Plymouth

Public open day to precede Derriford Hospital's AGM

Plymouth's Derriford Hospital will be opening its doors to everyone on Saturday 28 September with its first Open Day in more than a decade.

Among a variety of activities, the general public will have the opportunity to visit an operating theatre and a delivery room, find out about organ donation, check their livers and try some hospital food. The hospital will also be explaining how...

Fire service in dog cliff rescue

A unit from Plymstock and the Specialist Rescue Tender from Camelshead have rescued a dog from a cliff above Bovisand Beach.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service report that on the crews' arrival at the scene at Bovisand Bay, Plymstock, the dog was found to be stuck in heavy gorse approximately 40 feet up a cliff.

The crews used a 135 ladder and an animal restraint to...

Plymouth toddler in fifth-floor window fall is moved to specialist care

Shantelle Clarke, the 15-month-old toddler who fell from a fifth-floor window of her home, has been moved to a specialist care unit in Bristol. She remains in a "critical but stable condition".

The girl suffered serious internal injuries after the estimated 100ft (30 metre) fall from the window of her home just off Savage Road, in the Barne Barton area of Plymouth on Saturday morning (...

Police seek public's help to identify street robber

Police need help in identifying a man they would like to speak to after a woman’s handbag was snatched and she was pulled to the ground in the centre of Plymouth.

The alleged street robbery happened on Tuesday 10 September at around 5.45am by the sundial at the junction of New George Street and Armada Way.

The 68-year-old woman was on her way to work when a man ran up behind...

Snow warden scheme launched in Plymouth

Despite the warm weather, Plymouth City Council is looking ahead to the colder months with the launch of a new volunteer snow warden scheme in the city.

Following several severe winters, many communities around the country are setting up volunteer snow warden schemes to help local people during icy or snowy weather.

The Council’s highways contractor Amey will pilot one of these...

Museum and historic sites mark Heritage Open Days

Some of the city’s most historic sites will be marking Heritage Open Days this coming weekend.

Heritage Open Days (12 to 15 September) celebrate England’s historic architecture and culture by offering free access to places that normally charge for admission or special events in venues that are already free. The annual event is funded by English Heritage and involves thousands of...

Free trade and training exhibition to help get Plymouth building

Builders, tradesmen and women, contractors, designers, homeowners and developers are all being invited to the city’s first free trade exhibition to help get Plymouth building.

The Plymouth and Cornwall Building Control Partnership is hosting its first event on Tuesday 24 September which aims to help professionals from the construction industry get up-to-date with the latest changes to...

Plymouth man, Daniel Farrier, still missing

A 24-year-old Plymouth man is still missing after last being seen on Wednesday 31 July 2013.

Police have been growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of Daniel Farrier, who is currently of no fixed abode, but may still be in the Plymouth area.

He also has links with Truro, Launceston and Delobole.

Mr Farrier is described as 5ft 7ins tall, with a slim build and...

University Technical College Plymouth welcomes its first students

Students are today (Monday 9 September) taking their first steps through the doors of a new state-of-the-art engineering and advanced manufacturing college in Plymouth – and beginning their journey towards becoming the engineers and scientists of the future.

University Technical College Plymouth, the brand new £8 million cutting-edge teaching institution in Devonport, aims to nurture...

Ten city neighbourhoods offered cash to cut crime

Grants of up to £5,900 are up for grabs by communities to tackle crime in their neighbourhoods.

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall has given £59,000 to Plymouth’s Community Safety Partnership (CSP) to reduce crime, anti-social behaviour and substance misuse. The CSP has decided to divide the funding and offer it to the ten neighbourhoods that have the highest...

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