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Plym Estuary beach clean

The National Trust at Saltram has run its first beach cleaning event in the Plym Estuary to mark the launch of its 2015 South West Coastal Festival. Forty-two students from the Plymouth International Maritime & Shipping Student Society joined regular visitors and volunteers to pick litter from Saltram Beach and the surrounding coastal fringe.

This year is the 50th Anniversary of...

Teen Tom wins custom bike

Teenager Tom Gardner from Tavistock in Devon has won a bike designed to his own specifications from the charity Jole Rider based in Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

The first Bike Draw organised by the education charity, one of the UK’s largest bicycle recycling organisations, raised over £1000. The money will go to Jole Rider‘s Bikes4Africa programme and will be used to deliver bikes to...

Extra funding for Plymouth children

More than 970 children from low income families in Plymouth attending Early Years providers will be able to take advantage of the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) from this April.

It was announced last June by the government that the new EYPP worth £300 per pupil, would help narrow the attainment gap between young children from low-income families and their peers.

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Police appeal for witnesses after altercation

At approximately 9.25am on Tuesday 10th March, an altercation took place between the driver of red taxi and a male pedestrian at the city bound traffic lights of North Hill and North Road East, Plymouth.

It is believed that a pedestrian walked in front a queue of traffic which was waiting to turn into North Road East and an argument ensued, resulting in the pedestrian pulling a chisel...

England Rugby needs your voice!

“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Coming for to carry me home.”

There’s no better sound than the English rugby anthem reverberating around a packed Twickenham.

And now you can record your own rendition of the English rugby classic and be in with a chance of featuring on the official England Rugby single for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Lending a voice to support England is the...

Do you recognise this woman?

The young woman shown in the attached image is being sought by police as they believe she may have witnessed an assault involving two females in the Two Trees pub on Union Street in Plymouth.

The incident took place at around 2.25am on Sunday 15 March.

If anyone recognises this person or you believe it may be you and you were in the Two Trees pub in the early hours of Sunday...

Key figures to attend Building Plymouth summit

Developers will be asked to help support the city’s innovative plan to get more people into construction at a summit taking place next week.

Plymouth City Council is hosting its Building Plymouth summit and key figures from major construction companies including Kier, Midas, Ryearch and LTC will be at the event to hear the latest on the Council-led partnership to address a looming...

Attack leaves man with head injuries

A man in his early fifties was attacked from behind while he was walking to work leaving him with serious wounds to the head.

The incident took place around 8am on Monday 16 March on Embankment Road Lane South in the Prince Rock area of Plymouth (a service lane near Cotehele Avenue).

Detectives are keen to hear from any witnesses who were nearby at the time of the incident....

Research finds GMC decisions are fair to doctors under investigation

New independent research published today has found that the decisions made about doctors during a GMC investigation are fair and consistent.

In 2014 the General Medical Council (GMC), the regulator of doctors in the UK, commissioned researchers at Plymouth University to undertake a review of decision-making in its fitness to practise procedures.

The research looked at 187...

A dark day and bright night at Meeth Quarry

Devon Wildlife Trust together with the North Devon Astronomical Society are inviting members of the public to join them for a unique viewing of the solar eclipse followed by star gazing at Meeth Quarry nature reserve.

The event will take place on Friday 20 March. Experts will guide visitors through the solar eclipse using professional equipment.

From 8am onwards the North Devon...

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