Plymouth

Families will soon be able to enjoy some of the best views in the city from their saddles, thanks to improvements being made along Plymouth’s spectacular waterfront cycle route.

Work on the route, which is part of National Cycle Network Route 27 and connects the Barbican, the Hoe, Millbay and Royal William Yard, began on Monday 15 September.

A new contraflow cycle lane will run...

A woman who was injured as a result of a fire in King Street, Plymouth, in the early hours of Monday 15 September, has died.

The 42-year-old local woman passed away in Derriford Hospital on Tuesday 16 September. Her family has been informed.

The police and fire investigation into the cause of the fire in one of flats in Kings Court continues.

The fire was reported to...

Opera lovers and first-timers alike can enjoy a spectacular show as Rigoletto will be shown on Plymouth City Centre’s Big Screen this evening (Wednesday 17 September).

Celebrating 25 years of the BP and Royal Opera House partnership free opera live screenings are touring the country and Plymouth is one of the chosen cities.

Deputy Leader of Plymouth City Council, Pete Smith,...

Local family experiences a day in the Whitbread kitchen as one of Table Table's newly appointed Family Tasting Teams.

The Hawken family from Plymouth has been appointed as one of twelve Family Tasting Teams for Table Table pub restaurants. The Hawkens were invited to spend the day at the Whitbread Skills Academy in Swindon where they were able to learn from top Whitbread chefs and...

The Doctor Who Tardis & the dastardly Daleks will land at Plymouth Guildhall

Thousands of people are expected to visit the Plymouth Guildhall this month for Dev Con Who, a Sci-Fi & Comic Fan Event which will run over two days on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September between 11am and 5pm.

Star guests include the 6th Doctor Colin Baker (Saturday and Sunday), Sophie Aldred (...

Thirteen schools across Tavistock are holding a poetry festival to show young people that poetry is great fun and something everyone can do.

Tavistock Cooperative Learning Trust has created a week-long poetry event which will take place between 29 September and 3 October to encourage people to look at poetry and poets in a new light.

Each school will be visited by a...

Plymouth’s plans to create and attract high end jobs to the city have reached a significant step.

The Council has today announced Britcon (UK) Limited has been awarded the contract to build the exciting new business park at Langage.

The company took part in a competitive tender process and as well as constructing over 30,000 sq ft of high quality industrial accommodation at...

Hundreds of swimmers and paddlers came together in a mass celebration of the sea at the 2014 Ecover Blue Mile in Plymouth on 13-14 September.

The event, in support of the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), is part of Plymouth’s Ocean City Festival which runs from 8-28 September.

If Day 1 was all about the swimmers, then Sunday was the Day of the Paddlers, with kayak and stand...

At about 4am on Saturday 13th September 2014 Security officers from Plymouth University found a distressed young woman near to the Sherwell Centre, Sherwell Lane Plymouth who had been the victim of a sexual assault.

Devon and Cornwall Police are actively seeking the identity of 2 men seen walking up Sherwell Lane away towards North Road West.

They are described as follows:...

BUSINESS telecommunications firm IP Office Ltd has won a major contract to help a Plymouth health care centre further improve its customer service to patients.

The contract to provide a new telephone system for Ernesettle Primary Care Centre will allow a network of four surgeries - Ernesettle, Cumberland, Mount Gould and Trelawny - to operate independently from the main Derriford...