Doctors in Devon have backed a national charity’s campaign to raise awareness of schizophrenia by challenging popular myths about the illness.
Schizophrenia Awareness Week takes place from 11-17 November and GPs at Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (NEW Devon CCG) are supporting the campaign, which is run by national charity Rethink Mental Illness....
Plymouth Arts Centre Food – PAC Food – has won a tender to provide school meals for children at a new school in Plymouth, inspired by Jamie Oliver.
From the start of term, children at the new Plymouth School of Creative Arts, based in Millbay, will be eating home-made food cooked in the kitchen at Barbican-based Plymouth Arts Centre.
Crimestoppers’ latest campaign to hunt suspected criminals in Spain includes appeal for man with links to Devon convicted of drug related offences.
Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers’ latest campaign to locate 13 wanted fugitives, believed to be hiding in Spain, includes an appeal for a man wanted for a series of drug offences, with links to Devon.
The cockroaches are in, the bridges are up and the competition is on, which means it’s finally time to reveal who’s been shouting, “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me In There!” as we uncover the Celebrities who’ll be facing the Trials of the jungle in 2013.
Who will be the camp joker? Who’ll start the first argument? And will anyone flunk as many challenges as Helen Flanagan? Start making your...
Tonight’s Festival of Lights event will turn Plymouth into a dazzling festive heaven to celebrate the start of the countdown to Christmas Day.
The lantern parade will feature 18 spectacular giant lanterns and 200 hand-lanterns made by local primary schools and secondary schools who have been working with Stiltskin Creative Arts and Theatre.
The Plymouth Fairness Commission will publish its Summer of Listening report on Friday 15 November, showcasing the findings of its listening activities over the past three months and revealing real issues of unfairness that people face within the city.
The commissioners have heard many issues that affect local people, including: high cost of living vs. low wages, discrimination, the...
The South West was the only region in the UK to see a rise in unemployment in the last quarter, up 0.4% to 6.4% of the working age population (those aged 16 to 64).
However the region also saw an increase in the rate of employment for the period from July to September 2013, up 0.1% to 74.4%, but lower than the overall UK increase of 0.3%.
Young people in Plymouth will be supported to stay in school and achieve better results through a new scheme using one-to-one mentors as guides.
Councillor Nicky Williams, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, signed off the new Skills Aid Plymouth (SAP) scheme to support teens to stay in school and get the qualifications the city needs them to have.
