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Appeal for funds to help people facing hunger in Ethiopia

Catholic charity CAFOD, has today launched an emergency appeal to help millions of people facing hunger in Ethiopia.

CAFOD is appealing to its supporters across Plymouth for urgent funds to help more than 10 million people across the East African country who are in dire need of food, clean water and basic sanitation.

CAFOD’s partners in Ethiopia have been responding to the...

Evening of live motown funk in aid of Gold Dust

Last month, the Derriford Health & Leisure Centre (DHLC) held a night of live motown funk from Motor City Strays, in aid of the Gold Dust Appeal and raised an impressive £628.00.

Tracey Gardner, General Manager at DHLC, said: “We are really pleased that the evening was a success and that we were able to support the Gold Dust Appeal.

“The children’s ward holds a special...

Police appeal following Plymouth collision

Police are appealing for witnesses following collision that has left an elderly woman with in hospital with serious arm injuries.

At approximately 5.20pm on Friday 29th April, police were called to Mainstone Avenue in Plymouth.

A Renault Kangoo appears to have struck several stationary vehicles before rolling on to its nearside trapping the 81-year-old female driver by the arm...

Woman hurt in Plymouth nightclub assault

Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault which happened at Annabel’s Nightclub on the Barbican in Plymouth in the early hours of Sunday 3 April 2016.

A woman was on the upstairs dancefloor between 12.25am to 12.35am when she was assaulted by an unknown man and a woman.

The victim, a 37-year-old woman from Gunnislake, sustained a fractured cheek in the attack.

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Police appeal after fatal accident

Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses to fatal road traffic collision which occurred on the north bound lane of Outland Road in the early hours of Saturday 12th March 2016.

At approximately 03.10 hrs , emergency services responded to reports of a collision between a cyclist and a car in the vicinity of the footbridge over Outland Road near Devonport High School for Girls....

Appeal after cat found skinned and dead in car park

The RSPCA is appealing for information after a cat was found with broken bones, skinned and bound by twine lying dead behind a multi-storey car park on Brook Street in Tavistock, Devon.

A member of the public was horrified to find the mutilated body outside the Cooperative car park in the Devon town at 8.30am on Saturday 27 February and immediately called the RSPCA for help.

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CCTV appeal after grandmother and child hurt in robbery

Police have issued CCTV images of a man they wish to speak to in relation to a robbery in the Southway area of Plymouth.

The incident took place at the junction of Skerries Road and Alderney Road, Southway, Plymouth, at around midday on Tuesday 23 February.

The victim, a 72-year-old woman, was pushing a pram which contained her one-year-old grandson when her handbag was pulled...

Witness appeal after Yodel van stolen in Plymouth

Police are appealing for a female witness to come forward after a Yodel van was stolen in Plymouth.

The male van driver stopped to deliver a parcel on Church Street, Stoke, on Monday 1 February 2016.

When 37-year-old van driver, from Tiverton, got out of the van he was pushed to the floor by a man who took the keys and drove off in it.

The victim flagged down a black...

St Luke’s treasures a community’s memories

St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth is encouraging people to make, share and treasure precious memories this spring with dedications to those we’ve lost in their memorial garden on Plymouth Hoe.

The much-loved local charity just launched its annual Forget-Me-Not campaign, this year, which runs until the end of April. This is an opportunity for supporters old and new to honour the memory of a...

Appeal after man attacked in Mutley

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was attacked in the Mutley area of Plymouth.

A 25-year-old man, from South Humberside, was attacked by two men after he intervened following a disturbance between the two men and a woman at Sherwell Arcade, North Hill.

The victim was punched in the face by both men during the incident that happened on Sunday 24 January at around...

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