Businessman Chris Dawson, who launched the successful homeware chain The Range in Plymouth, plans to create 6,750 new jobs with 45 new stores planned across the country.
Plymouth-born Chris Dawson, 153rd on the most recent Sunday Times Rich List, began as a market trader in the city before opening his fisrt superstore at Sugar Mill Business Park in 1989, bought the retail park and...
A woman was treated by an ambulance crew after her car dropped approximately 20 feet into a garden.
The incident took place just before 3.30pm on Friday 16 August. The Fire Service received a call from an ambulance reporting the collision at Elm Road, Mannamead, Plymouth. One fire appliance from Greenbank attended.
Fire crews reported that the female driver was free and clear...
Distinctive signposts to point people in the right direction will be going up as work on the new Saltram and Plym Valley heritage trail gets underway.
Seven waymakers made by Bodmin artists Gary and Thomas Thrussell are being installed over the next couple of weeks along the new route that will link Saltram House with Plym Bridge Woods and onto Efford and Plympton.
Police in Plymouth investigating a stabbing incident are seeking to identify a potential witness.
The incident occurred at around 1pm on Monday 5 August when a Plymouth man, aged in his twenties, suffered stab wound injuries after an incident in Staddon Terrace Lane.
The victim recalls seeing a blue car being driven by a woman coming from the parking bays, just inside Staddon...
Our licensing team are doing the rounds to hear people’s thoughts on proposals to make Plymouth nights out even better.
The Council has launched a consultation on ideas to update existing licensing policies to take into account new legislation and to better manage the knock-on effects a night out can have on others.
Changes being suggested will put more responsibility on...
Stoke Library is hosting a drop-in event on Friday 30 August where people can find out how to eat well and stay healthy on a budget.
The 'Food is Fun Fayre', being run in partnership with the Healthy Living Network, will provide advice on healthy eating and healthy lifestyles, as well as promote ‘10% Clubs’ – a new ten-week healthy living programme launching in the city from September...
Food Plymouth has produced a new Good Food Map, listing Plymouth’s restaurants and other eateries serving local food with clear details about where it came from.
The new map is free of charge and can be picked up from Food Plymouth’s stand (SA11 near sundial) at Flavour Fest from Friday to Sunday this weekend (16-18 August). Alternatively free copies will be available from information...
Olympic gold medallist Tim Baillie is to appear at the Ecover Blue Mile in Plymouth in September, after a shoulder injury to his C2 canoe slalom partner Etienne Stott ruled the pair out of this year’s World Cup Series.
Tim and Etienne were competing in the qualifying rounds in the third World Cup race in Spain in July when Etienne dislocated his shoulder, bringing an early end to their...
There are more young carers in Plymouth than ever before and it is likely many more are still unknown, according to a city councillor determined to improve the support on offer for the thousands of children who look after loved ones.
Councillor Nicky Williams, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, made supporting young carers one of the Council’s top priorities last May, when...
