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Don't face you troubles alone...

Most people feel worried, low, fearful or distressed at some time in their lives and these feelings often appear heightened at during the festive period.

Money or health worries, loneliness, or family tensions, don’t simply disappear just because it’s Christmas. In fact, these stresses can be worse at this time of year.

The hype associated with Christmas and New Year can make...

Major websites could do more to promote improved password security

Online giants including Amazon and LinkedIn could be doing far more to raise awareness of the need for better password practices among their users.

Analysis by Professor Steven Furnell, Director of the Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research at Plymouth University, looked into the password security controls in place among 10 of the world’s most visited websites....

Police appeal after assault in Plymouth

Police have released an image of a man they want to speak to in connection with an assault in Plymouth last month.

A group of men assaulted a 26-year-old Plymouth man outside Jesters nightclub on Union Street at around 4.50am on Saturday 29 November.

As a result of the assault, the victim suffered extensive facial injuries and was taken to Derriford Hospital.

Officers...

One Night Only with Eban Brown - Lead Singer of The Stylistics

Lead Singer of The Stylistics, and an accomplished guitarist and jazz musician in his own right.

In May 2000, Harold "Eban" Brown became the new lead singer for "The Stylistics". Having been the lead vocalist with a number of groups "The Manhattans", "The Delfonics" and "The Moments", Eban easily took on the task as lead singer.

Eban Brown brings to The Guildhall, Plymouth a fresh style and talent not seen for a while.

For one night only on 28th March 2015. Don't miss this brilliant night!!

£220m to improve roads in Devon

Devon County Council will receive £220m to spend on repairing potholes and improving roads, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced today.

The cash is part of a record £847 million that will be spent on improving local roads between 2015 and 2021 in the South West.

It is the first time councils have been given locked-in funding over this length of time, which will help...

Lighting the way in energy savings

While many councils across the country are turning off their street lights to cut costs, Plymouth is investing in a citywide lighting upgrade that will see its energy bill reduced by over £1 million a year.

Around 11,000 energy efficient light emitting diode (LED) lamps have been installed so far as part of an £8 million programme to replace all of the City Council’s 29,000 street...

Avoiding debt over Christmas and New Year

Plymouth residents are being advised on how to avoid getting into debt this Christmas.

Christmas is traditionally a time of year when many people struggle financially and Advice Plymouth and Plymouth City Council are offering tips and advice to help people avoid debt and manage their finances.

Around a third of adults in Plymouth are over-indebted and Plymouth has higher levels...

Royal Mail finds UK's most festive street names

Royal Mail has today revealed that the Midlands is the most festive region of the UK according to information from its address database. It has more festive street names than any other UK region.

The region has around 560 Christmas themed street names and enjoys festive street names such as Reindeer Road, Noel Street, Bell Close and the ubiquitous Holly Street.

Holly Street...

Our Plymouth at Christmas

This Christmas in Plymouth many people will be struggling to make ends meet as they try and pay for presents on top of the usual food and energy bills.

The Plymouth Fairness Commission estimated there are around 14,000 households in Plymouth living in fuel poverty, while Plymouth Foodbank saw over 8,000 users in 2013/14 and our soup runs provided over 23,000 meals in the same period...

Big variation in mobile coverage in SW

Which? has teamed up with independent mobile coverage experts OpenSignal to reveal the best and worst mobile phone networks for across the UK, and found that the South West was the second worst region we looked at for coverage and some providers were much better than others.

The analysis of the different networks in the South West found a variation of 40% between the top and bottom 3G...

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