Plymouth diving duo, Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow have won bronze in the FINA/MIDEA world series event in Guadalajara in Mexico.
The pair followed their recent bronze in the grand prix in Fort Lauderdale with another third place in the 10m synchro, holding off pressure from the Canadian duo in a tightly fought competition.
Outland Road has reopened this morning after the early completion of sewerage works.
Outland Road closed on 8 April for six weeks to both inbound and outbound traffic between Peverell Park Road and the Esso filling station. It reopens today (Saturday 18 May), two days ahead of schedule.
The scheme involved digging down 15 feet through hard rock to reach and renew old sewers...
A by-election will be held in the Southway ward on Thursday 27 June.
The election is to fill the vacancy left by Tom Browne, who represented the Southway ward from 2006 until the end of April this year when he resigned as a councillor.
Plymouth Moor View Labour Party has already selected Johnny Morris as their candidate. Other parties are expected to confirm their...
HMS Monmouth, known as 'The Black Duke', has returned home to HM Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth after seven months at sea.
The occasion was marked by a Royal Marines band who joined hundreds of friends and families on the jetty to welcome the sailors home for what Commander Gordon Ruddock called "some well-deserved leave".
Since October, HMS Monmouth has patrolled 53,000 miles...
Families living in and around Rothesay Gardens will be clambering over piles of logs as they road test their new look play area.
The area has been given a wooden makeover and massive logs are now getting a new lease of life as monkey bars, see-saw, a climbing log tangle as well as toddler swings.
Youngsters at Shakespeare Primary and Brooke Green Centre for Learning helped...
The former Leader of Plymouth City Council, Councillor Vivian Pengelly will be elected as Lord Mayor in a ceremony at the Guildhall today (Friday 17 May).
Cllr Pengelly was until recently the leader of the Conservative group in opposition to the Labour controlled Council. She led the Council under the previous Conservative administration between 2007 and 2012.
Plymouth City Council will be proudly flying a rainbow flag on Friday 17 May to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) .
The rainbow is part of the IDAHO symbol and the flag will be hoisted above the Guildhall.
IDAHO Day is now recognised by more than 100 countries around the world. LGBT and human rights organisations and celebrities are using the...
After a brief respite from the severe rain and wind earlier in the week, the Met Office is forecasting more heavy showers for Friday across Devon and Cornwall.
The Met Office have issued a yellow warning of rain and says that conditions "could lead to localised flooding and standing water on roads", though it also says "some locations are likely to miss the showers completely"....
Plymouth City Council Trading Standards Service is warning people to be wary of rogues who rip people off by offering to fix computer problems that do not exist.
One city pensioner paid nearly £1,400 to someone claiming to be from Microsoft who offered to renew his licence as well as carry out repairs. The scam is being highlighted as part of Scams Awareness Month which is a joint...
More than 70 volunteers from seven different churches and six other faith and belief traditions have now been trained to be able to respond in the event of a major emergency in Devon, Plymouth or Torbay.
The Devon Faiths Response Team (DFRT) recently held a further training workshop at County Hall, Exeter at which participants heard from South Devon Coroner Ian Arrow and trauma...
