A health and wellbeing event for cancer patients, organised by the Sarcoma and Living with and Beyond Cancer Team at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, was deemed a “resounding success”.
The event, which was held in the Mustard Tree Macmillan Support Centre on Saturday 22 November, was attended by 43 patients and their relatives.
One in ten (nine per cent) young people in the South West say they have borrowed money from companies, according to a shocking new report released today by Action for Children.
The charity’s report, Paying the Price, has uncovered a worrying level of borrowing amongst young people.
Out of the 1,052 12 to 18-year-olds surveyed, in the South West a third (38 per cent) of those...
During the busy run up to Christmas and the intensive shopping period, Devon and Cornwall Police are advising people to keep their Christmas purchases safe.
Following the chaotic buying of the Black Friday period, burglars will look out for wrapped or unwrapped Christmas presents in homes and in cars.
People are advised to protect their Christmas purchases by storing them in a...
LEADING national housing and regeneration specialist, Keepmoat, is lending a helping hand to local charities in Plymouth.
Keepmoat is donating over £3,000 of kitchen materials to three local charities; Dartmoor Zoological Park, Gables Farm Dogs and Cats Home and local pony sanctuary Ponderosa, will all benefit.
The donation is a direct result of Keepmoat’s partnership with...
A social enterprise will be opening up a new shop in Devonport, thanks to support from the Council’s Social Enterprise Investment Fund.
Bikespace will be opening its first shop and will sell electric bikes – or ebikes – as well as refurbished bicycles from its cycle recycling project already based in Devonport.
An empty shop in George Street has been brought back to life in...
A new exhibition opening at the City Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday 13 December will showcase some of Plymouth’s most important and interesting portraits.
‘In the Frame: Plymouth’s Portraits Revealed’ delves into the city’s collection, and presents new research about some of the characters who are new or rarely seen.
Visitors will be able to come face-to-face with maritime...
Parents are being urged not to leave it till the last minute to choose which schools they would most like their children to this year.
Families whose children are due to start at primary school for the first time or junior school (having completed Year 2 in an infant school) in September 2015 have under 40 days left to tell the Council which three schools are their top choices....
Police have released images of two men they want to speak to in connection with an unprovoked assault which took place in Reflex nightclub in Plymouth.
The attack took place in the early hours of Saturday 15 November in the Reflex nightclub in Union Street. The victim of the unprovoked assault is a serviceman who was punched by both men and sustained multiple breaks to both sides of...
A celebrated industrial designer whose illustrious career spans more than half a century has been passing the benefits of his experience to a new generation of creative minds.
Sir Kenneth Grange spent a morning talking to, and answering questions from, undergraduate and postgraduate design students at Plymouth University.
