A brave graduate who overcame a brain tumour while studying for her degree has set up a hardship fund for use in emergency situations where a student suddenly falls ill.
April Watkins, 22, graduated from Plymouth University last week with a 2:1 in Sociology after she was forced to miss most of her first year as she battled the life-threatening condition.
A driver became trapped in his car after the vehicle left the slipway of the Exeter-bound carriageway of the A38 between Deeplane and Smithaleigh on Thursday morning (26 September). Police, paramedics and fire crews all attended the scene.
The car went into a field where three fire appliances from Plympton, Crownhill and Plymstock attended. Fire crews worked, alongside paramedics and...
160 new jobs could be created as a new care company moves into Plymouth.
The Council has awarded the Human Support Group a contract for reablement services in the city, bringing the company into the region. The Human Support Group intends to open a flagship operation for the south west in Plymouth. It will take on the reablement team currently employed by the Council and plans to...
Police in Plymouth are appealing for information following a serious assault involving two men and a dog.
The incident occurred at around 4.30pm on Tuesday 24 September in the Stonehouse Creek area. . The victim, a man, aged in his early forties, was walking through Stonehouse Creek, past the social club, when he was attacked by a black Staffordshire bull terrier. He tried to kick the...
Plymouth's Olympic diver Tonia Couch will officially launch the city's newest primary-level academy at a special ceremony on Friday (27t September).
Tonia will join city dignitaries, education leaders – and around 400 pupils – when she unveils a commemorative plaque at Mayflower Academy in North Prospect.
The academy, formerly Mayflower Community Primary School, is being...
An 18-year-old man from South Wales has been arrested after crashing twice on the road to Plymouth this morning.
Police in Devon would like to appeal to early morning drivers who may have seen a white Vauxhall Corsa being driven erratically along the M5 westbound and then onto the A38 heading towards Plymouth.
It is understood a white Corsa was in collision with another vehicle...
Police in Plymouth are appealing for information following an assault in the Barbican area.
The incident took place in Bar Rakuda on Quay Road on the Barbican just after 1am on 7 September 2013.
The victim, a 23-year-old local man, was assaulted in an apparently unprovoked attack on the dance floor by an unknown man who punched him to the head from behind.
Inspectors from the public health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), have re-inspected theatres at Derriford Hospital and are satisfied that surgical safety has considerably improved.
The re-inspection follows the formal warning handed to Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust in July after an investigation in April into eight serious patient safety incidents at the flagship hospital...
The City Museum and Art Gallery is offering a range of talks and tours throughout October that highlight local and art history, Saltram House and former MP and Lady Mayoress, Nancy Astor.
The first talk on Tuesday 1 October is called Beyond Appearance: The Face in Modern Art . Professor Sam Smiles will look at examples of modern approaches to the face in response to headline exhibition...
Plymouth's Theatre Royal is set to re-open on Thursday (26 September 2013) after a six-month regeneration project.
Phase One of the project has involved major refurbishments to the front of house areas and includes an extension to the front of the building, a new shop and café including alfresco seating, a showcase restaurant and a terrace overlooking the city.
