The Latest Breaking News from Plymouth

'Beautiful' young mum tragically died by suicide after the death of her friend

Jade Wilcott's family, from Plymouth, are campaigning for more awareness around mental health and say the mum was failed after losing her best friend and asking for help

Daily Mirror · Aug 23, 2022

Man dies at harbour after firework competition with 'multiple people seen in distress'

A man in his 70s has died at Sutton Harbour in Plymouth after police received reports of people in distress in the water soon after the British Firework Championship display

Daily Mirror · Aug 18, 2022

Man in his 70s dies after being pulled from water in Sutton Harbour

Members of the public helped get the man out of the water and gave him CPR

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022

Stagecoach horror crash had underage operator with JUST 25 hours of driving experience

Kameron Allan lost control of the vehicle on a narrow country road injuring 37 people before he was convicted in July 2021 of a single offence of careless driving

Daily Mirror · Aug 11, 2022

Plymouth shooting: Victim’s family ‘still struggling to come to terms with’ murder on eve of anniversary

Stephen Washington, 59, was one of five people shot dead by Jake Davison on 12 August last year in the Devon city

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2022

Family speak of loss as first anniversary of Plymouth shootings approaches

Stephen Washington, 59, was one of five people shot dead by Jake Davison on August 12 last year in the Devon city.

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022

Some Native Americans say this Pilgrim site is failing as a bi-cultural museum

Members of Massachusetts's Wampanoag community say the people running the Patuxet living history site have done little to ingratiate themselves with tribes.

WEKU · Aug 10, 2022

‘I feel bad when it’s gone wrong’: Meet the Cheshire weatherman behind Harry Potter and Game of Thrones

Over the last 20 years, hundreds of Hollywood producers have asked Richard Wild to forecast the weather they want for filming. Tom Murray speaks to the unassuming meteorologist about full moons, peril in Plymouth and his blockbuster credits

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022

Native Americans urge boycott of 'tone deaf' Pilgrim museum

Native Americans in Massachusetts are calling for a boycott of a popular living history museum featuring Colonial reenactors portraying life in Plymouth, the famous English settlement founded by the Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022

Plymouth bids for £20m investment to transform port and waterfront

The city council is hoping to secure cash from the government's Levelling Up Fund

Birmingham Post · Aug 9, 2022