The Plymouth Herald
Solar eclipse will be ‘just spectacular’
A previous solar eclipse in 2012. Here, sun spots are seen as the moon moves into a full eclipse position. Differing from a total solar eclipse, the moon in an annular eclipse appears too small to cover the sun completely, leaving a ring of fire effect...
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Tamar toll protesters march on bridge
About 200 people took part in a peaceful march across the Tamar Bridge on Saturday, in opposition to increases in toll charges, the BBC reports. The march was organised by the Tamar Toll Action Group, which is campaigning for lower tolls and long-term...
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MP Luke retains his defence role
Luke Pollard, the MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, has been reappointed by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to his role as a defence minister. He said: “Following this week’s reshuffle, I am delighted that the Prime Minister has asked me to stay...
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A summer’s feast of folk by the sea
THE countdown to Sidmouth Folk Festival 2026 has begun, heralding an irresistible extravaganza of music, song, dance and merriment that will fill the streets, venues and green spaces of the Devon seaside town running from July 31 to August...
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City student wins ‘fresh talent’ award
AN Arts University Plymouth graduate has won a prestigious gallery award which recognises new talent. Joshua Andrews was awarded the 2026 Brownston Fresh Talent Award at a recent ceremony. The Brownston Gallery in Modbury has enjoyed a longstanding...
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Fancy performing live at Drake Circus?
DRAKE Circus and The Barcode has kickstarted its summer activity with the relaunch of Barcode Live, a series of local live music acts, and the return of its popular bee-themed installation. From now until Thursday 3rd September, music fans in Plymouth...
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Residents evacuated as huge fire breaks out near Mutley Aldi
RESIDENTS were evacuated from their homes after a huge fire broke out near Mutley’s Aldi yesterday morning (July 20). Emergency services were called to the scene at around 4.45am to reports of a large property fire on Cheltenham Place, Greenbank...
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Minute’s silence held in memory of Ann
MEMBERS of the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Panel have held a minute’s silence in memory of former MP Ann Widdecombe found dead at her home on Dartmoor last week, as a murder probe continues. Cllr Chris Penberthy (Lab, St Peter and the...
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Barriers go up around Armada Way’s rill
FENCING is being put up in Plymouth’s newly regenerated Armada Way to stop people splashing about in the water. Plymouth City Council has stressed the man-made stream is ornamental and not a “play water feature” – and wants people to stay out of...
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Call for standards on behaviour after row
CALLS are being made for a national standard on councillors’ behaviour after it was decided not to investigate comments made by Plymouth City Council leader Tudor Evans. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has said it will not follow up on...
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Eight rescues in three days for lifeboat
A CASUALTY fell from a path onto a rocky area at a river and suffered suspected spinal injuries on Saturday. The incident was one of eight launches in three days involving Plymouth RNLI, which hit the milestone of 100 launches this year so far. The...
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Power of paint is turned into new city attraction
EVER felt like chucking a pot of paint around in anger and frustration? Just to get it all out of your system? Well, now you can. People looking for a creative way to let loose in Plymouth have a colourful new attraction to enjoy, with the launch of...
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Child rescued after falling into river
A 12-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after falling into a river at a Dartmoor beauty spot. The boy dived into the water at Spitchwick on Dartmoor, a popular swimming spot on the River Dart. It is understood that the road near Newbridge Hill...
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Plymouth parties as England go through to semis
AS the sun set on a blisteringly hot day, and after the excitement of the women’s singles tennis final at Wimbledon, crowds of football fans gathered in pubs and venues around Plymouth ready for the big World Cup quarter-final on Saturday night in...
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Molotovs set to explode on stage
PLYMOUTH is gearing up for a major guitar-driven music festival this weekend – starring one of the UK’s hottest new bands. Mod-punk band The Molotovs will top the bill on the second night of what is being described as the largest indoor indie rock...
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Get ready for spectacular fireworks!
PLYMOUTH Hoe will once again come alive with colour and sound this summer as the British Firework Championships return on Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 August 2026. One of the South West’s largest free events, the Championships will see six of the UK’s...
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Anne celebrates 35 years at charity
DAME Hannahs therapy support assistant, Anne Thorp, has celebrated working at the charity for 35 years. Anne started in 1991 as part-time house parent to the children before moving on to work in the physiotherapy department, where she learnt about...
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RNLI warning as temperatures climb
THE Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is urging people heading to the coast to remember and share essential water safety advice, which could save lives, as the UK and Ireland are set for more warm temperatures. With temperatures expected to...
