Joint statement from Devon and Cornwall Police and Plymouth City Council
Plymouth City Council has suspended excavation work for the Derriford Transport Scheme following the discovery of more white phosphorus grenades on Tavistock Road today.
Ten World War Two grenades were found on Tuesday afternoon and controlled detonations were carried out by the Royal Navy’s Explosive...
After a phenomenal 2016, Plymouth Wrestling Association are starting off 2017 with a bang as they present ‘Rising’, their first event of the year on the 29th January at Plymouth School of Creative Arts!
PWA finished 2016 with their best show to date but it was a show that posed more questions than answers: who will be the first person to take on new champion, ‘The Belgian Bull’ Robin Lekime? Is it the end for former PWA Tag Team Champions PJ Jones and UK Dominator? What do ‘The King’s Court’ have in store for 2017? All these questions and more need answering as PWA start the road...
Work starts this week on the city’s flagship marine development, Oceansgate.
Council Leader Ian Bowyer will dig the first turf to mark the start of the Phase 1 build of the country’s only Marine Enterprise Zone, which forms a key part of the Plymouth’s plans to grow its flourishing marine sector.
The first phase entails the construction of two and three-storey buildings at the...
Plymouth City Council’s Trading Standards Team, are working in partnership with Devon and Cornwall Police to tackle the serious impact of scam mail.
Crafty con artists have managed to scam a total £400,000 out of 195 people in Plymouth in the last two years. Nationally it is estimated scams targeting people by phone or post alone cost people in the UK an estimated UK £10 billion each...
Police have launched an investigation following reports of an assault that occurred within the grounds of Saltram House, Plympton.
Between 5:15-25pm on Monday 9th January, a female dog walker in her 30’s was attacked by a man who emerged from the bushes and attempted to drag her back in.
The suspect is described as white, 5'7” tall, and of slim build. He had short, dark hair,...
Local business Drayton has joined forces with Plymouth Energy Community (PEC) to provide free heating controls as part of a campaign to help the most vulnerable people living in the city.
As part of the PEC ‘Healthy Homes’ project, which has been funded by a charitable grant from the British Gas Energy Trust, Drayton has donated over 200 heating controls, worth in the region of £10,000...
A Plymouth man has been slapped with a £220 fine for dropping a cigarette from his car window by Plymouth Magistrates on Tuesday (10 January 2016).
Michael Hayward of Ladysmith Road was seen flicking a lit cigarette from his car as he drove along Lipson Road last August. He was issued with an £80 Fixed Penalty Notice for littering, but this was not paid and so the case proceeded to...
A woman from Plymouth returned home from shopping on Sunday (January 8) to find a corn snake wrapped around her bathroom curtain rail.
Homeowner Christine Mitchell was able to monitor the snake at her flat in Henderson Place with the help of a neighbour and monitor it until an RSPCA inspector was able to arrive.
RSPCA inspector Jo Pearson said: “The caller returned home from...
The British Red Cross in Devon has opened a new warehouse in Honicknowle, Plymouth, to process the tonnes of donations it receives from textile banks located in Tesco car parks throughout Devon and Cornwall.
This is the first warehouse the charity has opened in the UK specifically to sort stock from the recycling bins.
Tesco has hosted the textile banks in car parks since 2007...
