A new National Rural Crime Network, endorsed by 18 of the UK’s Police and Crime Commissioners, including Devon and Cornwall’s Tony Hogg, has been set-up to help tackle rural crime more effectively in England and Wales.
A further eight Commissioners are considering joining the group which could bring the total to around two thirds of PCCs across the two countries.
Prime Minister David Cameron has given his personal assurances in Plymouth today that all options for a fast, resilient, 21st Century rail network to serve the South West would be looked at.
At a private meeting attended by Plymouth City Council's Chief Executive Tracey Lee and Chief Executive of Plymouth's Chamber of Commerce David Parlby, the Prime Minister promised a study of all...
Charismatic Steve Lamb is set to visit Plymouth, as he launches his book in River Cottage Canteen Plymouth on 13 February at 1pm.
The TV personality and smoking and curing expert will be visiting River Cottage Canteen Plymouth. He will be giving an exclusive insight into his new Smoking & Curing Handbook as well as treating the audience to a demonstration of how to smoke and cure...
Network Rail has revealed its choice for an alternative railway line to the heavily damaged Dawlish line today.
The plans come as the rail authority had consider an alternative to the current coastal line after the recent storms destroyed an 80m section of track near Dawlish.
The potential route from Okehampton to Plymouth via Tavistock through areas of Dartmoor National Park...
Plymouth City Council is inviting people to share their views on options for improving the A386 Tavistock Road from Derriford Roundabout to William Prance Road.
The Derriford Transport Scheme aims to reduce congestion, create more road capacity for the extra traffic that will be generated by proposed developments in the area and improve facilities for public transport, walking and...
New 20mph speed limits are being introduced in Ham and West Park to improve road safety and encourage more walking and cycling.
The speed limits form part of two ‘Safer and Sustainable Travel’ schemes, which aim to improve local travel in ways that benefit whole communities and make them safer and healthier places to live.
Ham and West Park are busy areas, with around 4,000...
Danger, the fragility of existence and the desire to survive; we're surrounded by these things in the relentlessness of life. How do we respond? With fear, anger and determination?
Last Man Standing is dance driven by unparalleled energy and athleticism, performed by world class dancers. A hotly anticipated new work, from rising star James Wilton. Renown for exhilirating choreography that leaves you breathless, James' work draws on martial arts, break dancing and capoiera to create raw, earthy and ground-breaking performance.
Keith James performs the songs of Leonard Cohen an acclaimed concert tour. Each song stripped back - desolate, naked and sensual.
The most enigmatic, mysterious and sub textural songwriter the English speaking world has ever known. Revered and covered by the entire music community; Leonard Cohen’s exact sense of prose, his wry humour and his courage to wrestle with the unspoken. Forgiving human frailty with the brush of each line.
His recent spectacular world tour of stadium venues has been successful beyond belief but has not, with regret, exposed the solitary inner...
"Imagine someone told you a story, a story so real, so detailed that the story became your world, and your world, no matter how small, became apart of that story. The narrative of this story has power over your life. It's future. Your future."
After a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, New Model Theatre bring their critically acclaimed show Static to the Barbican Theatre, Plymouth.
"A clever script, with a sterling performance. Phenomenal talent." - The Guardian
"New Model Theatre is a young company that already impresses." -...
Dame Laura Knight (1877 - 1970) was one of the most popular and pioneering British artists of the twentieth century.
Her artistic career took her from Cornwall to Baltimore, and from the circus to the Nuremberg Trials. She painted dancers at the Ballets Russes and gypsies at Empsom races, and was acclaimed for her work as an official war artist.
Knight used portraiture to capture contemporary life and culture, and her paintings are remarkable for their diverse range of subjects and settings.
This touring exhibition from the National Portrait Gallery, London will...
