Following a performance of “Mayday Mayday”, a play written by local actor Tristan Sturrock about his spinal injury and journey to recovery, Consultant Neurosurgeon Tim Germon was invited to give a talk to the audience about spinal injuries at St Anne’s Warehouse in New York.
Talking after the event Tim said: “It was pretty intimidating to stand on the stage, a completely different...
South West Water has revealed more of its plans to improve the region's water and sewerage services between 2015 and 2020.
Customers and businesses are being asked to comment on its draft WaterFuture proposals, which could see around £850 million being pumped into the regional economy supporting more than 4,000 jobs, before they are submitted to water industry regulator Ofwat later...
Learning Disability Week is a week of national campaigning and awareness raising run by Mencap. For this year’s Learning Disability Week, the charity is asking people to share stories of their superheroes.
As Mencap explains: “This year, we're celebrating the amazing, brave and selfless people in our lives.
“The world is full of bad attitudes, wrong stereotypes and difficult...
Businessman Chris Dawson, who launched the successful homeware chain The Range in Plymouth, plans to create 6,750 new jobs with 45 new stores planned across the country.
Plymouth-born Chris Dawson, 153rd on the most recent Sunday Times Rich List, began as a market trader in the city before opening his fisrt superstore at Sugar Mill Business Park in 1989, bought the retail park and...
A woman was treated by an ambulance crew after her car dropped approximately 20 feet into a garden.
The incident took place just before 3.30pm on Friday 16 August. The Fire Service received a call from an ambulance reporting the collision at Elm Road, Mannamead, Plymouth. One fire appliance from Greenbank attended.
Fire crews reported that the female driver was free and clear...
Distinctive signposts to point people in the right direction will be going up as work on the new Saltram and Plym Valley heritage trail gets underway.
Seven waymakers made by Bodmin artists Gary and Thomas Thrussell are being installed over the next couple of weeks along the new route that will link Saltram House with Plym Bridge Woods and onto Efford and Plympton.
Police in Plymouth investigating a stabbing incident are seeking to identify a potential witness.
The incident occurred at around 1pm on Monday 5 August when a Plymouth man, aged in his twenties, suffered stab wound injuries after an incident in Staddon Terrace Lane.
The victim recalls seeing a blue car being driven by a woman coming from the parking bays, just inside Staddon...
Our licensing team are doing the rounds to hear people’s thoughts on proposals to make Plymouth nights out even better.
The Council has launched a consultation on ideas to update existing licensing policies to take into account new legislation and to better manage the knock-on effects a night out can have on others.
Changes being suggested will put more responsibility on...
Stoke Library is hosting a drop-in event on Friday 30 August where people can find out how to eat well and stay healthy on a budget.
The 'Food is Fun Fayre', being run in partnership with the Healthy Living Network, will provide advice on healthy eating and healthy lifestyles, as well as promote ‘10% Clubs’ – a new ten-week healthy living programme launching in the city from September...
