The Devon Winter Ability Games took place at the Plymouth Life Centre on the 24th January and has been hailed as a great success.
Over 400 young people with disabilities from 30 schools across Devon attended the event taking part in a range of events including football, table cricket and tennis. There were also taster sessions in Archery, Boccia and Tri Golf.
A rare, warm water Kemp’s Ridley turtle has washed up on Woolacombe Beach, North Devon.
The small dead turtle was reported to the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) on Tuesday 28 January.
Just 30cm in length, the creature is not the first Kemp’s ridley to be washed up along the UK coastline this winter. According to Dr Peter Richardson, MCS Biodiversity Programme Manager: "Two...
Do you love your local library? Then spread the word – it could earn you a Nexus 7 tablet or a £50 Amazon voucher!
Plymouth City Council is marking National Libraries Day (Saturday 8 February) with a special prize draw for existing members who get their friends to join.
Just take a friend along to any Plymouth library between 1 and 15 February, get them to sign up for a card...
A new project is being launched to develop innovative smartphone technology that will enable young people in Plymouth and the South West to make better use of public transport.
The 18-month Knowledge Transfer Partnership brings together Plymouth City Council, Plymouth University and two of the city’s leading technology businesses – South West Public Transport Information Ltd (SWPTI),...
Early Met Office statistics for January 2014 show that the southeast and central southern England region has already had its wettest January in records going back to 1910, with three days still to go.
A large area of southern England from East Devon to Kent and inland across parts of the midlands has already seen twice the average rainfall for the month.
Plymouth police are appealing for witnesses after the theft of a lorry loaded with £30,000 worth of copper cable.
The articulated lorry carrying 20 tonnes of copper cable was taken from Langdons Transport yard in Roborough, Plymouth, around 11.30pm on Saturday 18 January.
The lorry (pictured) is shown on CCTV travelling along Tavistock Road and into the George Junction Park...
Plymouth’s Mayflower Marina has been named as the British Coastal Marina of the Year at the recent London Boat Show. These were the first marina awards for leading trade association for marinas, The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA).
Mayflower Marina is an independent marina, owned and operated by Sailport PLC. It has berthing for around 400 boats, boatyard services and an extensive...
Plymouth has been selected as one of seven UK cities to join Cities of Service – a government-backed initiative to work with volunteers on city challenges.
Cities of Service is run by Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, and backed by the Cabinet Office. It is the first time it has been run in the UK and is built on the successful Cities of Service model developed by ex-Mayor of New...
New reforms, banning Bailiffs and Councils from ‘heavy-handed behaviour’ when collecting debts, will come into force next April.
The reforms will prevent bailiffs from entering people’s homes at night or when only children are present as well as how and when they can take property.
Last month national charity Citizens Advice accused some councils of allowing bailiffs to get...
