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Police investigating the theft of some jewellery in Plymouth are appealing to the public to trace a distinctive necklace with sentimental value.

The circumstances around the theft are unclear but officers believe the necklace, along with other items of jewellery, may have been taken from a property in the North Prospect of the city between Friday 13 December 2013 and Saturday 1 March...

A penguin at a zoo in Devon has laid a golden egg.

The macaroni penguin, named Yoyo, laid the egg at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo, on Sunday. The charity’s Executive Director Simon Tonge – a bird expert and former zoo keeper - said: “The eggshell has a real golden sheen – it is rare but not unheard of. I have been around birds for 35 years and this is only the second one I have...

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is celebrating being the third best hospital in the country for the emergency waiting time target this winter.

Hospitals are set a target of seeing and treating 95% of patients in four hours of them arriving for urgent treatment.

In Plymouth, this has been exceeded with 97.6% of patients arriving between 4 November 2013 to 23 March 2014 seen and...

Detectives are seeking an arsonist who put lives in danger by setting fire to a motorcycle underneath a block of Plymouth flats.

Fire crews were called to Ferry Road in Devonport around 7.20am on Sunday 30 March and found the motorcycle well alight in a garage beneath the flats.

The offenders had first tried to steal the Kawasaki ZR machine, which had been moved from its...