Plymouth

Organisations from across the Devon and Cornwall are celebrating after receiving awards from Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg’s small grants scheme.

In total, 25 groups have been awarded over £90,000 in the first round of grants.

The judging panel, which included an independent member representing Cornwall volunteer services forum, considered 171 applications and drew up...

Justin Bieber fans have come together through social media to demand a UK screening of his new film Believe, which lands in the US on Christmas day.

Now, following over 5,000 tweets and 2,000 emails, Vue Entertainment will screen it exclusively from Boxing day at all its sites including Vue Plymouth, for one week only. Tickets are available now on site and from www.myvue.com .

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Two police dogs with more than 18 years service between them will retire from the Force next month.

German shepherd ‘Asbo’ and sprocker spaniel ‘Springo’ (pictured) have both enjoyed long careers under the watchful eye of police dog handler, PC Ian Tolchard, based at Camborne.

Asbo, a nine-year-old general purpose police dog, joined the Force in 2005 and has been highly...

Independent schools could be held to a higher standard of education by regulator Ofsted from next September onwards.

In new plans unveiled today ‘good’ will become the only acceptable standard for independent schools inspected by Ofsted.

Currently, the Ofsted framework for schools has the judgements, outstanding, good, adequate and inadequate. This consultation now seeks views...

House prices in the South West are set to rise again as demand continues to exceed supply, surveyors have forecasted.

According to new figures released today by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) house prices in the South West will increase by a further 7% over the next year.

Rental costs are also set to rise by a further 2% which will carry over into the cost of...

Drake Circus is looking forward to a bright Christmas as it confirms that the region’s leading shopping destination is now fully let in December with quality retailers like Whittards of Chelsea, The Entertainer, Old Guys Rule and Fat Face adding to a great festive shopping experience.

The Plymouth shopping centre, already known for high quality retails brands like Marks & Spencer...

Developed by Plymouth City Council and its highways contractor Amey in partnership with First Great Western and Network Rail, the scheme aims to better connect the train station with the city centre and has been part-funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) and Sustrans, the national walking and cycling charity.

Improvements include new footways between North Road East and the...

Devon County Council has agreed the proposed schedule of schemes to increase walking and cycling on Dartmoor.

The “Granite and Gears” project, led by the County Council and Dartmoor National Park, was awarded £4.4 million fundingfrom The Department for Transport's (DfT) Cycling Ambition fund in August.

The project is also supported with an additional £3 million from Local...

Council leader Tudor Evans will be handed the keys to the historic Devonport Market Hall in a deal to restore the landmark and create a fantastic future as a high tech ‘play market’.

Plymouth City Council, the Devonport based regeneration agency, Real Ideas Organisation (RIO) and Plymouth University have joined forces in a pioneering project that will put digital gaming into the...

The number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) in Devon has risen for the first time since February 2013, with figures increasing by 66 claimants over the past month. Claimants in Devon have gone up from 6,513 in October to 6,579 in November meaning a 1% increase from last month.

The news comes the same day as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) report reveals that the...