Plymouth

After a highly successful premiere year in 2014, including a one-off night in London in October, the Int. OCEAN FILM TOUR ( www.oceanfilmtour.com/en ), in partnership with KEEN ( www.keenfootwear.com ), returns with VOLUME 2 which kicks off in Plymouth on Friday 15 May.

Brought to you by the team behind the European Outdoor Film Tour - Europe’s biggest adventure sports film tour - the...

Could God TV’s Summer Extravaganza and its key speaker increase friction in the city with hate speech, division and questionable views?

The religious broadcasting network’s Summer Celebration event, which is to be held at Plymouth Guildhall on May 19 to 21, features as its main attraction TV evangelist Andrew Wommack.

The preacher and faith healer has a documented history of...

Fire crews are tackling a blaze at a builders' yard in Plymouth this afternoon.

Two appliances from Camelshead and Crownhill were mobilised to reports of a fire in a builders' yard on Wingfield Road, Stoke.

On arrival crews reported smoke issuing and requested an additional appliance to attend from Crownhill.

Cylinders were also suspected to be involved, one ground...

26 year old, Rosie Mai in embarking on a mammonth journey travelling through the whole of the UK, whilst pushing a bed.

She is pushing the bed 1200 miles from John O' Grots to Land's End sleeping in it every night. She wants to raise awareness of many children not having a safe place to sleep at night and suffering in appauling conditions.

She is raising £200,000 to set up a...

A former Royal Navy Wren has become the latest new recruit to jump on board with the region’s leading house builder.

Charlotte Donaldson, who spent four-and-a-half years in the Navy, has been appointed sales negotiator at Persimmon Homes South West and will be based at the builder’s Palmerston Heights development in Plymouth.

It’s a change of direction for Charlotte from...

Police investigating an assault on a bus driver in Plymouth have released a picture of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident.

A man is alleged to have chased after a bus travelling on the A386, Tavistock Road, and spat at the male bus driver as he got on the bus at the Manadon roundabout.

He was also verbally aggressive towards the driver during the...

The Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation is delighted to announce its grant of £6,000 to the All-aboard Sailing Project which is run by Mount Batten Watersports and Activities Centre in Plymouth, in partnership with Wheels on Water (WOW) sailing club and Woodlands Special School.

The Project focuses on young people between eight and nineteen years old living in Plymouth that have moderate...

Fire survival advice given by Fire Control Operators helped save the lives of three people from a fire in Plymouth on Saturday morning (9 May).

Smoke alarms alerted the three adults to the fire in Chaddlewood Avenue, St Judes, early this morning and they immediately called 999.

The fire on the ground floor of the house had trapped the woman and two men inside upstairs, so as...

THE Westcountry bluewash continued unchecked as Wycombe Wanderers spoilt the Greens’ party and left their hopes of reaching Wembley – and winning promotion – dependent upon a two-goal swing in Wanderers’ Buckinghamshire heartland on Thursday.

It looked a far, far worse prospect with five minutes to go, but sublime late goals from substitutes Zak Ansah and Jason Banton means that the...

The organisers of this year’s Plymouth History Festival have joined forces with the city’s oldest working brewery to create a special beer and ale trail.

The ‘Plymouth History FestivALE’ is an exciting addition to this year’s programme and will be available at five historic pubs throughout the rest of May.

From the Fortescue Hotel, which was first recorded in the 1867 Directory...