Forty young people from Devon have been honoured for achieving their Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award.
The young people have completed their Gold award and were presented with their awards by Deputy Lieutenant, Sir John Evans QPM DL LL.B at a ceremony at County Hall in Exeter on Saturday 4 January.
The ceremony was attended by Helen Jenny MBE, Chair of the Duke of Edinburgh's...
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Plymouth artists are once again being given the chance to showcase their work in an exhibition at the Council House.
Applications are being invited from artists living and practicing in the city and will be selected by a panel of councillors, senior HE Arts specialists and Council Arts and Heritage staff.
Cabinet member for Co-operatives and Community Development, Councillor...
Schools in Plymouth have been issued with new guidance to help spot young people with eating disorders and support families coping with the condition.
Plymouth City Council recently distributed new guidance to help raise awareness of the issue of eating disorders and to detail what action teaching and support staff can take to help students.
Marine A, Sgt. Alexander Blackman from Taunton has launched an appeal to overturn his conviction and sentence for the murder of an injured insurgent prisoner.
Blackman was convicted a military court martial in November for the murder of an injured insurgent while a member of the Devon based Royal Marines.
The 39-year-old Blackman received a sentence of 10 years for after...
A Westcountry artist has been appointed to the position of ‘Artist in Residence’ at one of the region’s largest nature reserves.
Peter Baker moved to the north Devon village of Meeth just two years ago. As a life-long artist, Peter soon found himself searching for a new local muse – to act as a focus for his painting and artistic expression. So when Devon Wildlife Trust bought the 150...
Plymouth’s expanding its team to get tougher with rogue landlords in the city and improve support for tenants.
£68,000 of funding has been awarded to the City Council by the Department for Communities and Local Government. A new support worker will be recruited to help tenants who are suffering at the hands of unscrupulous landlords and the inspection programme will be extended....
Argyle arguably deserved more than to just simply stay in the FA Cup as one of the fourth-round ‘or’ options after thoroughly outplaying their Sky Bet League 1 hosts on their own patch before having to settle for a share of the spoils.
The Pilgrims dominated the first half to such an extent that it was almost a crime that they found themselves 2-0 down at the interval.
