Plymouth

Police are appealing for witnesses following a burglary at a Plymstock car wash at the weekend.

Offenders smashed a window to get inside IMO Car Wash in Oreston Road sometime between 8pm on Saturday 17 May and 8.30am the next day.

Once inside, the burglars gained entry to the office and stole a quantity of cash and an iPod Nano.

Police are appealing to anyone who may...

Plymouth beach lovers will once again be able take a bus straight to the seaside this summer.

The number 54 runs to the popular beach of Bovisand, overlooking Plymouth Sound – and this year the season has been extended, giving families even more chances to enjoy the sun, sea and sand.

Operated by Target Travel and financially supported by the City Council, the ‘beach bus’ will...

Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, a sufferer of partial hearing loss herself, has shown her support for Deaf Awareness Week by attending a training session to understand the impact of deafness and improve communications skills to Deaf people.

The sessions, which were delivered at the House of Commons last week, were organised to improve the understanding of the different types...

Nursing and midwifery staff at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust are bringing back the hospital badge, with the chosen designed unveiled at Tuesday’s #WeCare Nursing and Midwifery Conference.

Our senior nursing and midwifery team worked in collaboration with Plymouth College of Art, asking the students to come up with designs for two badges. The badges will be awarded to all registered and...

A highly-successful campaign to recruit Healthcare Assistants to Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has been shortlisted for a national award.

The Recruitment and Resourcing Team, who are based in the Norwich Union (NU) building at Derriford, have been shortlisted down to the final three in the Category 9 The HSJ award for strategic approach to recruitment of the national HPMA Excellence in...

Families wanting fresh air and fun have got their pick of events in the city from the seashore to woodlands this half term.

Plymouth’s Stepping Stones to Nature team have put on a packed programme of activities designed to get Plymouth people out and about.

Four organisations dedicated to helping people learn about nature, as well as feel happier, healthier and more connected...

Stagecoach South West has announced it will be promoting the recent service improvements to its flagship Gold bus service with two roadshows during half term week (week commencing 26 May 2014).

Responding to passenger demand, Stagecoach has doubled the frequency of the service’s Torquay to Plymouth connection with buses now running to up to every half hour, 6 days a week and an hourly...

Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, has celebrated Nurses’ Day 2014 with constituent and outstanding nurse Sarah Lewis at a reception held in Parliament.

Sarah Lewis, a Pain Management Nurse at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court, won both the Nursing Standard Defence Nursing Award 2014 and the overall Nurse of the Year 2014 Award.

Hosted by the...

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and Alzheimer’s Society are collaborating on a special event at Drake Circus Shopping Centre on Thursday 22 May as part of Dementia Awareness Week (18 to 24 May).

The focus of this year’s Dementia Awareness Week is on ‘opening up’ and encouraging people who are concerned about dementia-related issues to talk about their worries rather than bottling...

Residents in the Stonehouse area being asked what they think about a police request for new powers to tackle the anti-social street drinking.

The Council’s Licensing Committee has given the go-ahead for a public consultation on a Designated Public Places Order (DPPO) covering Marlborough Street, Devonport and surrounding area. The area would extend from Mount Wise waterfront up to...