Plymouth

The Centipede Trust is holding their annual Christmas Fayre on Tuesday 3 December 2013 between 5.45pm to 8pm at the Jan Cutting Healthy Living Centre, Scott Business Park, Plymouth.

Commander Patrick Mowatt from HMS Scott will be visiting.

With a range of stalls and children’s Christmas activities, there’s something for everyone. Father Christmas will be making a special visit...

Argyle Community Trust start the festive season with a 'Christmas Cracker Party' on 19 December where the Argyle first team will be in attendance. Children will have the opportunity to train with the players, get autographs, pictures and see Father Christmas and Pilgrim Pete. Goody bags will also be handed out to all participants.

The Festive Football course on 23 December will...

mee healthcare, the healthcare and wellbeing provider, announces that its tenth store will open today (Saturday 23 November).

The new 1022 sq.ft.‘see mee’ and ‘hear mee’ (vision and hearing) centre is located within Sainsbury’s Plymouth Road, Crabtree, Plymouth.

Dental Care, ‘dental mee’ and wellbeing care, ‘wellbeing mee’ will be launched at the centre in the coming months....

Children all over the country are taking over top jobs today as part of National Takeover Day 2013.

Two members of Plymouth’s Youth Cabinet have travelled to London to work in the Office of the Children’s Commissioner, Dr Maggie Atkinson, for the day.

Lucy Fowell, 15, from Notre Dame and Sally-Anne Yeomans, 15, from Sir John Hunt have taken over the role of a member of staff...

The RSPCA has launched a new campaign to change the law on how labels on meat show how an animal was killed

The campaign began in response to a proposal in the European Parliament which on labelling that will indicate if an animal was stunned before death.

The society is calling for its supporters to contact MEPs to add their signature of support for the proposal. The RSPCA...

St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth are calling on local men to sign up for their brand new event, Men’s Day Out on Saturday 1 February 2014 at Plymouth Albion RFU.

The event promises to be a fantastic day out raising money for the local charity on an eight mile sponsored walk across Plymouth City Centre and the South West Coastal Path. Afterwards fundraisers will be treated as VIPs at Plymouth...

Fire crews were called to the Beefeater Restaurant at Marsh Mills in Plymouth last night.

One fire appliance from Plympton and one fire appliance from Yelverton were mobilised.

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service confirmed a small fire in a staff changing room, involving kitchen towels.

The fire was extinguished by fire crews using two breathing apparatus...

It’s not just tinsel, baubles and fairy lights that will be shining brightly at Mount Edgcumbe this Christmas.

Visitors to the Christmas Fayre on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 December will be able to step back in time to a bygone era and enjoy a Victorian Magic Lantern Show.

This captivating and mysteriously beautiful form of entertainment was a treat enjoyed by our ancestors over...

Sexual health specialists across Devon are encouraging more people to take an HIV test.

Devon Public Health, Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust and The Eddystone Trust are joining forces to raise awareness of HIV testing, ahead of National HIV Testing Week, which runs from Friday 22 November to Friday 29 November.

The week is aimed mainly at high-risk groups such as men who...

Police are investigating a street robbery that took place on Inchkeith Road in the Southway area of Plymouth this week.

The incident took place around 2.15pm on Tuesday 19 November. A woman was allegedly approached from behind and a man grabbed £500 in cash from her coat pocket which had just been withdrawn from a nearby bank.

The woman was uninjured.

The suspect is...