Residents in Plymouth have one week remaining to get their electoral registration forms returned to ensure there are included on the Electoral Register.
Everyone that is registered before Friday 7 February will be included on the Electoral Register, which is due to be published on Monday 17 February. Although the register is published once a year residents can register to vote all year...
Apprenticeships are growing in popularity among both employers and young people in the South West according to figures released today by the National Apprenticeship Service.
The quarterly Apprenticeship Index reveals a 29% increase in Apprenticeship vacancies posted online on the Apprenticeship vacancies website between August and October 2013 (Academic Year Q1 2013/14) compared to the...
Top local and national artists will headline at the 37th Dartmoor Folk Festival, which will be held at South Zeal, near Okehampton, on 8, 9 and 10 August.
Artists announced, to date, include: New Rope String Band (Friday), Lady Maisery, Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar (winners of the BBC Young Folk Awards 2013), Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer, The Old Fashioned, Bill Whaley and Dave Fletcher...
Work to install a new tidal flood defence wall along Embankment Road will begin next week.
The £340,000 scheme, which is funded by the Environment Agency through a Flood Defence Grant in Aid (GiA) allocation, will replace the existing railings along the Plym estuary with a new solid limestone wall.
The scheme, designed for Plymouth City Council by its highways contractor Amey,...
A £10m partnership in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, which supports research with direct impact on patients’ health and on improvements to the way in which NHS care is delivered, is to begin its next five year phase this month.
The National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South West Peninsula (NIHR CLAHRC SWP) was...
Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group has thrown its weight behind a national campaign to encourage older women to visit their GP if they are unsure about breast cancer.
With one in three women (35 per cent) diagnosed with breast cancer in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset each year aged 70 or over, older women should not assume they are no longer at risk of...
Tenants in the South West of England feel they get the worst value for money from their rent than in other parts of the UK, according to a recent poll by the UK Association of Letting Agents (UKALA).
Just over half (57%) of tenants in the region rated their rent as ‘good’ or ‘very good’ when asked their opinion on whether it represented value for money. However, a third (33%) perceived...
Police have made a new appeal to help trace 36 year-old Plymouth man Michael Liddedale.
Lidderdale, who is known as Tye, is wanted by police after failing to comply with the conditions of a supervision order following his release from prison.
He was recalled to prison on 7 November but has so far not been located. He was originally convicted of fraud.
Law firm Ashfords LLP has appointed two new Partners, James Heath and Gareth Pinwell, to its Plymouth office, enhancing its Real Estate and Planning offering to the City and the South West.
Real Estate lawyer, James Heath, has over 10 years experience of commercial property transactions and has been recognised in both Chambers, as a leader in his field, and Legal 500, where it is noted...
Police in Plymouth are looking for John Green, a 36-year-old local man, wanted by police after failing to comply with the conditions of his licence after being released from prison.
Green (pictured) is described as white, 5ft 8ins, medium build, clean shaven with light brown collar-length hair and green eyes. He has a West Country accent.
