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...
A woman from the south west who suffers with a range of health issues has urged employers at a jobs fair to recruit people with health problems.
Denise Guyett, 43, from Plymouth but originally from New Zealand, gave an impromptu speech at the city’s first Disability Confident jobs fair at Plymouth University.
Unemployed Denise, who by her own admission suffers from agoraphobia...
The 80s are back as these three legendary stars join forces for a truly incredible concert experience.
With millions of albums sales and iconic hits such as We Close Our Eyes, Call Me, King Of Wishful Thinking, Wouldn’t It Be Good, The Riddle, I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, Heart and Soul and the classic China in Your Hand, this authentic eighties triple header is not to be missed.
GO WEST This year marks the 30th anniversary of Go West had their first hit single “We Close Our Eyes”. Other hits followed including “Call Me”, “Goodbye Girl” and “Don’t Look Down”, “...
Join the Witch and her cat on their mission to defeat the dragon in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
The Witch and her cat are travelling on their broomstick when they pick up some hitch-hikers – a friendly dog, a beautiful green bird and a crazy frog. But this broomstick’s not meant for five and – CRACK – it snaps in two… just as the hungry dragon appears!
Songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3 and up and their grown-ups, in the Olivier-nominated show that’s toured Britain and the world...
Winner of a Fringe First Award In 1965, a researcher lived with a dolphin for ten weeks to try and teach him to speak English. It was part of a NASA-funded research project into human-animal communication. Condemned by the wider scientific community as an elaborate circus trick, the experiment remains a controversial episode in the space race between the two Cold War superpowers.
“Wow is all I can say” The Times Inspired by the Dolphin House experiments, Breach’s Fringe First winning Tank rips the story apart to explore the violence of language, the power of culture, and what...
