Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, is hoping that Government Ministers will think carefully about exempting panic and safe rooms from the bedroom tax, as the issue made national news today.
Ms Seabeck’s 10 minute rule bill on this issue received its 2nd reading unopposed in April and she is hoping that Ministers will take note of that fact as a mother and her son have their...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a callous burglary at the British Red Cross shop on Plymstock Broadway.
An offender entered the shop around 1.20am on Sunday 9 November and stole a quantity of cash from the safe.
Detectives are seeking information about a man who was seen in the Horncross Road area and the rear service lane of the Broadway between 1am and 2am on the...
The ‘Hello My Name is…’ campaign has arrived at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, as part of a Trust-wide initiative to remind staff of the importance of clear communication in the delivery of quality care.
Widely publicised on social media under the #hellomynameis hashtag, the campaign was founded by Dr Kate Granger, an Elderly Medicine Registrar at St James University Hospital in Leeds...
BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy and parent company to Plymouth-based BMT Isis has been recognised in the Global Business Excellence Awards 2014. The judging panel recognised BMT’s continued focus on its staff and how effective communication, management and support was recognised as the cornerstones of the organisation’s...
Police in Plymouth are seeking a 35 year-old woman who is wanted on warrant.
Claire Timmoney (pictured) is white, with brown, shoulder length hair which is sometimes dyed red. She has hazel coloured eyes and has a distinctive tattoo of 3 stars on her left arm and a tribal tattoo on her left hand. She also has a stud piercing in her right eyebrow and another piercing in her lip....
Performances from Attik Youth Dance Company and Street Factory will be among those entertaining the crowds as part of Plymouth UKs ‘Illuminate’ celebrations.
Taking place on The Hoe from 6pm, residents and visitors have been invited to take part in a celebration to launch the official countdown to 2020 – the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower.
A Plymouth baby has become the first in the UK to receive life-changing surgery for spina bifida while still in the womb.
Sat with her doting parents and smiling at the camera, eleven week old baby Frankie Lavis, is still totally unaware of the revolutionary operation she had before she was even born.
In May this year, Gina Beddoe, 35, and her partner Dan Lavis, 39, from...
A new report, released today by renewable energy experts Regen SW, reveals that 16,000 people are employed by south west construction businesses in making our homes more energy efficient – but with, the right backing, this could be much higher.
The report – ‘The South West Retrofit Market Study’ – warns that, if we don’t act to support the sector now, the region could miss the...
Plymouth’s City to Sea project has been named as a runner-up for the Grow Wild England flagship site, after a four-week voting campaign that saw nearly 65,000 votes cast.
Led by Plymouth City Council, the City to Sea project aimed to reinvigorate the city centre with a striking kilometre-long wild flower corridor and over 12,500 votes were cast in support of the vision.
As the nights draw in and with Christmas soon approaching, over half of people from Plymouth (55%) are shunning pubs, restaurants, and parties, and instead opening their homes to friends and family.
However, this increase in generosity has led to a plethora of problems, with hopeless hosts admitting to a myriad of dinner party disasters; from not being prepared enough with food, drink...
