A highly successful Plymouth scheme to support children witnessing domestic abuse at home is re-launching on Friday (4 October) with a new way of working that reaches even more youngsters in need.
The pioneering work, called ‘Encompass’, is a partnership between the police and Plymouth City Council, involving schools and early years settings across the city.
At a loss of what to do this weekend? Well never fear, your jam-packed weekend starts here:
Events
Plymouth Respect Festival
Saturday, October 12, 2013 to Sunday, October 13, 2013 The Plymouth Respect Festival is designed to promote respect and celebrate diversity across all areas of the community. The festival organised by the Plymouth and Devon Racial Equality...
The Minster Church of St Andrew will welcome its new Rector this weekend, in a special service on Sunday.
Rev Joe Dent is well known to many of the congregation having served at St Andrew's as a curate. For the last ten years he and his family have been based in Sevenoaks in Kent where they were involved in launching and leading two new congregations.
Police report that a motorcyclist has sustained serious injuries after his red Honda motorcycle was involved in a collision with a blue Renault Scenic in The Hoe area of Plymouth.
The incident happened just before 8pm on Thursday 3 October on the junction of Athenaeum Street and St James Place.
The injured rider is a man in his early twenties. He has not been named. It is...
An event which aimed to show children how marine plastics were damaging seas and wildlife, highlights the potential ‘pester power’ youngsters might have in encouraging change, according to researchers.
More than 150 children aged eight to 13 completed a short survey before and after participating in a range of activities at the Ecover Schools Blue Mile event in Plymouth, which sought...
Next week is National Customer Services Week and this year Plymouth City Council is pulling out all the stops; events, focus groups, competitions, prizes and much, much more.
From Monday 7 to Friday 11 October the Council will be encouraging more people to provide feedback on their services. Customers coming into the Civic Centre will be able to speak with staff to tell them their...
Luke Pollard, Labour's Parliamentary Candidate in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, looks back on the party conference season.
As the party conference season draws to a close for another year there's little doubt who’s been setting the agenda. Ed Miliband and Labour have identified the real problem of living standards facing families in Plymouth, and laid out policies to help deal with...
A 24-year-old man has been charged with grievious bodily harm following an alleged attack in a Plymouth nightspot .
Kyle Kessell will appear at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 9 October 2013.
Police reported the incident which took place at the Two Trees pub in Union Street, Plymouth on Sunday 14 July at around 2.50am, and resulted in a man having part of his ear...
National, regional and local authority results for the phonics reading check and key stage 1 assessments have been published by the Department of Education.
The results for Plymouth show that 70% of six-year-olds in state funded schools (including academies) reached the expected level, one percentage point higher than the overall figure for schools in England. Those who did not achieve...
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of further outbreaks of heavy, thundery rain for the South West during Thursday and Friday (3rd and 4th October). It has warned the public of the risk of flooding.
The Met Office reports: "Further outbreaks of heavy, thundery, rain will spread from the south during Thursday and overnight into Friday with the potential for some torrential...
