir Joshua Reynolds has revealed a hidden secret during conservation treatment.
The painting, which dates from about 1746, was acquired last year along with a sketchbook filled with drawings that Reynolds made while visiting Italy in the early 1750s.
Devon County Council’s snow wardens have been put on standby for the coldest spell so far this winter.
The County Council is advising people to take extreme care if travelling this morning, particularly on untreated roads.
Sunny spells, wintry showers and snow flurries are expected througout the region today (Saturday) and a lthough Sunday is forecast to be drier, current...
New research reveals that that one in six people in Britain have kept secrets from their loved ones by hiding or lying about rent or mortgage troubles.
Research from Shelter and YouGov paints a picture of a nation of ‘secret strugglers’ who are keeping housing worries from their partners and families. People reported secretly taking out loans, selling items such as jewellery, and even...
The countdown is on for the new bin collection days which will start on 19 January.
Thousands of Christmas cards were delivered just before the festive season got underway to let people know what days their bins will be collected as part of a major reorganisation of the city’s rubbish and recycling rounds.
Stickers are being put on bins across the city as another way of...
Physical inactivity may be associated with twice as many deaths as obesity, according to research.
The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that just a modest increase in physical activity, such as a brisk 20 minute walk, could have significant health benefits.
Researchers, from University of Cambridge, studied data from 334,000 European men and...
Plymouth’s taxi drivers will be paying less next year to be on the city’s roads, thanks to a cut in fees.
Taxi drivers will pay just over £100 less for a vehicle licence and £96 less for a three-year driver’s licence as a result of the Council’s review of its fees that cover the cost of regulating taxis. Private hire drivers will be paying around 10 per cent less for their vehicle and...
A fugitive drug trafficker who headed a crime group that supplied huge amounts of heroin to the South West of England has been arrested in Tenerife.
Stephen Blundell, aged 36, of Leathers Lane, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin but fled to Spain before he could be sentenced in April 2013. He was later jailed for nine years eight months in his absence.
National leaders in dementia research and care including Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, are among the scheduled keynote speakers at a major conference in Plymouth.
Renowned dementia campaigners Angela Rippon and Dr Trevor Jarvis, and the Director of Alzheimer’s Society Wales Sue Phelps, will also be addressing the Fourth Plymouth Dementia...
