Despite the warm weather, Plymouth City Council is looking ahead to the colder months with the launch of a new volunteer snow warden scheme in the city.
Following several severe winters, many communities around the country are setting up volunteer snow warden schemes to help local people during icy or snowy weather.
The Council’s highways contractor Amey will pilot one of these...
Some of the city’s most historic sites will be marking Heritage Open Days this coming weekend.
Heritage Open Days (12 to 15 September) celebrate England’s historic architecture and culture by offering free access to places that normally charge for admission or special events in venues that are already free. The annual event is funded by English Heritage and involves thousands of...
Builders, tradesmen and women, contractors, designers, homeowners and developers are all being invited to the city’s first free trade exhibition to help get Plymouth building.
The Plymouth and Cornwall Building Control Partnership is hosting its first event on Tuesday 24 September which aims to help professionals from the construction industry get up-to-date with the latest changes to...
A 24-year-old Plymouth man is still missing after last being seen on Wednesday 31 July 2013.
Police have been growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of Daniel Farrier, who is currently of no fixed abode, but may still be in the Plymouth area.
He also has links with Truro, Launceston and Delobole.
Mr Farrier is described as 5ft 7ins tall, with a slim build and...
Students are today (Monday 9 September) taking their first steps through the doors of a new state-of-the-art engineering and advanced manufacturing college in Plymouth – and beginning their journey towards becoming the engineers and scientists of the future.
University Technical College Plymouth, the brand new £8 million cutting-edge teaching institution in Devonport, aims to nurture...
Grants of up to £5,900 are up for grabs by communities to tackle crime in their neighbourhoods.
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall has given £59,000 to Plymouth’s Community Safety Partnership (CSP) to reduce crime, anti-social behaviour and substance misuse. The CSP has decided to divide the funding and offer it to the ten neighbourhoods that have the highest...
Children from a special school in Plymouth will help to decorate a banger of a car that sets off soon on a 1,500 mile rally.
The children from Cann Bridge School will leave an impression of their hands in brightly coloured paint and write their names on the 17-year-old vehicle, in the hope their personal touch will help bring its drivers, Lee Grant and Lauren Haywood, some luck....
Plymouth jeweller Nicola Hurst is marking the seventh anniversary of her gallery and workshop in the city by creating seven bespoke pendants for local charity Jeremiah’s Journey.
Nicola spent several days during September crafting the silver pendants, which are based on the hot air balloon featured in the Jeremiah’s Journey story. Each of the seven hand-made pendants contains a...
After an unbeatable year for women's cycling in the UK in 2012, British Cycling is on the hunt for the next generation of Breeze champions in Plymouth to help inspire more women in the region to get on their bikes and have fun by offering a free British Cycling accredited training course.
British Cycling's Breeze network is the biggest programme ever to get more women into riding bikes...
Tinside Lido in Plymouth is to remain open* a week later than normal, closing now on 15 September following an incredibly successful season.
This decision has been taken by the leisure operators, Everyone Active, after a season where demand for the outdoor pool has almost doubled and because the forecast for the Plymouth area for the next week looks favourable.
