Plymouth

Sun shines on Freedom Community Festival

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...

'Step Up 4 Respect' coffee morning helps to raise money and awareness

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...

£50m redevelopment plans for Higher Home Park and Central Park submitted

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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Tony Hogg backs 'Dreamscheme' project for young people

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....

Brewin Dolphin issues interim financial report

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...

Healthcare standards body's report strongly critical of Plymouth care home

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...

Hospital offers free tasting of samples from its new menu

To mark the introduction of a new menu, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust will be offering free menu samples to visitors, staff and the public in the main entrance to Derriford Hospital on level 6 on Monday 3 June 2013.

The existing patient menu has evolved over the last three years, with small changes made as a result of feedback from patients, matrons and housekeeping staff as well as...

Building evacuated after Barbican restaurant fire

A fire in a restaurant in the Barbican area of the city in the early hours of this morning led to the evacuation of a four storey building.

Two fire appliances from Greenbank station, one from Plymstock and the aerial ladder platform from Crownhill attended after calls were received reporting the incident at Rockys Steakhouse and Grill on Southside Street.

The domestic flats...

CCTV images released following city pub assault

Police in Plymouth have issued CCTV images of a suspect following an incident in a pub which resulted in two men being assaulted.

The incident occurred at around 11.15pm on Sunday 5th May in the Mannamead pub on Mutley Plain, Plymouth.

Following an altercation one victim - a man aged 60 years - was punched to the head and kicked whilst on the floor. He received cuts to his...

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