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‘How brilliant is this’ – delight as Armada Way unveiled
THOUSANDS flocked to join in the celebrations as Plymouth City Council’s “hugely ambitious” £30 million transformation of Armada Way was officially opened - and the general consensus is that people really like it! The half a kilometre stretch of...
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Korean street food chain opens in Armada Way
KOREAN street food chain Bunsik will today open its first Devon restaurant in Plymouth’s revamped Armada Way – with giveaways aplenty. The outlet, in the unit where Crispy’s closed earlier this year, will start trading today, ahead of the official...
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Pupils head to market with their own produce
CHILDREN from four schools across Plymouth will swap their classroom for a market stall tomorrow as they sell fresh, school-grown fruit and vegetables to the public in support of a city food bank. The Young Marketeers Plymouth Market Day will take...
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Driver says mum and girl ‘misjudged lights’
A PLYMOUTH mum and her daughter were killed when they were in collision with a car as they used a pedestrian crossing, an inquest has heard. Destiny Harrison, 24, and five-year-old Linnea Harrison died as they walked across Victoria Road in...
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Girl, 12, ‘sexually assaulted’ in woods
DEVON and Cornwall Police are investigating a report of a child being sexually assaulted in a Plymouth woodland. The assault on a girl aged 12 is said to have taken place in Ham Woods around 3.45pm last Thursday. Police say enquiries to identify and...
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Fundraiser as school trip lost to heatwave
A FUNDRAISING appeal has been launched to recoup losses incurred by a Plymouth school that had to scrap its Year 6 residential trip this week because of the scorching heatwave. Pennycross Primary School is thousands of pounds out of pocket after...
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Hurry if you want to taste top burger
PLYMOUTH has the UK’s best smash burger – but, if you want to sample it, you had better hurry. The trophy-winning Charcoal Nduja Crunch burger is being served as a special at Zephyr Burgers, at Drake Circus, until tomorrow. The tasty patty was...
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Schools close early as extreme heat hits
SEVERAL secondary schools in Plymouth closed at lunchtime yesterday, as extreme temperatures saw the city swelter. Scott Medical and Healthcare College, Sir John Hunt Community Sports College and Stoke Damerel Community College all said on social...
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Humanitarian Emily celebrated a century after her death
CORNWALL-BORN humanitarian Emily Hobhouse may be revered in South Africa for her tireless and lifelong campaigns to expose the suffering of women and children in the Boer War concentration camps, but she remains little known in her own home...
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Pub owner’s heartbreak as licence is revoked
A PLYMOUTH pub’s licence has been revoked leaving the owner “heartbroken”. Plymouth councillors reviewed the licence at The Complex on Keyham Road earlier this month after a request from the police who said it was associated with “serious crime and...
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Fire-hit flats are still not safe to return to
RESIDENTS of a block of flats in the Barbican are still unable to return to their homes following a devastating fire last month. The fire at the flats in Vauxhall Street on the evening of May 28 saw a large number of emergency vehicles called to the...
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Lighthouse stars are in memory of loved ones
PLYMOUTH charity St Luke’s Hospice is offering people who have lost a loved one the chance to sponsor a star on a lighthouse sculpture as part of their new Guiding Lights trail this summer. The Turnchapel-based charity are raising money by offering...
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Athlete and fundraiser Ed is ‘overjoyed’ at King’s honour
A PLYMOUTH race walker and charity fundraiser who has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the recent King’s Birthday Honours list said he is ‘overjoyed’ to have been recognised. Dr Edmund Shillabeer, now 86, has been awarded a BEM for services to...
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Tributes to beloved dad after death at 31
TRIBUTES have been paid to a beloved Plymouth dad who died suddenly at 31 years old. Daniel Coles’ family, who described him as being “loved and liked” by everyone, are now raising money to “give him the send-off he deserves”. His sister, Keira...
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Come to the party! City gets ready to celebrate
PLYMOUTH’S Armada Way will be party central on Saturday July 4 as the fencing comes down and the long awaited £30-million regeneration officially opens. Following a short ribbon cutting ceremony at noon, the half kilometre thoroughfare, home to one of...
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Digging up the past of ancient communities
EXCAVATIONS across the Sherford development – the new town on the edge of Plymouth – have uncovered a treasure trove of archaeological gems revealing evidence of continuous human habitation stretching back thousands of years. The latest discovery is...
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John’s still rocking on ... after 5,000 gigs
TO rock fans of a certain vintage John Otway will always be loved and admired as the guy who, in a deathdefying stunt, fell off his PA stack during a chaotic performance of Cheryl’s Going Home in front of millions on national television. Otway’s...
