Members of staff from the REI at Derriford Hospital have visited the Children's Eye, Ear and Rehabilitation Hospital (CHEERS) in Katmandu, Nepal.
Following a very successful first trip two years ago, a second team visited in November 2016. The team included Julie Owen, Senior Orthoptist, Tim Freegard, Paediatric Ophthalmic Specialist, Vasant Raman, Retinal Specialist and was led by...
Health experts and fitness gurus will be on hand this week (January 23-26) to help the people of Plymouth get over the excesses of Christmas.
With everyone over-indulging on festive treats the battle of the yuletide bulge has begun with thousands of people throughout the South West vowing to get fit in the New Year.
Which is why the city’s premier shopping centre, Drake Circus...
Plymouth residents face the most financial pressures in life in their 20s, with four of the nine biggest (and most expensive) life moments landing within a matter of years.
From getting engaged at 24 and buying the first family car at 26 married at 27, to having a baby just after this and buying the first family home at 28, our 20s are one of the most stressful, expensive times in our...
Increasing numbers of people are abandoning religion - around half the population, according to recent surveys, rising to two thirds amongst young people. But without religion to guide us, how can society have a sure foundation for its morality, and how will people find meaning and purpose in life?
Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association, is giving a talk in...
Plympton Academy (formerly known as Ridgeway School) has performed the best across Plymouth, including grammar schools, in the Government’s new performance measures published today.
Progress 8 compares the progress pupils make over eight key subjects, including English and Maths, in schools across the country.
The school achieved a score of 0.21 compared to the Local Education...
On Friday 9th December 2016, La La Choirs held their second annual ‘CLIC for Christmas’ concert at Exeter Cathedral. Performing to a sold-out audience, they started the festive season off with a bang with a selection of Christmas favourites such as the Perry Como classic, ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’ and the Louis Armstrong hit ‘Wonderful World’.
The mum of a man who died waiting for an organ transplant has met with representatives of Plymouth City Council to discuss how more people in the city can be encouraged to sign up to the NHS Organ Donation Register.
Jillian Oxley, who lost her son Jon Paul aged just 21 in 2012 to Cystic Fibrosis, met with Councillor Lynda Bowyer, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care, and Dr...
The Plymouth History Centre team were celebrating on Monday when it broke ground in Tavistock Place - the road behind the current Museum and Central Library buildings, part of which will be turned into a public square as a result of the development.
Councillor Sam Davey, Deputy Lord Mayor for Plymouth put the first spade in the ground as part of the official ceremony (see attached...
Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry has signed a collaboration agreement with the Shen Yang Hospital of Stomatology – the fourth Chinese institution with which it has forged a collaboration in the past year.
Shen Yang Hospital of Stomatology is an independent faculty of the School of Stomatology, Dallan University, China. It is also the teaching hospital of Liao Ning...
