Plymouth’s Olympic silver medalist and Commonwealth double gold medalist, Sharron Davies, has given her backing to this year’s Ecover Blue Mile in the city and hopes it will encourage more people to take up water sports.
Sharron, who has a busy summer as a BBC commentator ahead of her, said the event on the Barbican on 14-15 September will also raise awareness about the marine...
A man has died after falling overboard from a yacht in the entrance to the River Yealm.
Brixham Coastguard say that they received numerous reports of a red flare in the entrance to the River Yealm. Plymouth Coastguard rescue team were called out and the Coastguard rescue helicopter based at Portland was requested. The Plymouth RNLI lifeboat was also launched in the search operation....
Plymouth's plan to get more people peddling along the waterfront is firing up with specialists Rockets and Rascals awarded the contract to set up a cycle hire service.
The company was the winning bidder in a procurement bid to run a service beneath the arches at Commercial Wharf and at Royal William Yard's Firestone Arches as part of the Coastal Communities Fund package.
Councillor Ian Gordon has been elected as Vice-Chairman of the Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority.
Cllr Gordon, former Lord Mayor of Plymouth, is a labour councillor for Ham ward on Plymouth City Council.
He said: “I am absolutely delighted and honoured not just to serve on the Authority but to represent the views and interests of the whole of the two counties...
Libraries across Devon are encouraging residents to ‘think differently’ this month as part of a project to inspire creativity.
A series of events and activities associated with experiment, discovery, play, learning and reflection will be held throughout June aimed getting people to try something new.
Designed for those of all ages, they include activities such as learning to...
Councillor Ian Gordon has been elected as Vice-Chairman of the Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority.
Cllr Gordon, former Lord Mayor of Plymouth, is a Labour councillor for Ham ward on Plymouth City Council.
He said: “I am absolutely delighted and honoured not just to serve on the Authority but to represent the views and interests of the whole of the two counties,...
Giles Chichester, Conservative MEP for South West England and Gibraltar, took up an invitation to visit the Brook Green Centre for Learning in Plymouth on Friday 10 May. Mr Chichester met with staff and students and participated in the school’s Citizenship Programme by talking to the students about Britain’s relationship with the European Community and his role as a Member of the European...
The performance of Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer and the Devon and Cornwall force is scrutinised in the first of a series of publicly viewable one-to-one meetings with Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Tony Hogg.
The PCC holds the Chief Constable to account for the delivery of the Police and Crime Plan. The PCC's office says that the correct mechanism to achieve this in a structured,...
