Record numbers of people have signed up to take part in this year’s Ecover Blue Mile in Plymouth.
Some 300 people will be making a splash off Plymouth’s Barbican waterfront this weekend (14-15 September) – that’s 100 more than the event’s previous record. They’ll be swimming, kayaking and stand-up paddle boarding their way along the one mile course in a series of ‘waves’ throughout...
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg will today (Wednesday 11 September) visit Plymouth drug and alcohol treatment charity Broadreach House.
Broadreach House is an innovative and dynamic registered charity, offering treatment and support services for men and women whose lives have been adversely affected by addiction.
Chief executive Gina Dormer has invited Mr Hogg to tour...
Plymouth is one of the destinations for a public consultation by the Bank of England on the introduction of 'plastic' (polymer) bank notes. The consultation event will be held at Drake Circus on 12 October.
The Bank is undertaking the consultation as part of its process of deciding whether to proceed with printing on the polymer material. This would initially only be for the new-style...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
