If you are over 65 and still like to keep active, know that age is just a number and you take pride in putting younger people to shame with your fitness routines, then don your training shoes and enter the national search to find the UK’s most active person aged 65 and over, starting with a regional winner from the South West.
Launched by well-known celebrity fitness guru Mr Motivator...
The Armed Forces Flag will be flown from Plymouth Guildhall flagpole to mark the start of Plymouth Armed Forces Week following a ceremony on Monday 22 June.
The ceremony will take place at 10am in front of the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor Dr John Mahony, and the Lord Leiutenant of Devon’s representative, Deputy Lieutenant Sir Peter Squire.
Millions of telephone users in the South West will benefit from clearer call charges being introduced next month by the telecoms regulator Ofcom.
From 1 July, landline and mobile charges will become clearer for calls to numbers starting 084, 087, 09 and 118, while Freephone will become free from mobiles.
People use these ‘service numbers’ every day for finding out information,...
Police are trying to trace Chanelle Ford, a 23-year-old woman from Crowborough, who has been reported missing after not having spoken to her family since Wednesday 3 June.
This has been described as out-of-character and officers are keen to ensure that Chanelle, also known as Nell, is safe and well.
It is believed that she has travelled to Devon and Cornwall, and is with a...
THE meeting due to be held at the St Boniface Arena tonight (Friday June 12) has been postponed due to unfavourable weather.
Speaking on the subject Co-Promoter Ashley Taylor said " Having had heavy overnight rain and a further forecast for the Plymouth area of continual rain from 11am throughout the remainder of the day, it has been decided to cancel today’s meeting.
House prices in the South West jumped sharply in May, despite the number of homes per UK surveyor falling to a record low since the data series began in January 1978, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.
While 46% more surveyors saw prices rise in May (the same month in which the Nationwide Building Society estimated that the average price of a home in the UK has...
PLYMOUTH Argyle are delighted to announce that Derek Adams is the club’s new manager.
Derek, 39, comes to Home Park after a highly successful career in Scotland, first as a player and latterly as a manager.
After taking over the reins at Ross County aged just 32, he managed the highland side to the heights of Scottish football, winning two titles in five years and establishing...
Selected areas of Plymouth will see meadows created as part of a city-wide scheme to support bees and other pollinators.
Ten areas, which are open tracts of land, are to be cut only three times this year instead of nine as part of a trial to encourage wildlife to thrive in and around housing estates.
It is hoped that while residents may be used to seeing grass short and cut on...
Landlords in Devon and Somerset are being urged to act now to ensure they are ready for new safety laws aimed at saving dozens of lives a year.
The regulations make it compulsory for all landlords to fit smoke alarms in rented homes and are expected to come into effect from October 2015, subject to Parliamentary approval.
Under the new laws smoke alarms must be fitted on every...
