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Friday 7 October
We are now seeing increasing COVID-19 rates and higher numbers of patients in hospital testing positive.
As winter approaches and more people meet indoors, Plymouth's Director of Public Health Ruth Harrell is advising everyone to keep their vaccinations up-to-date and to look out for those around us who are particularly vulnerable.
The autumn booster is now available to those at higher risk, including the over-65s, health and care workers and the immunosuppressed. This will widen over the next few weeks to include the over-50s, people in a clinical risk group and people who are pregnant.
Boosters can be booked through the National Booking Service and walk-in sessions are also available.
Dr Harrell says that while the vaccine helps prevent serious illness for most people, we need to look out for those who are immunosuppressed, for whom the vaccine doesn’t work as well.
She said: “These people still have to work, shop and carry out their daily activities, so it makes sense for all of us to take precautions.
“If you feel ill, for example with a temperature, then you should be at home. If you have milder symptoms, then it is up to you to make sensible decisions based on your own circumstances. Even if you have a cold or flu, you don’t want to pass this on to others – particularly more vulnerable people – so consider postponing activities until you are better and in the meantime wear a mask, catch coughs and sneezes in a tissue and practice good hand hygiene.”
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Special late night buses will be running on Saturday nights until the end of the year as part of efforts to help people feel safer at night.
From Saturday 8 October the night buses will run three routes from Derrys Cross. Each route will run three buses a night, starting at midnight and then at 2am and 4am.
The buses, which will have on-board security and can be booked in advance, are possible thanks to funding from the Home Office’s Safer Streets 4 initiative, which focuses on tackling neighbourhood crime, anti-social behaviour and violence against women and girls.
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Some of the UK’s best contemporary art has arrived in Plymouth with the opening of the British Art Show tomorrow (Saturday).
The show, which features 37 artists, including six Turner Prize nominees and three Turner Prize winners, is being hosted in four of Plymouth’s top arts venues: The Box, KARST, The Levinsky Gallery at the University of Plymouth and MIRROR at Arts University Plymouth.
The exhibition centres on the migration of bodies, peoples, plants, objects, ideas, and forms; taking inspiration from Plymouth’s history as a port.
There’s a wide range of film, photography, multimedia, painting, sculpture and performance, as well as a programme of artist films, gallery and artist talks, special events and creative family activities.
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Tour De France television commentator Carlton Kirby will signal the start of a new cycling event starting and finishing in Plymouth city centre tomorrow (Saturday).
Keen cyclists will set off on the Great Plymouth Adventure event at 7am and navigate an 80-mile route starting at Frankfort Gate, heading over Dartmoor towards Okehampton and then taking a long climb back to Princetown.
They will be raising money for Jeremiah’s Journey, a charity providing support to children, young people and their parents and carers after losing a loved one.
There will be lots of activity before and after the start, including live music and freshly baked goods and refreshments from Rise Bakery for cyclists and supporters.
Come along and show your support!
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Employers will be talking about the wide range of careers available in the health and care sectors at a major recruitment fair next Friday (14 October).
Staff from the NHS, Livewell Southwest and social care providers will be among those showcasing the variety of jobs available, with everything from non-clinical roles in admin and IT to care roles and vacancies for registered staff, such as nurses.
Local training and education providers will also be on hand to help anyone looking to develop new skills and get started in the health and care sector.
The event takes place at the Future Inn Plymouth. You can drop in any time between 10am and 7pm on the day.
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