You may have heard the saying that “laughter is the best medicine.” Well, research has shown time and time again that laughter is great for your health – but that’s just one of seven reasons why you should laugh more…
Reason 1 – Strong Medicine for Mind & Body
Laughter is an amazing source of physical and emotional healing. Physically, laughter improves deep breathing,...
A Plymouth marketing and advertising agency has donated an egg-stra special gift to the city’s food bank in the run up to Easter. Rather than buying Easter eggs, the nine employees at Sigma Marketing and Advertising based in Cremyll Street, decided to hold a collection. They raised £50 and decided to donate it to Plymouth Foodbank, based in Manor Street, Stonehouse. The money will go towards...
Huge building blocks are being craned into place next week that will form the external walls of a new nursery in Barne Barton.
Councillor Nicky Williams, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People and ward councillors for St Budeaux, will watch the pieces of the nursery come together in a giant 3-D jigsaw puzzle on Monday (24 March).
Patients with terminal forms of leukaemia and lymphoma who have run out of treatment options could soon benefit from a new drug, which not only puts an end to chemotherapy and has virtually no side effects but also improves a patient’s life expectancy and quality of life.
It has been described as a breakthrough in cancer treatment by a leading professor in haematology, who presented...
A public lifestyle event is being organised in Plymouth for people with long term skin conditions.
The event organised by Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group will be an opportunity for adults and carers of children with eczema and psoriasis to come together, share their experiences and meet with nurse specialists and representatives from the health industry...
Street Motion Freerunning Academy has launched a new outdoor functional strength and fitness training programme for adults in Plymouth City Centre.
Based upon the moves seen in action movies such as Casino Royale, Parkour (Also known as Freerunning) is a high intensity physical training exercise which is not only very effective but also a lot of fun.
The findings of an in-depth report into mental health services across the city have been released today as part of Plymouth City Council’s ‘Caring Plymouth’ work.
The report set to be approved by Cabinet next week details the findings of a thorough city-wide review, which looked at all aspects of mental health services including how many people receive services, waiting times and...
Plymouth has won over £300,000 in grant funding to bring home incredibly important items by historic portrait painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Staff at the City Museum and Art Gallery are celebrating after successfully securing £326,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards the acquisition of a Reynolds’ first self-portrait, used by the artist to advertise his Plymouth Dock studio in...
Police are urging anyone who finds some small bottles left at a bus stop in Plymouth to hand them in.
Three 100ml bottles of methadone were left at the bus stop at the end of Wolseley Road, by the Tesco Extra store, on Tuesday 18 March between 2.30pm and 4pm.
A police spokesperson said: “A woman left the bottles at the bus stop by mistake and when she went back to get them,...
