Local News

The bus lane enforcement camera on the inbound side of Embankment Road is to move to the outbound side of Exeter Street.

The camera was installed to help monitor and enforce one of the new bus lanes created as part of the East End transport improvement scheme. However, there has been very little abuse of this bus lane so the camera is being moved to a location where local bus companies...

Today (Wednesday 3 July), Devon and Cornwall, Avon and Somerset, Dorset and Gloucestershire Police join the National Police Air Service (NPAS). This is the fourth phase of implementation since the launch of NPAS on 1st October 2012. The remaining police forces in England and Wales will join NPAS by January 2015.

The focus of NPAS is to deliver a more cost effective service, balancing...

The Bishop of Plymouth, Rt Revd John Ford, has been elected to serve as Diocesan Bishop of The Murray, South Australia.

The diocese has been without a bishop for three years and in a statement it said there was “great joy” in being able to announce Bishop John’s appointment as the fourth bishop of The Murray.

Bishop John has served as Bishop of Plymouth since 2005. He is...

Fire crews were called to a report of a large vehicle on fire at Chelston, Plymstock, Plymouth shortly after 8am this morning (Thursday 4 July).

Three appliances and a water bowser were mobilised to the scene.

On arrival crews discovered one vehicle well alight. Crews used four sets of breathing apparatus, one main jet, one compressed air foam jet and three dry powder...