Plymouth

Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses after a woman in her 60s was assaulted in the street.

The incident happened on Wednesday 22 January at around 3pm in Cornwall Street, Plymouth.

The victim was walking past a cafe with a walking stick when she was approached by a woman who had been sitting outside the cafe.

An altercation took place and the victim was...

A pilot scheme designed to ensure that our most vulnerable residents receive high quality care from the top down is being launched.

Plymouth City Council, in partnership with NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group and Plymouth Community Health Care, is launching its leadership programme, which will initially be piloted in 15 care homes before being rolled across the city. It will be...

A golf day, organised by the friends and family of the late Mark Sayers, raised £550 for the Oncology Department at Derriford Hospital.

The golf day was held on Sunday 25 August 2013 at the 9-hole course at Sparkwell, in memory of Mark, who lost his three-year battle with throat cancer in May 2013.

More than 30 golfers took part in the morning. The fundraising continued into...

The UK’s smallest businesses could get up to £2000 to spend on professional business advice from an ACCA Accountant (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) under a government initiative delivered by small business network Enterprise Nation.

The Growth Voucher project, which is being jointly run with the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Cabinet Office and...

The UK economy has had its fastest growth since 2007,with UK GDP growing by 1.9% of in 2013 according to a report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

GDP used as the primary measure of a country’s economic growth, grew by 0.7% in the last quarter of 2013, down slightly on the 0.8% growth seen in the third quarter.

While growth is at the highest it has been for...

Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses to a road rage incident on Tuesday 21 January.

At around 9.15am a small, black hatchback stopped near a red Transit van at the mini roundabout leading to Vauxhall Street and Bretonside.

The driver of the black car got out and became verbally abusive to the van driver, kicked the van repeatedly and threw something at it before...

Forecasters are warning that further heavy rain is due to hit Devon at 9pm tonight (Monday 27 January) and remain until late on Tuesday (28 January).

The Met Office warns that frequent showers, some heavy, will bring a further 10-15 mm of rainwater into the region with the risk of up to 40 mm of rain on some areas of high ground.

The rain brings the risk of even further...

Full Council have agreed to reduce the minimum amount all working age residents in Plymouth are required to pay towards their Council Tax from 25 to 20 per cent.

This will be implemented from April 2014, a year after the Council Tax Support scheme was introduced following the Government’s welfare reform announcements.

Addressing a reduction in Government funding for benefits of...

A team of talented sailors from Plymouth University will be taking on some of the world’s most experienced crews during a 16-day stage race across the Arabian Gulf.

The students will be taking part in Sailing Arabia – The Tour 2014, which will see them travelling in the region of 800 nautical miles over the space of 16 days.

It is the second time the team has taken on the...

Whitleigh residents are invited to St Chads Church, Whitleigh Green this Saturday (1 February) where they can get involved in lots of fun activities at the Every Penny Counts event.

Back by popular demand the Plymouth City Council’s Neighbourhood Regeneration Team and Plymouth Community Homes are running the second Every Penny Counts following the success of the first event held last...