The Herald - May 10, 2025

The Herald - May 10, 2025

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In this issue
May 10, 2025
Dawn wins national business award
A DEDICATED Plymouth mum has received national recognition after living out her dream of becoming a successful businesswoman.

1 min
Jobs fear as building supplies depot shuts
A LARGE Plymouth building supplies depot has closed with potential job losses after its parent company was hit by a fall in trade.
1 min
Vera, 105, reveals her secret to a long life
'I LIKE AN OCCASIONAL BAILEYS'
2 mins
Running festival shuts roads as thousands pound the streets
RUNNERS and spectators are limbering up as the Ocean City Running Festival returns to the city tomorrow.

2 mins
City's first trans councillor quits over gender row
LABOUR 'HAS THROWN TRANS PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS'

2 mins
Slimmers' clothes raise £75k
Members of Slimming World in Plymouth have raised a whopping £75,000 for Cancer Research UK by donating clothes they've slimmed out of to the charity's shops.

2 mins
'Take taxi to hospital for dying daughter'
A TRAUMATISED mother who called 999 for an ambulance was advised to take her dying daughter to hospital in a taxi, an inquest has heard.
2 mins
Tributes pour in for respected and dedicated editor
SCOTT HARRISON OVERSAW SEVEN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS

3 mins
SCOTT HARRISON OVERSAW SEVEN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS
Scott Harrison has died at the age of 60
3 mins
Wartime sing-a-long at care home
RESIDENTS at Plymouth dementia care home Butterfly Lodge were delighted by a “very well-rehearsed” performance by pupils from their local primary school of favourite war-time songs, in preparation for their VE Day celebrations.

1 min
From street parties to memorials
BOTH CELEBRATIONS AND COMMEMORATIONS HELD

2 mins
Teenager died after road crash
INQUEST TOLD OF COLLISION WITH AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE
1 min
Trust shortlisted in top awards
NOMINATED IN 'OSCARS OF EDUCATION'

2 mins
'Both cross and blessing'
POPE Leo XIV, history's first North American Pope, has said his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel.
1 min
Potential cancer risks identified
WOMEN who put on weight and have a baby later in life may be significantly more likely to develop breast cancer, UK research suggests.
1 min
'150,000 livelihoods were protected' by UK-US deal
THE UK's trade deal with the United States was urgently needed to prevent thousands of people from losing their jobs “within days’, a senior Government minister said, and insisted the agreement will be “really good for Britain”.

2 mins
PM planning new Russia sanctions
Russia sanctions
1 min
Let us see Armada Way tree felling report asap
THE Independent Learning Review report (into Plymouth City Council’s decision that led to the felling of 129 trees on Armada Way in March 2023) is to be published on May 22nd - six months after the commencement of the review. It will then be discussed at a full council meeting.
1 min
We are all running the Race of Life
TOMORROW is the day many in the city will be running.

1 min
Richard Osman's first book opened the gate for lots of us
BBC Radio 2 host and Channel 5 presenter Jeremy Vine chats to ELLA WALKER about venturing into ‘cosy crime’, what really scares him, and the big 6-0

5 mins
Author wins top award for his novel
RECEIVES PRESENTATION AT THIS YEAR'S LONDON BOOK FAIR
2 mins
MED TO measure
EMBRACE COASTAL VIBES WITH SUN-DAPPLED DECOR, SAYS SAM WYLIE-HARRIS
1 min
Four more commit their futures to Albion
PLYMOUTH Albion have secured the services of four more players as they look to celebrate their 150th anniversary year with a genuine crack at promotion from National One.
2 mins
Harris is in town as the Gladiators meet Tigers
IT has been another frustrating week for the hard working volunteers of Plymouth Speedway, who have spent more time cleaning up and securing the site from vandals, rather than preparing for tonight’s Championship opener against Glasgow Tigers at the Coliseum.

3 mins
Argyle's gambles failed to pay off and led to their relegation
“THERE is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune...” William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar.
3 mins
It's not boring at top insists Luke
DARTS Luke Humphries insists his rivalry with Luke Littler at the top of the sport is not becoming 'boring.'
1 min
Plymouth trio in Devon Lions squad
PLYMOUTH trio Matt Whalley, Ethan Guest and Surya Suresh are all included in Devon Lions squad for tomorrow's Twenty-20 double-header against the Cornish Choughs at Plympton.
1 min
Pollock tipped to thrive with Lions
BRIAN O'Driscoll believes that rising star Henry Pollock can thrive in a British and Irish Lions environment and will aim to 'nail down' a Test team place against Australia.

2 mins
CHARITY MISSION
NANCEKIVELL IS JUMPING OUT OF A PLANE FOR ST LUKE'S
2 mins
Stars are more relaxed when talking to you in their home
TV presenter Alison Hammond tells us we can expect when she spends a weekends with a host of celebrities for her new series. YOLANTHE FAWEHINMI learns more

4 mins
BARBIE WORLD
TOP TV CHEF TOM KERRIDGE SHARES BARBECUE TIPS WITH LAUREN TAYLOR
3 mins
POINTS OF ORDER
EASY WAYS YOU CAN BE A FRIEND TO HEDGEHOGS

2 mins
ADHD and dyslexia are still cloaked in a thin skin of stereotypes
CHRIS PACKHAM FEELS THAT NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE ARE OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD.

4 mins
Inconvenient proposal
HARVEY'S ALREADY GOT A LOT ON HIS PLATE, BUT JEAN'S ABOUT TO ADD TO HIS PROBLEMS...

1 min
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