Plymouth

Five star hotel overlooking Hoe unveiled

Plans for a £50 million redevelopment scheme with a boutique hotel offering magnificent views of the Sound have been unveiled.

Development specialists Henley Real Estate have been selected as the preferred bidder to develop the site of the now-demolished Quality Hotel in Cliff Road overlooking the Hoe.

Representatives from the company will be at Cabinet today (6 December) to...

Plymouth Royal Mail '300 Club' donates £1,000 to help those affected by Asbestos Cancer Mesothelioma

On 28 November 2016, the Plymouth Royal Mail Community Action Team, known as The 300 Club, donated a fantastic £9000 to various local charities and organisations.

The region's Mesothelioma Clinical Nurse Specialist Christine Jones was kindly presented with a cheque totalling £1000 for the South West Mesothelioma Support Group by BBC Devon Radio presenter David Fitzgerald and...

Plymouth nursery celebrates 'good' Ofsted rating

Mama Bear's Day Nursery in Pennycross, Plymouth, is celebrating Ofsted inspection success.

The nursery in Springhill Green that caters for youngsters aged from three months to five years was awarded a ‘good’ rating after an inspection of the service.

The report noted: “Partnerships with parents are strong, helping to provide children with continuity in their learning. Parents...

Plymouth wins Dementia Friendly City award

Picture caption: Pictured left to right at the Dementia Friendly Awards are Angela Rippon, OBE, Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador, Claire Puckey, Dementia Friendly City Coordinator for Plymouth City Council, Councillor Lynda Bowyer, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care for Plymouth City Council, Darren Stoneman, Senior Community Protection Officer for Plymouth City Council, Ian Sheriff...

Plymouth helps deliver Newborn Life Support to the United Arab Emirates

Last month, staff from Plymouth's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit travelled to the United Arab Emirates to help deliver the Newborn Life Support (NLS) course for the first time.

Dr John Madar, Consultant Neonatologist at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, led a team of UK Newborn Life Support instructors, on behalf of the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the European Resuscitation Council, which...

Picture Gallery: Plymouth Alight for Illuminate

As America celebrated Thanksgiving, Plymouth shone a light on the Wampanoag people, who supported the Pilgrims as they struggled to survive in the New World.

The parade formed part of the Mayflower 400 commemorations and the countdown to 2020, when a host of events are planned around the world to mark the puritans’ epic voyage and the birth of America.

This year the story of...

Bond Dickinson welcomes new apprentices

The Plymouth office of national law firm Bond Dickinson LLP has announced that it is recruiting a further three legal apprentices. The new recruits will start in September 2017, joining the 180-strong team based in Plymouth.

The announcement follows the firm being awarded the CILEx Employer of the Year Award last month. In October it also won the Newcomer Award for the South West...

Two prosecuted for disabled blue badge fraud

Two people have been prosecuted by Plymouth City Council’s Corporate Fraud Team for Disabled Blue Badge fraud.

Jocelyn Ruffle, of Chudleigh Road, Plymouth pleaded guilty at Plymouth Magistrates on Tuesday 22 November to using the Blue Badge that belonged to her deceased husband Peter Ruffle to park in Tavistock Place in October 2015. She was sentenced to a conditional discharge of 12...

Nursery youngsters’ Children in Need support makes for exciting trip to fire station

Children at Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-School in Fort View, Plymouth have been busy fundraising for Children in Need with a series of activities.

Children at the nursery baked lots of cakes for a special bake sale, which they took along to the local fire station and sold to the firefighters.

After completely selling out of cakes, the children were allowed to sit in the...

Electrical checks for the elderly this winter

The UK’s leading registration body for electricians is urging people to think electrics when they carry out their checks on the elderly this winter.

Research commissioned by the NICEC found that 24 million of us have elderly relatives living on their own.

Despite half (50%) of us believing the elderly are more at risk of electrical fires, 75% of us haven’t had their homes...

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