Local News

When kids go home, adults Go Ape this summer!

Go Ape Haldon are launching adults-only sessions for the first time this summer. So you can swear up a storm all the way down the zipline guilt free (guessing that happens a lot).

Landing just in time for VAT Summer, where you can save 15% across Go Ape locations until 1st September...

Full story

Police appeal after filling station assault

P olice would like to speak to anybody who may have witnessed an assault that occurred at the Tesco filling station in Woolwell Crescent, Bickleigh Down Business Park in Plymouth, between 12:50 and 1.15pm on Sunday 7 December.

The victim was assaulted by a man on the forecourt and then shortly after the same man accosted him near to the pedestrian crossing beside Domino’s pizza. The...

Tags:

assault

polilce

Plymouth Police

Tesco

petrol

Plymouth

Plymouth marine photographer the focus of national award

One of the UK’s top underwater photographers has received a new environmental award for his volunteering work for marine wildlife.

Devon-based photographer and author Paul Naylor is the first recipient of the Marsh Award for Marine Conservation, honouring his contribution in capturing the beauty of the UK’s marine wildlife, and educating countless people in the value of the nation’s...

Tags:

Gritters out on Plymouth’s roads tonight

With temperatures forecast to fall below zero degrees tonight, all primary and secondary gritting routes in and around Plymouth will be treated to stop icy patches from forming.

Amey, the Council’s highways contractor, has its winter service team on standby 24 hours a day from the beginning of October to the end of March each year. During this period the weather is monitored closely...

Tags:

gritters

A glimpse into Plymouth 2031

Plymouth residents and businesses can get glimpse into the future in a groundbreaking plan that sets out what life in Plymouth could be like in years to come.

For the first time ever, a single plan setting out the direction for the entire city has been put together after extensive conversations and events involving thousands of residents, community groups and partners.

...

Tags:

plymouth 2031

Council takes steps to help workforce thrive

Plymouth City Council staff are being encouraged to incorporate more activity into their daily routine as part of a drive to improve their wellbeing.

The Council is the first in the South West to sign up for the ‘StepJockey’ scheme which aims to ‘nudge’ them to use the stairs instead of the lifts. ‘Smart signs’ are up in Windsor House, Ballard House and Midlands House to give people a...

Tags:

Nurse’s innovative idea awarded funding

All nurses and allied health professionals are to be provided with a pocket mirror to aid them with the identification of pressure ulcers on patients’ heels, thanks to a hospital Ward Manager, the Trust’s Innovation Group and the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust’s Charitable Funds Committee.

Having identified that the use of pocket mirrors can help in the detection of compromised tissue...

Tags:

nurses

funding

Plymouth

South Yard outline planning application now submitted

Plymouth City Council has taken the next major step in transforming areas of South Yard into a dynamic new centre for the south west’s marine sector that is expected to bring with it 1,200 jobs.

With the submission of the outline planning application, the City Deal team has drawn up the broad framework for the future of South Yard’s Area 1 and Area 5. They will be transferred from the...

Police seek wanted man for recall to prison

Police in Devon and Cornwall, area are seeking a 57-year-old man who has wanted for recall to prison.

Colin Steven Diggle, aka Steve Clarke, (pictured) was released from prison in early November on licence. He is thought to have since breached the terms of that licence.

Devon and Cornwall police are proactively following a number of lines of enquiry to ascertain his current...

Tags:

police

prison diggle

1,200 jobs on the card for South Yard

Over 1,200 jobs will be created as part of the Council’s ambitions for Devonport’s South Yard.

Important heritage buildings will have a part to play in the exciting new future for the 23-acre site which is to be transformed into marine industries production campus.

Plymouth’s Cabinet is meeting on 9 December to approve the terms of the transfer of the site from the Ministry...

Police firearms amnesty hailed a success

The firearms amnesty held by Devon and Cornwall Police last month (3 – 17 November 2014) has been hailed as a success.

Final results show that hundreds of guns and literally bins full of ammunition were handed in to police at participating stations throughout Devon and Cornwall.

In total 446 weapons were taken in, and 15,721 items of ammunition were collected to be passed on to...

Tags: