Chameleons Hair Salon lead the way with their new pay-it-forward scheme
Acts of kindness are trending throughout Plymouth and a local hairdresser business in Plymstock is leading the way with its new pay-it-forwards scheme. Chameleons Hair and scalp Trichology clinic is a professional salon based in Plymstock. With Qualified stylists,...
Tesco is the latest supermarket to ration eggs as supply chain issues hit stock levels
Tesco is the latest supermarket to announce the rationing of eggs to customers after issues in the supply chain. It follows Morrisons, Asda, Lidl, and M&S already having limited the number of eggs customers can buy, with shortages affecting the whole of the UK....
Women are saying ‘enough is enough’ to ‘harmful’ body type trends
A viral Instagram post by Jameela Jamil slammed the New York Post for stating that ‘heroin chic’ bodies were back and curvy bodies are out, but women are speaking up by declaring that women’s body types are not fashion trends. On Wednesday, the official Twitter...
When lucy met the Bluetits
https://sites.marjon.ac.uk/doughnut/files/2022/04/Bluetits-AUDIO-CLIP-NO.-2-MP3.mp3 On Tuesday 12th April I went down to the white steps of Tinside on Plymouth Hoe, where I had arranged to meet Claire Cassidy of the Plymouth Ladies Bluetits group. Tinside is where...
Booster Jabs… how have they affected people and are they working to stop the spread of Covid-19?
As of Monday December 27th, 215,703 people received a booster or third dose, and 56.9% of people in the UK aged 12 and over have now received their booster jab. ITV News highlighted that PM Boris Johnson, scrapped his original goal of vaccinating all adults with a...
Healthcare Assistant claims that staff shortages are still the biggest threat to the NHS, despite the promise of increased funding.
The UK Government released its Autumn-budget and Spending Review for 2021 last month, alongside a message of “rising productivity” for “post-COVID” Britain. This included an additional 1.25% Health and Social Care Levy for many taxpayers from April 2022, with a...
Student Accommodation – Here’s the problem.
Picture this; it’s September first, and you’re moving into your new flat – fresh into your second year at university and experiencing letting for the first time after a year of complete uncertainty. This was me.I got the train down the night before,...
Ella Sampson Newsroom Radio Interview
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The truth behind touch therapy for dementia patients.
Around 5 million adults, at least age 65, have dementia. On the 18th March 2018 my Grandma, 75 years of age, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. It wasn’t sudden, I always knew that things were not quite right as she was slowly forgetting what would have...
The fight goes on to save five Cornish leisure centres from closure
Saltash Leisure Centre is one of five Cornish leisure centres, currently under the threat of imminent closure. Centres at Saltash, Wadebridge, Falmouth, Launceston, and the hydrotherapy pool at St Austell, could all face closure as early as March 2022. In Saltash, the...
Are both members of the public and NHS workers able to take days off work due to mental health related issues?
Since March 2020, people’s mental health has become increasingly worse due to the global pandemic, and as a result, the NHS staff have been put under a massive strain; to help others whilst considering the affect on themselves. When it comes to mental health, 72...
Should you be worried about the Omricon variant?
Yesterday marked a ‘grim milestone’ in terms of COVID deaths in Plymouth. The area’s fatalities have risen to 306 people since the start of the pandemic, with 300 of those deaths coming from Derriford hospital and 6 coming from Mount Gould hospital....