Devon and Cornwall Police is supporting a fraud awareness campaign which was launched across the region yesterday.
The Home Office funded ‘Spot It, Stop It’ campaign aims to raise awareness of various scams people may fall prey to, particularly doorstep fraud and telephone and online scams.
There were 8,600 reports of fraud in Devon and Cornwall last year resulting in the loss...
Vic and Bob have announced their first tour since 1995!
The tour, '25 Years of Reeves and Mortimer: The Poignant Years’ will be a celebration of the first 25 years of their professional collaboration from Vic Reeves Big Night Out (Channel 4 1990) through Smell of Reeves & Mortimer (BBC Two 1993/4), Bang, Bang It’s Reeves & Mortimer (BBC Two 1999) and Shooting Stars (BBC Two...
City College Plymouth is running an Apprenticeship Information Event on Wednesday 11 March between 4.00pm and 6.00pm, at its Kings Road site in Devonport.
The College event is open to all who are looking for a training experience which differs from school or who wish to start or retrain in a new career. Visitors will be able to gain free impartial advice and guidance about their...
The Royal Mail is reminding people that, from the 30th March, the price of first and second class postage stamps will increase by 1p each. This means first class postage stamps will be 63p and second class postage stamps will be 54p.
As part of these changes, there is also an implication to the cost of sending a large letter first class from previous levels meaning these too will...
Plymouth is one of the areas leading in the fight for better jobs and more of them.
Business, council and social enterprise leaders in Plymouth are among those supporting the city in asking the Government to devolve powers to help get more people into work. Plymouth is one of 23 local authorities leading a national report - 'Unlocking our Wealth'- which is published today (Thursday)....
Plymouth City councillors are set to approve funding for a new flagship library in the heart of the city centre.
The new central library in Mayflower Street would replace the current library in North Hill, making way for the £25 million History Centre which is due to open in 2020.
The Council’s ambition is to create a modern, flexible and welcoming library that will attract...
Plymouth libraries are celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 5 March with fancy dress rhymetimes for little ones and special visits for schools.
Now in its 18th year, the annual event encourages children to explore the world of books and reading and provides them with a book of their own. It is marked in more than 100 countries around the globe.
Young footballers in the Devon Junior and Minor League will be spending the season raising money for Brain Tumour Research and the work it supports at Plymouth University – with the chance to win a completely new kit for one of their teams.
The kit will be by Nike and will carry the Brain Tumour Research logo.
More than 5,000 young people aged between six and 18 are involved...
The number of unplanned teenage pregnancies in Plymouth have almost halved since records began in 1998, and fallen to an all time low according to latest figures published this week
The under 18 conception rate has dropped again for the seventh year in a row, to the lowest rate since the baseline for teenage pregnancies was first set 17 years ago. The rate has fallen from 54.7 per 1,...
Could you capture a winning wildlife photo? If so, your work could be displayed alongside some of the best in the country at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery.
The ‘Focus on Nature’ competition is inspired by the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, which is coming to Plymouth at the end of March on an international tour from the Natural History Museum, London...
