To highlight Deaf Awareness Week, Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service is holding an afternoon of activities for families with children affected by sensory impairment at its Service Training Centre, Glen Road, Plympton, on Saturday 4 May, between 12pm and 4pm.
Station Manager Ros Clarke, Community Safety Manager for Plymouth, has linked up with Plymouth & District Deaf...
The families of the 3 year old boy and two teenagers who died tragically following a house fire in Honiton, have paid tributes to the three.
Police have confirmed the identities of the three young people as Harvey Bennellick, aged 3, Rosie Bennellick, 17 and Andy Gunn, 18, from Bishopsteignton who was Rosie’s boyfriend.
The family of Andrew Gunn paid the following tribute:...
Families will be more than £3,000 a year worse off by 2015 as a result of tax credit cuts, says the South West TUC.
With many tax credit changes that could leave families thousands of pounds out of pocket taking effect from today, the South West TUC has updated its tax credit calculator to help parents find out how they will be affected by the government’s recent changes.
Children in care would be found a home with adoptive parents more quickly under new plans to reform the adoption system.
In a joint submission to Government, councillors, chief executives and directors of children's services have set out proposals to significantly increase the number of adopters recruited and speed up the process of finding new homes for children in care.
