Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Plymouth

From city centre to riverside idyll, the massacre of our sylvan treasures has to stop

Arguments in favour of roads always win, but we have reached a point where the crisis in nature can’t be ignored

The Guardian - UK

Tory who had 110 trees chopped down in middle of night 'lives on tree-lined street'

Plymouth City Council leader Richard Bingley signed an executive order to fell the trees on a street half a mile from his home despite objections from local residents

Daily Mirror

Romello McCook: investigator to face hearing over case of student hit by train

Parents of 22-year-old killed in Plymouth say police did not pursue case thoroughly because of his race

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Give mature trees same protection as heritage buildings, say campaigners

Destruction of more than 100 trees in Plymouth highlights weakness of protections, says Woodland Trust

The Guardian - UK

Court injunction stops city centre tree felling branded 'environmental devastation'

A council said trees were cut down at night for public safety reasons but campaigners called it 'shocking, upsetting and utterly indefensible'

Wales Online

'Despicable' council chops down 110 trees under cover of darkness

Plymouth city council's twilight felling of 110 trees has been described as 'despicable vandalism' by wildlife presenter Chris Packham

The Telegraph

Chris Packham hits out at council 'vandalism' as more than 100 trees are chopped down

The trees were felled in Plymouth, Devon after the go-ahead was given hours earlier by the city council - but contractors were later forced to stop after an injunction was issued

Daily Mirror

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

‘A disgrace’: more than 100 trees cut down in Plymouth despite local opposition

Scores of trees destroyed in hours on Tuesday despite petition signed by 16,000 people

The Guardian - UK

Tungsten West appoints new CEO to secure ‘pivotal’ Devon mine funds

The AIM-listed company is looking to restart production of tin and the rare metal tungsten at the Hemerdon mine near Plymouth

Birmingham Post

Coroner calls for ‘root and branch’ reform of gun laws after Keyham tragedy

Ian Arrow, the senior coroner for Plymouth, said the 50-year-old Firearms Act was at ‘odds with public safety’.

The Independent UK

Britain’s firearms laws ‘need root and branch reform’, Plymouth shooting coroner says

Coroner says current laws are ‘at odds with public safety’, after incel gunman Jake Davidson was allowed to keep his shotgun despite previous violent attacks

The Independent UK

Dame Darcey Bussell to become new chair of the board at Theatre Royal Plymouth

The announcement of her appointment, effective from April 1, coincides with International Women’s Day.

The Independent UK

Scots tourist found dead by friends in Plymouth Airbnb while on holiday

Kirsty Kindness, 40, who lived in Annan, was found dead by friends at the premises in the south-west of England where she was also planning to visit Torquay.

Daily Record

Seven-year-old boy crushed to death between two vehicles in freak car park accident

Alfie Tollett had just watched his brother play in a rugby match at his local club and was putting his shoes back on when he got wedged between two cars.

Daily Record

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Winner: Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism 2023 – En Liang Khong on Tanoa Sasraku

This year’s winning entry explores the work of the Plymouth-born artist who delves into the hillsides of the west country and beyond

Daily Mirror

Plymouth has been named one of the world's 'most underrated' holiday destinations

Time Out has selected 14 destinations across the world which having amazing food, culture and experiences on offer, but are not visited as often as other bigger hitting destinations

Daily Mirror

Manchester bomber's preacher friend Mansour Al-Anezi was on MI5 radar for 10 years

Salman Abedi's Muslim preacher friend Mansour Al-Anezi was investigated by the security services before a failed suicide bombing in Exeter in 2008

The Guardian - UK

UK shooting lobby to fight demands to tighten shotgun ownership rules

Powerful pro-gun groups plan to lobby ministers as calls mount to raise ownership barriers after Plymouth killings

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

TUI charges NHS worker £327 to change maiden name on booking after passport mix-up

Sharon Tucker, from Plymouth, booked a holiday to Turkey with TUI, only to realise she would fall foul of post-Brexit travel document rules if she didn't get a new one

Birmingham Post

Devon defence jobs secured after British Army vehicle contract win

Combat vehicle manufacturer Supacat and engineering giant Babcock have struck a deal to make potentially hundreds of light armoured transporters at the firms' sites in Dunkeswell and Plymouth

Daily Mirror

Killer Plymouth gunman's family plea 'for action, not words' to prevent future atrocities

Apprentice crane operator Jake Davison, 22, used his legally held pump action shotgun to carry out one of the worst gun massacres in Britain for more than a decade

Evening Standard

Britain’s gun laws could be tightened after Plymouth shooting - but what are they?

Firearms laws could be changed in the UK to make sure shootings can never happen again.

Daily Mirror

'Terrifying' warning guns are in wrong hands as MP tells of constituent in hiding

The government is under pressure to tighten gun laws after the conclusion of an inquest into the killings in Keyham, Plymouth, by evil Jake Davison, as Labour MP Rachael Maskell said a woman in her constituency has been forced into hiding

The Guardian - UK

Plymouth shooter’s sister and brother criticise failure to toughen gun laws

Government under pressure to reform licensing system, with one MP describing it as ‘a thicket’

The Independent UK

Britain’s gun laws could be tightened following ‘catastrophic’ failings that enabled Plymouth shooting

Home secretary will be ‘failing in her duty to protect the public’ if laws are not changed, families say

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Devon and Cornwall Police

Plymouth City Council

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.