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...
Plymouth University is working with a leading global digital textbook provider on a pioneering initiative to make eTextbooks available to a large number of its students.
Launched this month, the partnership between the University and Vital Source Technologies, Inc. will see more than 30,000 eTextbooks made available to students.
The local franchise of Water Babies has kindly donated £1,000 to Derriford Hospital’s maternity department, to allow more expectant mums to be able to choose a water birth.
In 2012, they kindly donated £725.00, which was used to train more staff to conduct water births and maximise the availability of this non-pharmacological method of pain relief for women that deliver at Derriford...
GMB members in the NHS walked out this morning in a dispute over pay alongside members from other unions.
The strike action will be followed by an overtime ban in the ambulance service from Tuesday 14th to Friday 17th inclusive, with other NHS employees working to their contracted hours during the same period.
GMB conducted an official ballot of 22,000 members in the NHS in...
Police were called to reports of a theft of a bicycle from Citadel Road East in Plymouth around 6.10am yesterday (12 October).
A man was located by police but he made off and was followed by officers into Sutton Wharf.
The man was seen by members of the public to enter the water close to The China House pub around 6.30am. He became trapped between a disused fishing vessel and...
The explosive ability of volcanoes to both inspire and destroy can now be appreciated by millions of aspiring volcanologists thanks to a new digital version of Volcanoes Top Trumps.
Created by scientists at Plymouth University, the University of East Anglia and Oxford University, the original card game was unveiled last Christmas to motivate young and old to learn more about some of...
