Devonport

Another boost for South Yard

Plymouth stands to receive a third of the total allocation for the entire region in today’s growth fund announcement.

As well as the substantial support for the Forder Valley Link Road, the city has also secured £1.5 million for its exciting South Yard development plans.

The fund will help establish the ‘direct development’ of ready-to-go work space at the entrance to the South...

Police appeal to find missing teenager

Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a missing teenager from Ivybridge.

Ryan Ranson, 17, was last seen at around 7am on Tuesday 20 January at Devonport Dockyard after he was dropped off at work.

He was reported missing by his family later that day after his colleagues called them asking where he was.

Ryan is described as white, of medium build, with short...

Monthly Food and Craft Market

Devonport Guildhall is working with LEAP Events to offer exciting new monthly Devonport Guildhall Food and Craft Markets.

Come down for plenty of seasonal, locally sourced food, alongside a wide selection of craft supplies, gifts, and activities for all the family.

The Guildhall’s onsite artisan bakery, Column Bakehouse, will be open throughout the day selling lunches, light refreshments, sweet treats and their famous signature loaves of fresh bread – everything is handmade on the premises using local and seasonal produce wherever possible!

Entry to the markets is...

Monthly Food and Craft Market

Devonport Guildhall is working with LEAP Events to offer exciting new monthly Devonport Guildhall Food and Craft Markets.

Come down for plenty of seasonal, locally sourced food, alongside a wide selection of craft supplies, gifts, and activities for all the family.

The Guildhall’s onsite artisan bakery, Column Bakehouse, will be open throughout the day selling lunches, light refreshments, sweet treats and their famous signature loaves of fresh bread – everything is handmade on the premises using local and seasonal produce wherever possible!

Entry to the markets is...

Monthly Food and Craft Market

Devonport Guildhall is working with LEAP Events to offer exciting new monthly Devonport Guildhall Food and Craft Markets.

Come down for plenty of seasonal, locally sourced food, alongside a wide selection of craft supplies, gifts, and activities for all the family.

The Guildhall’s onsite artisan bakery, Column Bakehouse, will be open throughout the day selling lunches, light refreshments, sweet treats and their famous signature loaves of fresh bread – everything is handmade on the premises using local and seasonal produce wherever possible!

Entry to the markets is...

Devonport Emergency Notification System testing

Plymouth City Council will be testing its Emergency Notification System next week (commencing 17 November).

The system, which was introduced in Plymouth in 2006, is a free text messaging service for residents living near the Devonport Site – ‘The Dockyard’. In the unlikely event of a nuclear emergency at the site, people who have registered for the service would receive a phone message...

PCSOs praised for saving man's life

Two PCSOs have been praised by paramedics after saving a man’s life in Devonport on Wednesday (12 November).

PCSO Sam Blake and PCSO Sam Welch were flagged down by a member of public on Charlotte Street at around 3.15pm after a 56-year-old man had collapsed and was laying unconscious in the Morice Town Convenience Store.

While running to the store, the officers radioed for...

Lighting the way to 2020

Thousands of people are expected to gather on the Hoe for a special ‘Illuminate’ event on 20 November to mark the start of the official countdown to the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower sailing.

The Pilgrim Fathers set sail from Plymouth to America on the Mayflower, a three-masted ship, on the 16 September 1620, and arrived 66 days later in Cape Cod on the US East Coast on 21...

Are you game for some sporting fun?

Sports teams from across the city are being invited to take part in an Olympics-style competition hosted by Plymouth City Council’s sports development unit.

The Plymouth Games were launched in 2012 to build on the legacy of the London Olympics and promote sport in a fun way. More than 1,200 people competed in the event last summer and the Council hopes even more will join in this year...

Royal Navy landing craft collides with Cremyll Ferry

A Royal Navy landing craft from HMS Raleigh collided with the Cremyll Ferry this morning.

The crash happened at around 10am near Mayflower Marina.

A spokesman for the Navy said there are no reported injuries.

The ferry has been taken out of service and the landing craft is returning to Devonport Naval Base.

The Cremyll Ferry operates from Cremyll in Cornwall...

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