Plymouth

Former Derriford Hospital patient donates £3,000 to cardiac intensive care

A former patient from Torrington Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) has presented staff with a generous donation of £3,000 and thanked the staff for their care.

Sid Pascoe was admitted to Derriford Hospital for a triple bypass in December 2009 following an electrocardiogram (ECG).

The money was raised last year from a number of charity events held at Lostwithiel Golf Club while...

Fire on board nuclear submarine in Devonport dockyard

A fire on board the nuclear submarine, HMS Torbay, led to an evacuation of workers today (Thursday 25 April) in Devonport dockyard.

The fire is reported to have started when safety blankets caught alight as welding maintenance work was being undertaken on board the submarine.

The Royal Navy has confirmed that the fire was small and was quickly extinguished.

No one was...

Independent Health Complaints Advocacy service to launch in Plymouth

April 2013 sees the launch of the newly-commissioned Independent Health Complaints Advocacy service, a free, independent advocacy service that helps individuals to make a complaint about any aspect of their NHS care or treatment. This includes treatment in a private hospital or care home that is funded by the NHS.

SEAP (Support Empower Advocate Promote) has been delivering the former...

Woman in her 60s robbed outside Plympton Library

A woman in her 60s was robbed of her purse outside Plympton Library yesterday.

Detectives are keen to hear from any witnesses to the street robbery that took place on the Ridgeway in Plympton yesterday – Wednesday 24 April – at around 5.10pm.

The woman was near to the entrance of Plympton library when a young man approached her, pushed her, then grabbed the purse that she was...

What's Next? Transitions advice for families

Information and advice to help young people in Plymouth make the move from services for children to adult services was the focus of an event for families yesterday.

The ‘Transitions’ event took place in the Upper Guildhall on Tuesday 23 April from 9.30am until midday and included a wealth of exhibitions and information stands, staffed by professionals in children and adult...

Smeaton’s Tower to light up the Hoe for City of Culture bid

Plymouth’s iconic landmark Smeaton’s Tower will become a beacon for culture on Tuesday 30 April.

The tower will be lit up by the Council that evening to mark the deadline for the bid for UK City of Culture 2017.

Council Leader Tudor Evans said: “We wanted to do something symbolic to mark the handing in of the bid. Smeaton’s Tower is such a well-known landmark it only seemed...

The 'City of Culture 2017' bid supporting poem...

I was asked... As it generally falls to me, in the absence of a 'Laureate' poet for the city, to deal with any 'municipal' poetry required by the City of Plymouth; to write a poem to support the bid...

Here it is - and is entitled: 'Art & Artifice..'

‘Art & Artifice..’

In the kiln’s wild, white infernos; molt glass fishes dart and...

HRH The Countess of Wessex opens Royal Eye Infirmary

Staff and patients of Derriford Hospital's new Royal Eye Infirmary (REI) enjoyed a day to remember yesterday (Tuesday 24 April) when HRH The Countess of Wessex officially opened the new site.

The Countess is a Global Ambassador for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and Patron of Vision 2020: The Right to Sight.

HRH The Countess of Wessex enjoyed a...

Plymouth Conservatives elect new council group leader

Councillor Ted Fry has been elected as the new leader of the Conservatives' council group. The councillor for Compton was previously deputy leader and replaces Cllr Vivien Pengelly who begins a year's tenure as Lord Mayor next month.

The new deputy leader is Patrick Nicholson, a councillor in Plympton St Mary ward.

Cllr Fry saw off competition from Cllr Ian Bowyer and Cllr Sam...

Plymouth based Paralympic athlete receives Rio boost

Plymouth based, Paralympic table tennis player David Wetherill has secured a long term commitment from supply chain and logistics experts, LCP Consulting, to help support his goal to win a medal at the Rio Paralympics. The 23-year-old became famous at London’s Paralympics for what the Daily Mail described as the ‘shot of the tournament’ – a feat that attracted over 6 million views on YouTube...

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