Plymouth

Fire crews rescue man from bedsit fire

Fire crews have rescued a man from a fire in a second floor bedroom after receiving reports of fire alarms from the building.

Two appliances from Camels Head were mobilised in the early hours of Wednesday morning (16 October) following a report to the Fire Service Control Room of fire alarms activating in Devonport Road in the Stoke area of Plymouth.

On arrival at the scene...

Plymouth leads the way with business plan to share ICT services

Plymouth City Council’s cabinet have agreed to move forward with setting–up a business to share ICT services with four other public sector organisations.

Set to save in the region of £27 million over 10 years the company, called DELT, will consolidate services, make better use of ICT and improve service delivery for customers. Plymouth is expected to see £12 million of these savings...

Plymouth needs more homes for growing population, says new report

Plymouth’s population is growing and the city needs thousands of homes to be built according to a key report being published on Tuesday 15 October.

The Strategic Housing Market Needs Assessment analyses changes over the last ten years and sets out predictions for population increases and the number of houses needed up to 2031.

It shows that between 2001 and 2011, there was an...

Daniel O'Donnell concert at Plymouth Pavilions cancelled

Plymouth Pavilions have announced the cancellation of Daniel O'Donnell's concert on 18 October.

In a message to customers they said: "It is with regret that we announce that this Friday’s Daniel O’Donnell concert at Plymouth Pavilions has been cancelled, along with the remainder of his UK tour.

"Unfortunately, Daniel’s Father-in-law is critical in hospital with a suspected...

Council seeks carers' views on city's support services

Carers in Plymouth are being asked what improvements they would like to see in services that are designed to give them vital support in their daily lives.

Plymouth City Council is putting together a new strategy to help the 27,247 known carers in the city. The Carers Strategy sets out what support is already available for both young and adult carers and what the Council aims to do in...

Let’s get digital for Get Online Week

The nation’s seventh national Get Online Week begins today (Monday 14 October) and this year people are being encouraged to get digital for the week.

Whether you want to get healthy, get connected or get a bargain, doing it the digital way by getting online could make everything quicker and easier. But there are still 7.2 million people in the UK who are offline, and a further 8.5...

Wild About Woods

Over half-term there will be free autumn activities ranging from seed gathering, Shed on Wheels to autumn art and design to get children and their families outdoors. They take place on:

• Monday 28 October 11am to 2pm Forder Valley meet at Sheeptor Road (just off Novorossiysk Road, parking available). • Tuesday 29 October 11am to 2pm, Woodland Wood, just off Ringmore Way, West Park. • Wednesday 30 October 11am to 4pm – the All Ways Apples event at Devonport Guildhall in Ker Street, a-peeling activities for everyone with apple pressing, arts and crafts workshops, cookery...

Plymouth pupils to go wild in the woods to support biodiversity study

Date: Friday 25 October Time: 10.30am Place: Whitleigh Wood Event: Children will be checking out the deadwood to see what lies within as part of Plymouth’s Woodland Week

Children from St Peter’s Primary School will be checking out the deadwood in Whitleigh Woods to see what lies within as part of Plymouth’s 'Woodland Week'.

They will carry out the survey to help get a picture...

Fire crews rescue "inebriated" man from roof

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has reported an incident involving a man on the roof of a property in Union Street in Plymouth in the early hours of Monday morning (14 October).

The Service received a call from the Police reporting an unnamed inebriated male on the roof of a property at around 3am. Two fire appliances from Greenbank, the specialist rescue team from Camels...

More gold for Ruta as Plymouth's swimming star breaks third world record

Plymouth-based swimming sensation Ruta Meilutyte has added more goal medals to her Olympic and World Championship titles in a World Cup event in Moscow.

The Lithuanian who is a national hero in her home country and studies at Plymouth College, won both 50m and 100m short course breaststroke titles.

The 16-year-old coached by Jon Rudd at Plymouth Leander, set a new world record...

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