Plymouth

Romantics in the city are being invited to text their Valentine messages on Friday 14 February to appear on Plymouth's Big Screen on the Piazza.

Anyone interested in declaring their love on the Big Screen needs to text 80011 and start their message with Plymouth by 5pm on Friday 14 February.

If you are planning to propose this Friday and need a specific time for your message to...

Labour leader Ed Miliband visited Exeter today to see the proposed site of resilience work at Cowley Bridge Junction.

The site was badly affected by floods in the winter storms of 2012/13 causing the main rail line into the South West to close for a several weeks.

Following the line closures, last year, the government promised to spend over £31 million on projects to improve...

This Valentine's Day a heartfelt invitation is going out to all Devon women urging them to enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.

Event organisers are asking all mums, grans, sisters, aunts, daughters and friends to join the formidable army of passionate women determined to take on cancer by entering a Race for Life 5k in Plymouth on 22 June.

Sam Beare, Cancer Research UK’s...

Mums and dads can now find all the information they need about the maternity services offered by Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust thanks to the launch of its revamped website.

The new website features:

• Videos – including a tour of the maternity unit, services offered in the community, homebirth and antenatal care.
• Self-referral forms for pregnancy and antenatal
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Police are investigating after the till was stolen from Whitleigh Green Chinese Takeaway in Plymouth at the weekend.

Offenders kicked in a front door panel at the premises some time between 10pm on Saturday (8 February) and 1.30pm the next day.

They escaped with a grey till which contained £50 cash.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the burglary and are asking...

Plymouth’s sports facilities could be making another appearance on the world stage with key city venues in the running for Rugby World Cup 2015 Team Bases.

A consortium of local sports partners, led by Plymouth City Council, put together a bid to be a potential Team Base before and during the tournament and organisers England 2015 has confirmed that the city has been successful in...

Partnership working between Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service, Plymouth City Council Trading Standards, and Devon and Cornwall Constabulary claimed a success today, as two doorstep rogue traders pleaded guilty to fraud and Consumer Protection offences at Taunton Crown Court.

James Doran (29) of Quedgely in Gloucester and Patrick Connors (23) of Hatfield in Hertfordshire,...

Police searching for missing 55-year-old Christopher Barrow have found the body of a man in Swimbridge.

The body, which was discovered yesterday (Wednesday) has not yet been identified, but Mr Barrow's family have been informed.

Police units were involved in extensive searches around the Barnstaple area for Mr Barrow since Tuesday afternoon.

The police helicopter and...

Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision on the A38 at Tideford.

The collision took place at around 10.25am this morning, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 and involved a Jaguar car and an HGV.

The Jaguar was travelling eastbound towards Plymouth, whilst the HGV was travelling in the opposite direction.

The driver of the Jaguar – a man in...

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has confirmed that the £31.1m promised to improve the resilience of the South West’s rail network will be found.

Ten projects to improve the rail networks resilience against flooding will be funded with the money including for work in Honiton, Cowley Bridge Junction, Crewkerne and several other areas of rail vulnerable to potential flooding.

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