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Police appeal for witnesses after car collides with house in Plymouth

Police have launched an investigation after a car collided with a house in St Levan Road, Plymouth, at around 11.40 pm last night (Wednesday 7th October 2015) causing substantial damage.

Emergency services attended an apartment building in Warleigh Court following reports of a Ford Focus collided with 2 parked vehicles and the building.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue...

Appeal for platelet donors

People in Plymouth are being urged to keep on supporting England in an extra special way– by giving platelets.

NHS Blood and Transplant is appealing for new volunteers to give it a try and check if they can be a platelet donor during the world’s biggest rugby tournament. More than 50 new platelet donors are needed in Plymouth this year.

Platelets help patients to survive...

Witness appeal following Plymouth assault

Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Plymouth on Saturday 26th September.

At around 11pm a group of men were walking along Exeter Street when a red van with ladders on the top turned into the Asda petrol station narrowly missing one of the group.

Following this an altercation took place where the man who was driving the red van, described as white, late...

Cream of British comedy choose Plymouth for filming

Plymouth’s iconic Civic Centre and Council House recently welcomed the cream of British comedy to the city for the latest Comic Strip film.

For the new film, ‘The Comic Strip Presents…The Red Top!’, the film makers Great Western Features were looking for a building that could double up as 1970s newspaper offices in Wapping, plus a hotel and police station. The filmmakers managed to...

Car collides with building in Plymouth

Police have launched an investigation after a car collided with a house in St Levan Road, Plymouth, at around 11.40pm last night (Wednesday 7th October) causing substantial damage.

Emergency services attended an apartment building in Warleigh Court following reports of a Ford Focus having collided with two parked vehicles and the building.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue...

House sales in SW continue to rise

House sales continue to pick up across the South West in September supported by a modest improvement in the availability of mortgage finance, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

Across the region, 19% more chartered surveyors saw a rise in agreed sales, with 23% more respondents expecting a rise in sales expectations over the next three months. This trend in...

Plymouth police continue to appeal for witnesses to stabbing

Police continue to appeal for witnesses following a stabbing in Plymouth over the weekend.

The man in his 30s, from Plymouth, suffered multiple stab wounds as a result of a disorder outside the Crash Manor nightclub on Union Street at 5.30am on Sunday 4 October.

He was taken to Derriford Hospital with superficial stab wounds and discharged later following medical treatment....

History Centre project steps up a gear

This is what Plymouth’s new history centre could look like at night.

The team behind the project has issued the latest concepts for the project which will be a game changer in how Plymouth celebrates its incredible history and culture.

The images are being released as exciting plans to put Plymouth on the national cultural map with a new world-class History Centre look set to...

Devon and Cornwall set to get girls active

The ground breaking Youth Sport Trust Girls Active programme got underway in Cornwall on 2 October to help more girls across Devon and Cornwall to get involved in PE and sport.

Girls Active looks to tackle issues of lower participation, poor body image and a lack of understanding of the benefits of physical activity amongst girls. It does this by offering a simple and flexible...

Plymouth Schools To Join Fight Against Cancer In Young People

National Youth Against Cancer Week runs from the 12th – 18th October and encourages young people to join the fight against cancer in their age group by raising awareness and funds by holding their own events. Schools and colleges up and down the country are been encouraged to take part.

As a youth cancer charity, supporting teenagers and young adults with cancer throughout the UK and...

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