Southway Drive

Police appeal following gang assault on three teenagers in the city

Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses after two teenagers were attacked in the Southway Drive area of the city on Saturday (31 August).

At around 9.30pm, three teenage males aged between 17 and 18 years were walking from Frontfield Crescent to Southway Drive when two of them were shouted at and attacked by a large group of ten to 12 people aged between 17 and 20 years....

Fire in disused paper factory believed to have been started deliberately

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue suspect that a fire in a disused paper factory was started deliberately.

Two appliances from Crownhill and Camels Head were mobilised to reports of a building on fire in Southway Drive, Plymouth on Sunday evening.

On arrival crews discovered smoke issuing from the building of two floors that used to be used as a paper converting factory....