Six more projects have been given received Vital Sparks funding to put art and creativity into the heart of the community.
The Plymouth Culture project, led by Plymouth City Council and funded by Arts Council England has awarded bursaries to groups that promise to create a buzz in their own communities. All these new and inventive pieces of work will be realised in the next six months...
Students entering year 10 or 12 in September have a chance to learn about what their future may hold when UTC Plymouth and its employer partners host an open day at the college this Thursday (16 October).
Taking place at 5:30pm this Thursday, prospective students will have the chance to tour the state-of-the-art engineering facilities, talk to current students and teachers and even...
Investors at the country’s number one property trade show will be getting a snapshot of how great Britain’s Ocean City is for business and lifestyle.
A team from the Council will be at the event in Olympia this week for MIPIM, which attracts investors, developers, hotel groups, agents and business service providers.
And to help them sell the city, the team has a new video to...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision involving a car and a pedestrian in Plymouth.
The car was in collision with an 11-year-old boy at around 3.30pm on Monday 13 October on Delamere Road, Eggbuckland, near the Shimla Indian Restaurant.
The driver of the car continued on her journey, without leaving any details, after a witness indicated to her that the boy was...
Police are trying to identify a man following an assault in a nightclub in Plymouth.
At approximately 12.45am Sunday 28th September, a man head butted a female on the dance floor breaking her nose in an unprovoked attack at the OMG nightclub on the Barbican.
Offender is a white man, aged mid to late 40’s, of a chubby build, bald head with receding grey hair at the sides. He was...
One in 11 renters in the South West have suffered health problems in the last year because rogue landlords failed to deal with poor conditions in their properties, newly released research shows.
The YouGov survey of more than 4,500 private renters across the country, commissioned by Shelter and British Gas, revealed that poor conditions were commonplace for renters. More than two...
Thousands of people are expected to gather on the Hoe for a special ‘Illuminate’ event on 20 November to mark the start of the official countdown to the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower sailing.
The Pilgrim Fathers set sail from Plymouth to America on the Mayflower, a three-masted ship, on the 16 September 1620, and arrived 66 days later in Cape Cod on the US East Coast on 21...
Residents in Plymouth are being urged to report hate crimes as part of Hate Crime Awareness Week (11th-18th October 2014).
Hate crimes are any crimes that are targeted at a person because of hostility or prejudice towards that person’s disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or transgender identity.
In his latest blog, Tony Hogg discusses the growing influence of police and crime commissioners.
In recent weeks both Labour and the Liberal Democrats have made calls for the abolition of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and both parties seem determined to return to the type of invisible governance previously provided by police authorities.
Police are appealing for witnesses to an attempted robbery in Plymouth.
The female victim was walking on a path between Carnock Road and the Cherry Tree public house between 5.45pm and 6.20pm on Saturday 11 October, when she was approached by a man who demanded money from her.
The offender ran from the scene in the direction of Carnock Road after a member of the public...
