Plymouth

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) are investigating whether the discharging of a Taser gun by a police officer led to the death of 32-year-old Andrew Pimlott who sustained serious burn injuries.

The IPCC has confirmed that Mr Pimlott died in Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, on 23 April following the incident in a rear garden in Honicknowle in Plymouth.

The IPCC who...

Recruit a night time economy manager and increase specialist services to support dependent drinkers are some of the recommendations being made for the city's draft Alcohol Strategy.

A Task and Finish Group has been reviewing the draft strategy and will present the recommendations at the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board on Wednesday 8 May 2013. The strategy aims to promote...

Wagamama, the Japanese-inspired restaurant, is opening the doors to its highly anticipated new branch at the Plymouth Royal William Yard development on 28 April. The restaurant will feature a bar serving cocktails and will be part of the multi-million pound new Brewhouse building development on the site of the former Royal Naval complex. The restaurant is also creating 35 new jobs for the...

Wherever I go, people ask me whether I am enjoying being the Police and Crime Commissioner. I always tell them that enjoying is probably the wrong word. Relishing? Yes! Challenged? Definitely! Enjoying? I suspect that will only come when the impact of decisions I make is really felt, and Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is even safer than it already is.

I’m lucky to be PCC for...

A former patient from Torrington Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) has presented staff with a generous donation of £3,000 and thanked the staff for their care.

Sid Pascoe was admitted to Derriford Hospital for a triple bypass in December 2009 following an electrocardiogram (ECG).

The money was raised last year from a number of charity events held at Lostwithiel Golf Club while...

A fire on board the nuclear submarine, HMS Torbay, led to an evacuation of workers today (Thursday 25 April) in Devonport dockyard.

The fire is reported to have started when safety blankets caught alight as welding maintenance work was being undertaken on board the submarine.

The Royal Navy has confirmed that the fire was small and was quickly extinguished.

No one was...

April 2013 sees the launch of the newly-commissioned Independent Health Complaints Advocacy service, a free, independent advocacy service that helps individuals to make a complaint about any aspect of their NHS care or treatment. This includes treatment in a private hospital or care home that is funded by the NHS.

SEAP (Support Empower Advocate Promote) has been delivering the former...

A woman in her 60s was robbed of her purse outside Plympton Library yesterday.

Detectives are keen to hear from any witnesses to the street robbery that took place on the Ridgeway in Plympton yesterday – Wednesday 24 April – at around 5.10pm.

The woman was near to the entrance of Plympton library when a young man approached her, pushed her, then grabbed the purse that she was...

Information and advice to help young people in Plymouth make the move from services for children to adult services was the focus of an event for families yesterday.

The ‘Transitions’ event took place in the Upper Guildhall on Tuesday 23 April from 9.30am until midday and included a wealth of exhibitions and information stands, staffed by professionals in children and adult...

Plymouth’s iconic landmark Smeaton’s Tower will become a beacon for culture on Tuesday 30 April.

The tower will be lit up by the Council that evening to mark the deadline for the bid for UK City of Culture 2017.

Council Leader Tudor Evans said: “We wanted to do something symbolic to mark the handing in of the bid. Smeaton’s Tower is such a well-known landmark it only seemed...