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Photographers with a keen eye for flora and fauna are being invited to take part in a competition in the South West later this month.

OPAL South-West and the Plymouth Woodland Project, who are part of Plymouth University’s outreach programme to engage wider audiences in the study of biology and ecology, have set the challenge for participants to capture ‘urban wildlife’ and ‘wildlife...

A pioneering digital music project led by the Philharmonia Orchestra will return to Plymouth this April and May.

Inspired by the latest technology, iOrchestra offers people an amazing opportunity to step inside the beating heart of an orchestra.

As in 2014, when more than 16,500 Plymouth people took part in the experience, the project will visit a range of communities across...

A new website to provide information, help and support to parents using neonatal services in the South West has been launched.

The South West Neonatal Network website has been designed to provide a comprehensive resource for parents whose new babies are being treated at any one of the region’s neonatal units. The South West Neonatal Network is an operational delivery network funded on...

Around £10.2 million was saved by 145,000 households in the South West in the last six months, simply by changing electricity supplier.

The figures, released as part of the ‘Power to Switch’ campaign, show that within the South West:

28,000 households in Bristol saved around £2 million 20,000 households in Gloucester saved around £1.4 million 17,000 households in Bournemouth...

An event is being held by Plymouth City Council to encourage local adults with learning disabilities to vote in the upcoming local and general elections.

It is being held at the Council House in Armada Way on Tuesday 24 March from 11am to 1.30pm and is open to all adults with learning disabilities in the city.

Those who attend will get the chance to view the Council Chamber,...

Around 60 new jobs, 22 business units, five new business hubs and three community spaces are now under starter’s orders, thanks to funding worth £1.275 million from the Council.

The hard-working members of the Four Greens Community Trust are celebrating news that the Council’s Investment Board has approved funding to transform the former Whitleigh Care Home into a headquarters and a...

Police have welcomed the sentencing of Lee Dent to life imprisonment for the murder of teenager Alex Peguero Sosa in Kingsbridge.

Dent, 42, of East Portlemouth near Salcombe, was today sentenced by Plymouth Crown Court to life to serve a minimum of 22 years.

The court heard that Dent killed the 17-year-old Kingsbridge Community College student by stabbing him in the neck with a...

Plympton martial arts teacher and ex-marine, Chris McKenna, is limbering up to run the Plymouth Half Marathon next month in aid of The Donkey Sanctuary Ivybridge.

He will also be holding a fundraising gig at the Westward Inn in Lee Mill on Friday 3 April from 8.30pm.

It will be the second time that Chris, 63, has run the Half Marathon for the Sanctuary. Last year he enjoyed it...

Businesses in Plymouth could be in line for up to £3,000 to spend on improved broadband as part of an exciting scheme run by the Council.

Next month the Council will start to deliver a scheme to pay for businesses to get better connected. It means any small or medium-sized enterprise could apply for to get enhanced connectivity – including those who run their businesses from home....

With six months to go to Rugby World Cup 2015, Tournament Organisers England Rugby 2015, has today confirmed details of the official resale service for Rugby World Cup 2015 match tickets, which will launch next week through tickets.rugbyworldcup.com.

The service will allow fans to sell tickets for any matches they can no longer attend, at face value, through a secure, transparent and...