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One of the UK’s biggest digital inclusion projects will officially kick off in Plymouth in September and the Council wants to hear what people think.

Churches, children’s centres, social clubs, community groups, job clubs, schools, sports associations, businesses and members of the public are being asked to get involved in the Plymouth IT Together project to get thousands more Plymouth...

Devon & Cornwall Police say that they received a call from the fire service shortly before 3am on Monday 24 June, with a report that a man in Torpoint had doused himself in petrol.

On arrival at the scene, they found a man holding a petrol can and the property from the outside smelt strongly of petrol.

Police and fire then attempted to engage with the man, who began...

Plymouth University’s Fairtrade status has been re-accredited in recognition of its efforts to encourage staff and students to make ethical choices when buying food and drink.

The University's re-accreditation complements Plymouth's 'Fairtrade City' status first certified in 2004 and held ever since.

The Fairtrade Universities and Colleges initiative ensures that producers of...

More than 2,000 of Plymouth's most urgent potholes have been successfully repaired as a result of a three-week blitz to improve the city’s roads reports Plymouth City Council.

The drive to permanently repair individual ‘category one’ potholes (those deeper than 40mm) reported by the public was planned to span two weeks, but was extended by a week to wipe out the backlog completely. The...