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Extra support for domestic abuse victims in Plymouth

More help and support is being announced for victims of domestic abuse in Plymouth.

Plymouth City Council has awarded two contracts for victim support, recovery and prevention services to Sanctuary Supported Living.

The services will support victims of domestic abuse by providing:

* Qualified Independent Domestic Violence Advisors * Support for victims going through the...

Local women arrested over alleged festival ticket sale fraud

Two women from Tavistock have been arrested after an investigation by Devon and Cornwall Police into the alleged fraudulent sale of tickets for Tomorrowland 2013, an electronic musi festival in Belgium.

Police say that the women, aged 50 and 21, have been arrested on suspicion of fraud by misrepresentation and are currently on police bail until February 2014.

The festival,...

Marine species battle it out for a place on Darwin's Beagle

Five species will be vying for the public vote in a family event designed to promote increased awareness of the plight facing marine wildlife.

The Beagle Debate, organised by Plymouth University’s Marine Institute, will see five internationally renowned experts championing a species close to their hearts.

At the end of what is expected to be a lively debate, the audience will...

The search begins in Plymouth for Britain's Top Tradesman 2013

Tradesmen and women across Plymouth, the time has come once again to down tools and enter this year’s search for Britain’s Top Tradesman (BTT).

Screwfix, which has a store in Plymouth, is launching its annual competition to find the best in the field where the winner receives a brand new Toyota Proace van, worth up to £27,000, and also be awarded the title of the nation’s No1...

Plymouth council leaders green light landmark city plans

A meeting of Plymouth City Council's cabinet on Tuesday (3 September) has seen the approval of a number of landmark development projects which will bring a high profile transformation of 'Britain's Ocean City' over the next few years.

The cabinet gave the green light for free wi-fi for the city centre and waterfront areas, a critical land deal in the £50m redevelopment of Home Park, a...

Plymouth's free wi-fi plans supported by retail chief's high street review

Plymouth City Council is ahead of the majority of local authorities in launching a strategy to support the city centre’s high street retailers according to a report released by former Wickes chief executive Bill Grimsey.

Plymouth has already begun plans to implement a free wi-fi system for use on the high street, one of the key recommendations of the report published today.

The...

Dog walker attacked in Plymouth

Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses after a dog walker was attacked in the Manadon area of the city.

Between 2.45am and 3.15am on Sunday 1 September 1 2013, the male victim was walking with his German Shepherd dog on St Peter’s road near the junction of Vanguard Close when a blue, Jaguar estate taxi pulled up alongside him.

The lone driver of the taxi, a man, shouted...

Police appeal following gang assault on three teenagers in the city

Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses after two teenagers were attacked in the Southway Drive area of the city on Saturday (31 August).

At around 9.30pm, three teenage males aged between 17 and 18 years were walking from Frontfield Crescent to Southway Drive when two of them were shouted at and attacked by a large group of ten to 12 people aged between 17 and 20 years....

Plymouth's youngsters go back to new schools and "new opportunities"

New term means new schools and new opportunities for hundreds of young people in Plymouth.

Around £30 million worth of Council funding has helped create new facilities in the city's schools and academies.

The new term brings new facilities for:

  • University Technical College in Devonport
  • Marine Academy Plymouth in St Budeaux
  • All Saints Academy
  • ...

It's game on for children in Barne Barton

Barne Barton is getting a new football pitch. Plymouth City Council says it is working co-operatively with the local community to support the new junior football league teams and create the pitch at Estuary Way.

Goal posts are being installed on the previously inaccessible land and a pitch is being marked out.

The Barne Barton Partnership’s Green Space Forum that includes the...

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