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Police appeal for witnesses after car collides with house in Plymouth

Police have launched an investigation after a car collided with a house in St Levan Road, Plymouth, at around 11.40 pm last night (Wednesday 7th October 2015) causing substantial damage.

Emergency services attended an apartment building in Warleigh Court following reports of a Ford Focus collided with 2 parked vehicles and the building.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue...

Appeal for platelet donors

People in Plymouth are being urged to keep on supporting England in an extra special way– by giving platelets.

NHS Blood and Transplant is appealing for new volunteers to give it a try and check if they can be a platelet donor during the world’s biggest rugby tournament. More than 50 new platelet donors are needed in Plymouth this year.

Platelets help patients to survive...

Witness appeal following Plymouth assault

Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Plymouth on Saturday 26th September.

At around 11pm a group of men were walking along Exeter Street when a red van with ladders on the top turned into the Asda petrol station narrowly missing one of the group.

Following this an altercation took place where the man who was driving the red van, described as white, late...

Car collides with building in Plymouth

Police have launched an investigation after a car collided with a house in St Levan Road, Plymouth, at around 11.40pm last night (Wednesday 7th October) causing substantial damage.

Emergency services attended an apartment building in Warleigh Court following reports of a Ford Focus having collided with two parked vehicles and the building.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue...

New study reveals public’s unrivalled loyalty to the fat-free potato

People in Plymouth would rather go without alcohol or dessert at dinner time than miss out on their fix of potatoes according to new research. Almost half (41%) of people in Plymouth confessed that they would banish the booze, 40% would happily ditch a dessert and 23% would rather wave goodbye to water than forego a healthy potato with their dinner (20%).

The poll, commissioned by the...

Plymouth police continue to appeal for witnesses to stabbing

Police continue to appeal for witnesses following a stabbing in Plymouth over the weekend.

The man in his 30s, from Plymouth, suffered multiple stab wounds as a result of a disorder outside the Crash Manor nightclub on Union Street at 5.30am on Sunday 4 October.

He was taken to Derriford Hospital with superficial stab wounds and discharged later following medical treatment....

History Centre project steps up a gear

This is what Plymouth’s new history centre could look like at night.

The team behind the project has issued the latest concepts for the project which will be a game changer in how Plymouth celebrates its incredible history and culture.

The images are being released as exciting plans to put Plymouth on the national cultural map with a new world-class History Centre look set to...

Thousands risk death from electrical fires at home

Older people in the UK are disproportionately at risk from electrical hazards, according to research by leading charity, Electrical Safety First.

The Charity has found that a person over 60 is ten times more likely to die in a fire than somebody aged 17 to 24i. And more than half of the accidental fire-related deaths last year in Great Britain were people aged 65 and olderii.

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Plymouth academic charts the history of oil production in BBC4 documentary series

The rise of an industry which has come to dominate the world is being explored in a documentary series fronted by a Plymouth University academic.

Planet Oil: The Treasure that Conquered the World is a three-part series presented by Iain Stewart, the University’s Professor of Geosciences Communication and Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute.

Being aired on BBC4 from...

Teenager assaulted in Plymouth

Police investigating an assault on a teenage boy in Plymouth are appealing for information.

The 15-year-old local boy was approached by four male youths, dressed in black and wearing hoods, at the side of the Bargain Booze shop on Crownhill Road, West Park.

One of the youths is believed to have punched the victim in the face several times during the incident that happened...

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