Plymouth

Organisations in Plymouth are coming together to help families struggling with their finances at a family advice and support day this Thursday (6 June).

The ‘Every Penny Counts’ event, which will be held at Frankfort Gate from 10am to 5pm, will provide useful information about managing finances, changes in benefit payments, debt advice, as well as training and employment opportunities...

Police are investigating an assault in a Plymouth nightclub and are asking for anyone with information, or who might know the identity of the attacker, to come forward.

Officers were called to Bang Bang nightclub in Sherwell Arcade, Mutley at around 1.30am on Saturday 25th May following reports of an assault.

The victim, a 20 year old woman, suffered facial injuries as a...

An 84-year-old man has died after a house fire in the village of Venton near Sparkwell.

The man's wife was rescued and taken to hospital. Her condition is a yet unknown.

Emergency services attended the fire late on Friday evening in the village near Plympton on Friday night.

The fire is not being treated as suspicious but investigations will continue into the cause....

Fine sunny weather is forecast for this weekend's Freedom Community Festival in Freedom Fields Park.

The Festival Weekend is the culmination of a week of community activities around the park and other venues in the city.

Open to all and free to enter, what better opportunity to bring a picnic blanket and relax in the sun with family and friends this weekend. The festival...

Over 80 people attended a coffee morning at Plymouth People First to learn more about the Plymouth Respect Festival and raise money for the ‘Step Up 4 Respect’ project.

Plymouth People First is an organisation for adults with learning disabilities and this will be the first time they will be attending the Respect Festival.

Dave Evans from Plymouth Group Support for the Fire...

The ambitious £50m development plans for Higher Home Park and Central Park have been submitted to Plymouth city planners.

Images have been released of the plans which, if approved, could transform the area into a major state-of-the-art sporting and leisure destination.

The submission, by the Akkeron Group, has been made following several weeks of public consultation.

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Devon and Cornwall's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Tony Hogg is backing the 'Dreamscheme' project which encourages youngsters to play a major part in transforming their local community.

One of the most successful examples is in the Eggbuckland area of Plymouth which had experienced significant problems with anti-social behaviour leading to the imposition of a dispersal order....

The private client investment manager and financial services provider Brewin Dolphin has delivered its Interim Financial Report for the half-year ending 31 March 2013

Brian James Head of Brewin Dolphin in Plymouth said:

“We have made good progress against our objectives in Plymouth. We detect a revival in economic confidence and see increasingly positive trading conditions...

A Plymouth residential home has been strongly criticised for the standards of its patient care and faces enforcement action after coming under the scrutiny of the health industry's regulatory body.

A report into the Southview Residential Care Home in Woodside, Lipson in Plymouth has revealed it has fallen short in all but two of the 11 standards assessed by the Care Quality Commission...