Plymouth has been celebrating the success of its first ever Dry January campaign which has been run in partnership for the first time by Alcohol Concern and Plymouth City Council.
In Plymouth, 1822 people signed up to Dry January as a result of the local and national campaign. The results were presented at the latest meeting of the Alcohol Programme Board, which is made up of...
Police are appealing for information after an outboard engine and several power tools were taken from a garden shed in the Honicknowle area of Plymouth.
The shed, located in the back garden of a property in Harewood Crescent, was broken into sometime between 2pm on Sunday 22 February and 8pm on Monday 23 February.
Several items, worth over £750 in total, were taken, including a...
A group of students from Plymouth University have been given the opportunity to enhance their potential by learning new skills and experiencing educational settings abroad, thanks to a charitable trust which supports the educational aspirations of young people.
The Nancy Langhorne Astor Scholarships Trust, set up by the children of the late Lady Nancy Astor, who was the first female MP...
Buckland Abbey, Garden and Estate’s exhibition ‘Rembrandt revealed’ wins top prize for Research and Understanding at this year’s National Trust’s Visitor Experience Awards.
The exhibition, open daily at the National Trust property near Yelverton, gives visitors the opportunity to discover how the £30 million self-portrait of the Dutch master was verified and tells the story of how a...
Plymouth has two new County Wildlife Sites, bringing its tally up to 26.
Ashery Wood and Warren Plantation and a verge at St Budeaux are the latest locations to have been given the status, which is designated by a panel of experts.
The new County Wildlife Site of Ashery Wood and Warren Plantation lies between the communities of Oreston, Plymstock and Hooe and is owned and...
Good causes across the South West region are today sharing almost three quarters of a million pounds in the latest Awards for All grants from the Big Lottery Fund.
A total of 87 groups are sharing a windfall that will bring some new ideas to life and help change people’s lives around the region.
In Trowbridge the SPLITZ Support Service will use an award of £10,000 to run...
Plymouth City Council is asking academies and non-maintained schools to follow its example by ensuring all employees are paid a living wage.
The Council has committed that all staff in Council maintained schools will be paid a minimum hourly rate that ensures they have enough to meet the basic cost of living.
The commitment to pay a living wage set nationally particularly helps...
City centre shops and businesses will be able to apply for facelifts under an innovative scheme to help businesses keep customers coming through the doors.
The Council is announcing a £400,000 fund to help business owners carry out shop front improvements, such as new windows, doors and signs or cleaning building facades and cosmetic improvements.
A partner in a building and roofing company has been fined after a worker plunged nearly six metres to the ground falling through a fragile roof light and sustaining multiple injuries.
Przemyslaw Borkiewicz, 24, of Mutley, Plymouth, was carrying out the work at the Evans Halshaw garage in Saltash on 12 December 2012 with poor supervision and no safety equipment which could have...
Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted burglary at the news kiosk, in Bretonside bus station early Sunday morning (22 February).
Between 2-3.30am, a person has tried to gain entry to the news kiosk after cutting through two large bolts and padlocks in order to gain entry through the shutter.
We suspect a power tool was used to remove the bolts which would...
