Fire services were in attendance at Pymouth Airport yesterday evening after numerous calls from the public reported seeing plumes of black smoke in the vicinity.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue deployed three appliances, two from Camels Head and one from Greenbank, to extinguish a fire in a coach and two portable buildings near to the runway.
Plymouth's young diving hero Tom Daley has won the 10m platform final at the World Series event in Edinburgh this evening (Sunday 21 April).
In only his second major event since clinching a bronze medal in the Olympics, the 18-year-old beat a field that included the man he pushed into fourth place at London 2012 last year, the Russian Victor Minibaev who finished second.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating police actions after a man reportedly became engulfed by flames in his garden.
The incident occurred in Honicknowle, Plymouth on Thursday evening (18 April 2013) and resulted in the 32 year old local man - named by local sources as Andrew Pimlott - sustaining serious burn injuries. The man was taken to Derriford...
Plymouth’s Barbican will be hosting a weekend of pirate themed fun for all the family on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May.
At the heart of the activity will be the fantastic tall ship The Bessie Ellen, which will be berthed in Sutton Harbour for the weekend.
Visitors will have the chance to go on board The Bessie Ellen to explore the ship and get a taste of life as a pirate.
Destination Plymouth in partnership with Plymouth City Council, City Centre Company and Plymouth Waterfront Partnership BIDS is putting on a packed programme of entertainment to coincide with...
Tomorrow (Saturday 20 April) is the biggest day in the calendar for independent record shops all over the UK as they celebrate the sixth annual Record Store Day .
Music lovers will flock to the nation's indie music retailers to get their hands on limited edition vinyl issued specially for Record Store Day, see live performances and generally be part of a celebration of record shop...
Plymouth Albion travel to Doncaster's Castle Park for Saturday's season finale and coach Nat Saumi's last game in charge.
Albion will be buoyed by news that two further players from the current squad have re-signed for next season. Ien Ascroft-Leigh and Lewis Warner have signed one year...
Young people in Plymouth have been treated to the inside scoop on life in Parliament.
The Speaker of the House of Commons, the Right Honourable John Bercow MP has been visiting Plymouth and came to the Council House to talk to children from HMS Heroes and representatives from the UK Youth Parliament, Plymouth Youth Cabinet and the City Youth Council.
The last home game of the season for Plymouth Argyle. A win will secure their League Two status and confirm the last few weeks have been a triumphant battle for manager John Sheridan and his players.
Rotherham however may have other ideas as they arrive off the back of three consecutive wins...
Thousands of parents and children in Plymouth have been discovering today whether they have been successful in receiving their first choice of infant and primary schools.
Plymouth City Council confirmed that 89.77 per cent of Plymouth children received their first choice of school this year, an increase of 1.64 per cent on last year’s figures.
Police in Plymouth are to install knife arches in certain key locations in the city in a bid to deter clubbers and revellers from carrying knives.
The arches, which will be introduced from tonight (Friday 19 April), work in a similar way to airport metal detectors and are fully portable and easy to assemble.
The initiative follows last weekend's stabbing of a 23-year-old man in...
