Plymouth

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man attempted to drag a teenage girl into a lane in Plymouth.

The incident happened on Tuesday 9 July between 9.30pm and 9.45pm on Honicknowle Lane.

A 16-year-old girl was approached by a man just after the A38 flyover bridge at Parkway, near Burrington Way.

It is believed that the man had just got out of a taxi at the bus...

Happy couples can now get expert wedding arrangements in Plymouth Guildhall as part of the new partnership between the Council and Emotive Events.

The Guildhall has been licenced as a wedding venue for four years but up until now, brides and grooms have had to be a dab hand at organising.

Now Emotive Events has teamed up with the Council to will help take the hassle and strain...

Businesses in Plymouth and the west country peninsula will benefit from £4 million funding awarded to the Plymouth City Deal partnership.

A Regional Growth Fund bid from Plymouth University, backed by other Plymouth City Deal partners including Plymouth City Council, the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP and the Plymouth...

The Treasury, a café, bar and restaurant on Royal Parade in Plymouth, is celebrating ten years of business this July. From the ‘Betamax’ birthday party on the Friday 19th July and throughout the rest of July and August, The Treasury will be offering people the chance to discover, or rediscover, a bar which has been central to Plymouth’s cultural scene over the last ten years. Or as they put it...

A pedestrian has been killed after being hit by a Nissan van on the A38 near the Lee Mill Industrial Estate.

The 47-year-old man was from Smithaleigh in Devon. The collision occurred at about 10.30pm on Sunday 14 July 2013 on the eastbound carriageway.

A 57-year-old man from Bristol has been arrested by Avon and Somerset Police on suspicion of causing death by driving without...

As part of National Transplant Week, Derriford Hospital's transplant team will be handing out 2,000 bracelets today (Saturday 13 July) at Frankfort Gate, Plymouth with the aim of creating a viral message to encourage people to proactively sign the organ donor register.

Led by former transplant patients and staff from the South West Transplant Centre, based at Derriford Hospital in...

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery opens a brand new exhibition called ‘Nancy: The Life and Times of Lady Astor’ on Saturday 13 July.

The exhibition tells the story of Viscountess Nancy Astor - MP for Plymouth Sutton from 1919 to 1944, Lady Mayoress of Plymouth from 1939 to 1944 and the first woman ever to take a seat in the House of Commons.

It features a number of items...

Three men were rescued by helicopter from a clifftop above Bovisand Bay, Plymstock late last night after getting stuck trying to climb from the beach to the car park.

Two appliances from Greenbank and Plymstock were mobilised with the Specialist Rescue Team from Camelshead to reports of people trapped on a ledge.

On arrival, crews discovered three males stuck on the cliff in...

Party in the Park, Beach Rangers and the annual music festival are just some of the events coming up in the summer calendar for Barne Barton.

Plymouth City Council is working with the Barne Barton Partnership to coordinate a full activity programme for children, young people and families.

The Party in the Park will be held on 23 July from 11am to 3.30pm at the Red Brick Field,...

A 25-year-old man has been bailed until 19 September 2013 pending further police investigation following an armed police operation on Laira Bridge Road on Wednesday night (10 July).

Police say a 23-year-old man has been released with no further action being taken.

Armed police mounted the operation in response to reports that two men were carrying weapons.

A police...