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Rachel bringing her show to Quad
BAFTA-NOMINATED comedian, musician and writer Rachel Parris returns to the stage with The Rachel Parris Songbook a joyous new live show featuring some of her most beloved comedy songs from the past 15 years, alongside sharp new stand-up material. Her...
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Shark is spotted off city's coastline
CREW members on a marine 'safari' on a boat trip last week ended up catching a rare sighting of a Porbeagle shark. Staff who were part of the Plymouth Marine Safari boat on a four-hour sunset cruise said they spotted the large shark – a relative of...
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‘MY DAD WILL NEVER KNOW THE PERSON I’VE BECOME’
Holly Marsden set up the Marsden Therapy Hub in memory of her dad Ian, here pictured with her
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Tourism boost as heatwave continues
DEVON and the South West is still baking in the heatwave that’s sweeping the country, with record-breaking temperatures over the bank holiday weekend – and tourism businesses are celebrating. The hot weather, they say, right across the bank holiday...
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‘Immature’ teenager jailed for drug dealing
A TEENAGER caught with wraps of crack cocaine and heroin as well as a knife and a phone with links to a County Line operation, has been handed a jail sentence. Alfie Middleton-Smith, of Efford Lane, Plymouth appeared at Plymouth Crown Court after...
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Tungsten mine secures $25m ‘bridging loan’
THE company running Plymouth’s enormous tungsten mine has secured a US$25m bridging loan and aims to have the project completely up and running by early next year - and is already taking on new staff. Tungsten West Plc has secured the short-term loan...
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Charity motorbike ride hits major milestone
TWO Plymouth pals have reached the half-way point on an epic motorcycle ride to raise cash for the city’s beloved St Luke’s Hospice. Sean Holland and Ben Goodman have made it to John O’Groats, in Scotland, raising funds for the Turnchapel charity...
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MP ACCUSES BBC OF ‘CENSORSHIP’ AS REFORM REPORT IS PULLED
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP Luke Pollard, right, has written to the BBC Director General claiming that a decision to pull a programme reporting on Reform UK’s Ben Rowe, far right, is ‘censorship’ – which the BBC has denied
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‘Shocking’ litter haul at city beauty spot
SHOCKED litter pickers have collected bagfulls of used wet wipes and sanitary products strewn across the tide line at one of Plymouth’s beauty spots noted for its environmental value. In the space of 100 yards the Plympton Litter Pickers filled three...
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Thousands take part in running festival
THOUSANDS of participants took to the streets of Plymouth yesterday as Britain’s Ocean City Running Festival once again delivered Devon’s biggest day of running. More than 10,000 participants lined up on the iconic Hoe Promenade to take part in the...
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Ex-city Tory now a Reform leader
FORMER leader of Plymouth City Council Richard Bingley, the man at the centre of the tree felling scandal, has been chosen by Reform UK to lead Thurrock Council after he was elected last week. Reform UK won a landslide victory in the Essex borough...
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Arts and crafts on display at festival
GRADUATES from Arts University Plymouth will be showing off their diverse skills at a Devon craft festival next month. From delicate metalwork and experimental glassware to tactile fabrics and jewellery, students from AUP are part of Craft Festival...
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Radio station closes after cyber-attack
A PLYMOUTH community radio station has closed just days after making an urgent appeal for cash following a devastating cyber-attack. Stephen Anniss, a founder and director of Ocean City Radio CIC, took to social media to announce the closure and blame...
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Former ‘most expensive’ cruise ship visits
A £128m cruise ship that was the most expensive in the world when it was built and named by the late Princess Diana stopped off in Plymouth again at the weekend. The immense Artania called in Britain’s Ocean City almost just seven months after its...
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City’s 1926-ers enjoy special preview for Sir David’s 100th
TWO Plymouth centenarians were the first to view the premiere of a pioneering 360° film marking the birthday of naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, who turned 100 yesterday. The fellow ‘1926-ers’ enjoyed a special preview of the film...
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City bank staff help to bust major fraud
AN investment fraud worth more than half a million pounds was discovered thanks to quick-thinking staff at a Plymouth bank. The UK-wide scam left a trail of victims – often the elderly – transferring sums of money to purchase what they believed were...
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Joy as ex-headteacher shortlisted for award
A FORMER Plymouth headteacher has been shortlisted for the National Lifetime Achievement Award in the prestigious Pearson National Teaching Awards 2026. Martin Brook, who finished his last term recently as headteacher at Lipson Co-operative Academy,...
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Murder investigation after ‘assault’ report
POLICE have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man in his 20s at a Plymouth property on Monday night. Emergency services were called at approximately 8.20pm to reports of a serious assault of a man at a property on Embankment...
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