Plymouth

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.

Phase Two of the...

Where can you find a life-size operation game, a Teddy Bears’ Hospital and the opportunity to look inside a real operating theatre?

At Derriford Hospital's Open Day on Saturday 28 September 2013.

For the first time in more than a decade, the hospital is holding an Open Day and there really will be something for everyone.

Derriford's specialist staff, who care for...

Police are seeking a 47-year-old man who is wanted after breaching his bail conditions.

David Dams is currently wanted by police after failing to abide by the conditions of his bail imposed by Torbay Magistrates in relation to a sexual assault.

He is described as a white man, 5’10” tall, of stocky build, with grey eyes, ginger hair, which is usually shaven, and ginger stubble...

Plymouth may soon get a local television channel according to regulator Ofcom.

Locations across the UK including Plymouth and Barnstaple, are slated to gain independent channels making original programming.

Ofcom is inviting applications from independent studios to get a licence to found a new channel for a local audience.

11 more licences were announced today as...

Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise, established by Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry to bring its successful Dental Education Facilities and community activity under one umbrella, is now up and running and already making its mark.

When it was announced earlier this year it was already a world first, because it was the first clinical entity to be...

Plymouth has been named as one of the UK's first ‘social enterprise cities’.

The announcement on Tuesday (24 September 2013) was made by Social Enterprise UK, a national body which recognised the extent and quality of social enterprise business activity in the city. Bristol has also been awarded the status.

Plymouth’s Social Enterprise City status will raise the profile of the...

Plymouth’s Dial A Ride community transport service is going citywide, thanks to a unique partnership between the City Council, local charity Access Plymouth and commercial operator Plymouth Citybus .

The new service, which has been trialled successfully in the north of the city for the last 12 months, will offer elderly and disabled adults door-to-door journeys from their home to any...

Prolonged sunshine and the hottest summer for seven years (according to the Met Office) kept RNLI teams across the south west busy this summer.

Provisional statistics released by the charity for the period June, July and August show a 24% increase in incidents for RNLI lifeguards, and lifeboat crews attending 652 rescues.

RNLI lifeguards dealt with 10,615 incidents across the...