A car seized from a convicted drug dealer will be put to good use after Devon and Cornwall Police came to the aid of a Plymouth hospice for the terminally ill.
Staff at St Luke's Hospice recently issued the plea after a local car dealer was unable to continue its support.
Luckily for St Luke’s, the plea found its way to the desk of Detective Sergeant Mark Newnham, from the...
If your Plymouth garden is springing forth with a seasonal splash of colour despite the wintry weather, you could show it off with the Plymouth in Bloom spring garden competition.
The competition is being run in conjunction with Plymouth City Council who are encouraging people to get involved: "Just fill out the entry form and judges will pop round to take a look at your gardens or...
A permit scheme to cut the number of traders who illegally tip their rubbish is being extended to include trailers as part of a package of changes to the city’s household recycling centres. People who use trailers will soon have to apply for a permit if they want to tip household waste at Chelson Meadow and Weston Mill household waste recycling centres.
Plymouth City Council are inviting families to become mini-explorers this Easter with a series of free and exciting nature activities that have nothing to do with eggs!
Budding young explorers can enjoy woodland walks and seashore safaris with their parents or carers on lots of dates and various locations across Plymouth courtesy of Stepping Stones to Nature.
Detectives are investigating a high value burglary which happened in Kingsbridge at the end of February 2013.
The offender forced a door to get into the home in Embankment Road before stealing campaign medals, £100 in Tuan and Riyal currency, a half hunter gold pocket watch and many other items of jewellery.
Among the items stolen is believed to be an award given to a...
Researchers from the arts and sciences are joining forces in a bid to explore one of the greatest scientific challenges of our time – the workings of the human brain.
Plymouth University’s new Cognition Institute draws together experts in topics as varied as experimental psychology and the creative arts, cognitive robotics and biomedicine.
Plymouth has become the first city in the country to use a new style of welcome sign on its key routes into the city, featuring a large, full-colour picture of a local, iconic landmark.
The new signs were unveiled today and now drivers entering Plymouth on the A38 will be welcomed by the image of Plymouth Hoe, showing Smeaton’s Tower against a backdrop of Plymouth Sound.
Derriford Hospital have revealed that their staff have reported five incidents, known as 'never events' (so-called because they are events that should never happen), that relate to surgery or other intervention to the wrong part of the body of patients. These have all been identified via an incident reporting system since November. A 'never event' is classified by the Department of Health as a...
An event being held in Plymouth next month looking at EU legislation and how it affects businesses, will include a discussion panel of high-profile experts and an opening presentation from the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow.
The event is being held at lunchtime on Friday 19 April 2013 at City College Plymouth and will give local business leaders the chance to engage in...
A ten game run of defeats finally came to an end for Plymouth Albion on Saturday with victory against London Scottish on Saturday.
Snowy conditions made the going tough, but a try - the only one of the game - from number 8, Aaron Carpenter, and some heroic second half defending, secured the...
