Plympton

Three Plympton firefighters proved popular on social media after one of their colleagues posted on the Fire Station Facebook page a photo of them in the back of a fire engine returning from a call-out. You may well have seen their photo as they are now part of Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Services recruitment campaign for on-call firefighters throughout Devon and Somerset.

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Police are appealing for witnesses after a physically disabled woman was sexually assaulted and punched in Plympton.

The 28-year-old Plympton woman was in her wheelchair on the Ridgeway around 3pm on Monday 25 September when she was grabbed from behind by a man.

The man touched her inappropriately several times while trying to grab her bag. He then punched her in the face....

The musical Bugsy Malone comes to Plympton Academy this week.

More than 40 performing arts students are taking part and have been busy rehearsing for months. More students and teachers will be helping out backstage with the set and lighting. “It’s very exciting,” said Drama teacher, Chelsi Ludlow. “Everyone is working really hard to make this a fantastic production.” Set in 1929 New...

Bugsy Malone is coming to the stage at Plympton Academy. The production runs from Wednesday March 22 to Saturday March 25. Tickets are available at main reception and cost £6 for adults and £4 for children. The show starts at 7pm.

A Valentine day themed cake sale at Plympton Academy has raised more than £70 for charity.

The event was the idea of 12 year old pupil Matthew Abbott who loved the thought of raising money for Macmillan Cancer Research.

The cake sale was a team effort with Pastoral mentor, Michelle Keane, coming up with the Valentine day theme and teachers, Jim Strachan, Jo Pengelly and Sarah...

Plymouth City Council and Devon County Council strategic transport experts met last week with a group of businesses based at Langage, Plympton to update them on the ongoing and future road and infrastructure schemes around Deep Lane and Sherford and the wider Plymouth area.

The Langage Business Group, led by Matthew Bryant of Kitsons Solicitors, met at the offices of Brewin Dolphin...

The former class of 2014 A Level students returned to Plympton Academy recently to collect their A Level Certificates.

The evening, also attended by family and friends, was a great opportunity to catch up with school chums and teachers alike.

“It was good to hear the students' stories of how they are getting on at University and with apprenticeships, and that they are...

Police are appealing for witnesses to a daytime burglary in Plympton St Maurice in which valuable jewellery was taken.

Offenders forced the patio doors to get inside the property in Longcause sometime between 10.30am and 2pm on Tuesday 13 September.

They escaped with around £1,800 worth of jewellery plus a small amount of cash and tobacco.

Among the stolen items were a...

Biology students at Ridgeway School have been learning about ecology and factors that affect the distribution of organisms by collecting and studying woodlice.

They set up a classic experiment with an environment of three choices for the insects. Light and dry, moist and dark and dark and dry in one chamber.

The woodlice were placed in the light dry side and monitored every...

Ridgeway School has achieved its Crowdfunding target of £10,000 thanks to the local community.

The Crowdfunder.co.uk campaign has raised £10,250 towards the cost of installing a 3G football pitch on the school site that will provide a much needed all year round playing surface.

“This innovative approach to fundraising was a part of the Devon Football campaign and it was...