The family of a patient who died have paid a visit to staff on the Planned Investigation Unit (PIU) and Hound Ward, to thank them for the excellent care received whilst in hospital.
Roma Banks, who passed in April 2015, spent a lot of time at Derriford Hospital and her husband, Tony Banks, and her daughters wanted to show their appreciation and present staff with two large cakes as a...
A shop in Ashburton town centre has been acquired for Gribbles Butchers in a deal brokered by Bruton Knowles.
Ashleigh Phillips, of the firm’s Plymouth office, advised on the leasehold acquisition of 9 North Street. A new 10-year lease at a confidential rent has been agreed.
He said: “This unit is the latest to be acquired by Gribbles who are expanding their retail offer across...
Police are appealing for information following an unprovoked assault on a 16-year-old girl in Barne Barton, Plymouth.
The Plymouth teenager was walking home on a secluded pathway through Blackie Woods between 8.25pm and 8.40pm on Sunday [23 August] when the assault happened.
She found her path blocked by four teenagers and when she asked to pass by one of the girls dragged her...
New research has today revealed the shocking numbers of private renters in the South West suffering at the hands of a rogue landlord, with approximately 80,000 experiencing an act by their landlord that could have resulted in legal action.
The survey by Shelter and YouGov revealed alarming reports from renters including landlords threatening, harassing or assaulting them, cutting off...
A school in Plymouth is one of the latest community buildings in the city to be getting a new solar roof.
Mayflower Academy in Ham Drive is having the solar panels installed following a recent ‘community share offer’ which enabled local people to buy shares in green energy projects in the city.
The community share offer was launched earlier in the year by PEC Renewables. PEC...
Britain is ‘under attack’ from swarms of winged creatures.
Large numbers of airborne common black garden ants have been spotted everywhere this summer and now; thousands of wasps are also set to come out in record numbers for the next few weeks.
Following a huge uplift in sales of insect repellents, Wyevale Garden Centres is forecasting September to be an insect battleground...
An Exeter man has been sentenced at Plymouth magistrates after illegally subletting his Local authority council flat when he was living somewhere else.
David Mukanirwa, 31, of Darwin Court was prosecuted under S1(2) of the prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 for subletting his Exeter flat on two occasions whilst he lived in Swindon after advertising it for rent on Gumtree....
Engineers from Western Power Distribution (WPD), the electricity distributor for the South West, are removing steel poles in Plymouth that have been in place since before the First World War.
Western Power Distribution (WPD), the electricity distributor for the region, is committed to investing in its network to further improve supply reliability and customer service levels.
Over 40 per cent of Plymouth tanning salons failed a recent test purchase operation.
Public protection officers visited seven salons in Plymouth and staff in three of them did not challenge a 16-year-old volunteer about their age, despite the age limit being 18.
The volunteer did not use the sunbed but was given access to the bed, which is a criminal offence. The Sunbeds...
The school place application process is now open and Plymouth City Council is now taking applications from families whose children:
are due to start at primary school for the first time or junior school (having completed Year 2 in an infant school) in September 2016 are due to transfer from Year 6 in a primary school to a secondary school in September 2016 or who wish to move from...
