Police are appealing for witnesses following an unprovoked attack that left the 14-year-old boy with a broken nose.
The incident took place on Lydford Park Road, Peverell, Plymouth at around 8pm on Friday 23rd October. The victim was initially approached by a group of five teenage boys and a girl.
One of the group then carried out the attack, he is described as white, 6ft tall...
Representatives from Plymouth City Council and its partners in the History Centre, will be at the Plymouth City Market until Friday 30 October.
They will be consulting with the public, on the design of the exciting new Plymouth History Centre, which will be the Jewel in the Crown of the Plymouth Cultural Quarter. The site of the existing Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery, Library, and St...
On Tuesday 20th October, an awards ceremony was held at Derriford Health and Leisure Centre for the Health Care Assistants (HCAs) who have completed either a Level 2 (L2) or Level 3 (L3) Diploma in Progression Award.
Nicky Mitchell and Lyndsey Box, HCA L2 course tutors, were delighted to host the event to applaud all of the HCAs for their fantastic achievements and reflect upon the...
New website to help local employers fill their apprenticeship vacancies
Skills Group has worked with local company, Altitude, to launch a new website promoting apprenticeship vacancies to young people.
The new dedicated recruitment website, www.apprenticeships4me.com , has been designed to help young people make an informed choice about becoming an apprentice, and then...
A former emergency services worker who lost his father to a brain tumour has started a new career to help others affected by the disease.
Peter Jordan, 47, of Dartmouth Road, Paignton, has taken on the role of community fundraiser with the national charity Brain Tumour Research. His career change was prompted by the death of his father Jim Jordan at the age of 76 to a glioblastoma...
Devon is no stranger to bangs and crackles, and come November, adventure parks, rugby clubs and open spaces are bound to come alive at night with the colours, shapes and rhythms of some of Britain's best fireworks. Being a Devon based caravan accessories retailer ( https://www.leisureshopdirect.com/ ) we’ve had our fair share of travellers asking for advice on where to go when in the area...
This half-term, the team at Buckland Abbey are challenging visitors to find all the medieval beasts that are hiding around the National Trust estate.
From 24 October to 1 November, sixteen creatures will be mysteriously located around Buckland’s estate. Along the way, a trail booklet will allow visitors to capture what they discover by rubbing each creature onto the pages within. By...
Devon’s Public Health leaders have added their voice to a growing debate about the amount of sugar in people’s diets.
Their comments follow the recent petition on a proposed sugar tax, handed to Government by TV chef and food campaigner Jamie Oliver, and the publication of a report by Public Health England (PHE) yesterday, entitled Sugar Reduction: The evidence for action. This report...
Local enforcement teams and their sniffer dogs will take to the streets of Plymouth to ask for the public’s help in tackling the sellers of illegal tobacco.
Illegal tobacco is known to make it easier for children to start smoking, as it is sold at cheap prices, and is also known to make communities more attractive to criminals, who can have links to organised crime.
