After a Christmas and New Year period that saw Britain battered by high winds, lashing rain and storm waves believed to be amongst the most extreme in living memory, many of the UK’s beaches have been left strewn with huge amounts of litter.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS), which organises the annual Beachwatch Big Weekend in September when thousands of people clean and survey...
1) Like the mountain, the peak of it is difficult to reach. Remember that they are also people not demigods. If you want to find him/her, don’t look in the sky, try to search on land.
2) You think that true love waits and destiny itself will find the way for the two of you to meet and to be together. It MIGHT be possible but PROBABLY not. If you want to see him/her, go out and explore...
Three military junior doctors from Derriford Hospital, who are preparing for a 150km race in the Arctic next month, are hosting a fundraising event next week ahead of their gruelling challenge.
Next month, representing all three of the armed services, Flight Lieutenant Michael Thompson, Surgeon Lieutenant Alex Bamford and Captain George Graham, will face a challenge of a lifetime when...
Alison Seabeck MP for Plymouth Moor View, is supporting Kate Green, MP for Stretford & Urmston, call for an independent register of adventure holiday providers in parliament after a teenager was killed while on taking part in a conservation project in Fiji.
Alison said, the incident which has prompted a further attempt to improve the protection for young people on adventure...
Bad news for Canadian anglophiles as the Canadian government suddenly declares several popular Britsh foods unfit for sale.
Products such as Marmite, Lucozade, Penguin Bars, Bovril and Ovaltine are all apparently enriched with too many vitamins and minerals, while other products, such as beef stock and canned soup, contain too much animal product.
Mercury Music Prize nominee and Devon born Folk singer/songwriter Seth Lakeman will be visiting HMV in Plymouth on Monday 3 February to celebrate the release of his new album Word of Mouth.
Recorded in a Cornish Church, Word of Mouth showcases Seth's skill as a storyteller while the dramatic and melodic sound cements his status as a figurehead of contemporary British Folk.
Recorded crime across Devon and Cornwall continues to fall, new figures announced on Thursday, January 23, 2014, reveal.
Overall crime between 01/01/13 and 31/12/13 fell by 2.6 per cent – a reduction of 2,235 crimes.
The Force has continued to see reductions in dwelling burglary, (down 8.6 per cent), non-dwelling burglary, (down 11.7 per cent), and vehicle offences, (down 14...
Plymouth City Council’s Trading Standards Service has issued a warning about hats that could be dangerous for children.
Hats featuring favourite cartoon characters have been taken off the shelves in Plymouth after safety tests found they posed a serious risk of strangulation.
The colourful hats are furry and are styled to look like Hello Kitty, minions from Despicable Me and...
A project to refurbish the lifts at Derriford Hospital is underway and already making a significant difference.
The three-year project, which started in January 2013, involves the complete removal of six of the original lift motors and their cars and the installation of brand new ones, which comply with all modern standards.
John Stewart, Service Lead for Quality and Systems...
