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On Sunday 1st March, there will be a special service for parents who have experienced bereavement through the loss of a pregnancy or death of a baby.

The service will take place at 2.00pm and will be held in the Chapel on level seven at Derriford Hospital. The Chapel will be also be open from 1.00pm for the opportunity to meet other parents and talk things over with a chaplain or...

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a man’s death after he was found in the water in Plymouth at the weekend.

Emergency services attended Sutton Harbour Marina on The Barbican at around 6.15am on Sunday 18 January following a report of a body floating in the water.

A 21-year-old man from Macclesfield was recovered from the harbour.

The man was treated...

Two Devon men have died in Amsterdam after after snorting what is believed to have been white heroin that was sold to them as cocaine.

The victims who were 20 and 21 years old were found in a hotel room.

The Foreign Office is liaising with Dutch authorities and is 'providing consular assistance to the family', a spokesman said.

Police spokesman Rob van der Veen said the...

Detectives have launched an investigation following the sudden death of an elderly man in Plymouth.

Officers were called to a property in Telegraph Wharf, Stonehouse, just after 8pm on Sunday 9 November.

A 74-year-old man was found deceased at the address and police are treating the death as unexplained.

A 49-year-old Plymouth man was arrested at the scene on...

A woman who was injured as a result of a fire in King Street, Plymouth, in the early hours of Monday 15 September, has died.

The 42-year-old local woman passed away in Derriford Hospital on Tuesday 16 September. Her family has been informed.

The police and fire investigation into the cause of the fire in one of flats in Kings Court continues.

The fire was reported to...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died when he was crushed between two vehicles.

At around 6.20pm yesterday (Tuesday 29 April) an incident took place on Glenholt Road, Plymouth involving a stationary Landrover Defender with a flatbed trailer attached, which was carrying a Volkswagon Transporter van.

A 25-year-old man from the Hull area had collected the Volkswagon...

Police in Plymouth are seeking witnesses in relation to the unexplained death of 46-year-old Adam McKenzie.

This follows an incident when police were called to Wolseley Road in Plymouth around 9.35am on Monday 24 February after the discovery of the body of a man near to Donne's Boatyard.

Police conducting enquires into Adam’s death are keen to speak to anyone who may have...

A young girl who died following a collision in Tintagel yesterday has been named as Holly Young.

The two-year-old from Tintagel was in collision with a van in Molesworth Street just after noon.

The toddler was taken to Derriford Hospital via the air ambulance but sadly died.

The van driver was also treated at the scene by paramedics and airlifted to Derriford Hospital...

There will be a special service for parents who have experienced bereavement through the loss of a pregnancy or death of a baby.

The service will take place on Sunday 2 March at 2pm and will be held in the Chapel on level seven at Derriford Hospital.

The Chapel will be also be open from 1pm for the opportunity to meet other parents and talk things over with a chaplain or...