The Met Office has issued another yellow warning for the South West as the forecast for the next few days continues to bring rain and the risk of localised flooding to the region.
The Met Office said: "Further heavy showers are likely through the rest of Tuesday and particularly overnight into Wednesday, when organised bands of heavy showers and thunderstorms will move northeastwards,...
GPs in Plymouth can now issue ‘Books on Prescription’ to help improve the health of people in the city.
Plymouth City Council’s Library Service is launching the Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme on Friday 25 October at Central Library from 11am to 2pm. The scheme gives local health professionals a core booklist covering common conditions such as anxiety, depression, phobias,...
Over 100 premises over Freshers’ Week to make sure the new influx of students in Plymouth had fun safely.
A joint operation involving the Council's Public Protection Service, Devon and Cornwall Police and Devon and Somerset Fire Rescue Service checked out how staff and owners managed their premises during this busy period.
Freshers’ Week – which now covers two weeks – sees a...
Housebuilding in the South West is continuing to rebound with chartered surveyors across the region reporting growth, says the latest RICS construction market survey.
During the third quarter of the year, the region’s surveyors reported rises in privately-funded housing projects. Furthermore, on a national level, this is the first time that every part of the country has reported growth...
A submarine worker has died in an accident while on duty at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth.
The emergency services were called shortly before 1pm on Monday 21 October, after they received reports that a man had become trapped on a cherry picker vehicle.
In a statement, operating company Babcock Marine confirmed that the man had died while "carrying out maintenance work on a...
British Heart Foundation (BHF) shops are delighted to announce that 489 bags of goods were donated to their Great British Bag-athon event held at Drake Circus. The donated items will now go on to be sold in local BHF shops and could generate up to £9,780 to help fund life-saving research.
The Great British Bag-athon is BHF shops' biggest stock donation appeal, aiming to raise 1...
Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses following an assault in the city on Saturday (19 October).
The victim, a 39-year-old local man, was threatened and assaulted in the incident at Kinnard Crescent in Southway in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Four suspects - three males and one female all described as being between 18 and 25-years-old - made off down the cut-...
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of rain today. Heavy rain is likely to affect Plymouth and parts of South West England this morning accompanied by strong southerly winds.
The public are being warned that there may be a risk of localised surface water flooding, more especially in urban areas and affecting roads around the rush hour.
Essential gas mains work is to be carried out in Mutley Plain, Plymouth, by gas distribution company Wales and West Utilities (WWU).
The work will begin on Monday 21 October on the footpath of Mutley Plain at the junction with Alexandra Road and continue along the street in three consecutive sections to the junction with Moor View Terrace. The project will take up to three weeks to...
Police have launched a joint investigation with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the death of a 22-year-old Slovakian man who was killed following an industrial incident at the Interfish factory at Wallsend Industrial Estate in Plymouth.
The man was working in the freezer area shortly after 7pm on Friday 18 October 2013 when he was struck by a falling pallet and sustained...
