Plymouth stands to receive a third of the total allocation for the entire region in today’s growth fund announcement.
As well as the substantial support for the Forder Valley Link Road, the city has also secured £1.5 million for its exciting South Yard development plans.
The fund will help establish the ‘direct development’ of ready-to-go work space at the entrance to the South...
Potential measures to make walking on the streets safer and easier are a right priority for the next Government, according to 57 per cent of people aged 65 and over living in the South West. These are the results of a YouGov poll commissioned by Living Streets and published today (27 January 2015).
The majority (83 per cent) of respondents in the South West say they enjoy getting fresh...
Police are seeking a 21-year-old Plymouth man who is wanted for breaching his court bail conditions.
Thomas Allen (pictured), who was originally charged with affray, is sought for failing to comply with curfew conditions imposed by Plymouth Crown Court last September.
Police believe he is in the Plymouth area and are asking the public to look out for him and report any...
Police searching for teenager Ryan Ranson have released CCTV images of him a week after he went missing.
Ryan, 17, from Ivybridge, was last seen by his family at around 7am on Tuesday 20 January after he was dropped off for work at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth.
He was reported missing by his family later that day after his colleagues called them asking where he was.
Staff at Derriford have said a massive thank you to Hurdwick Golf Club for generously donating £171.00 to the talipes service through The Children’s Happy Hospital Fund.
In November, the golf club held a charity golf tournament, to raise money for the talipes service at Derriford Hospital, on behalf of a patient that they have worked with.
Students and staff at UTC Plymouth are celebrating after being named as one of 15 schools shortlisted for the Young Engineers’ School of the Year award for 2015.
The awards look to recognise the work that is done by schools to nurture the next generation of engineers through the promotion of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects to its students.
The lock gates at Sutton Harbour in Plymouth are being upgraded as part of a £250,000 investment by the Environment Agency in maintaining the Barbican flood defences and ensuring a reliable working system for the future.
The repairs will begin during a first phase of work from Monday 2 March until Saturday 7 March, when the harbour will only be able to be accessed during the published...
Gdynia Way will be closed overnight on Wednesday 28 January for planned essential maintenance.
The road will be closed from 7pm to 6am while multiple agencies work together to complete work including cutting back vegetation, regulating the gullies and clearing the sewers.
For more information call the watchman team on 01752 668000, email plymouth.watchman@amey.co.uk or follow @...
The Service is issuing advice to the owners of thatched properties following a fire which destroyed a thatched cottage in Ide, near Exeter, on Friday (23 January).
Twelve fire engines were at the incident in Little John’s Cross and fire crews have re-visited throughout the weekend to dampen down hotspots.
Firefighters covered neighbouring thatched properties with foam to...
