The crew of one of Britain’s most powerful military machines gathered in the cavernous Devonport dry dock housing her to mark the next stage in the £560m regeneration of HMS Victorious.

The 16,000-tonne submarine – one of four which conducts nuclear deterrent patrols to safeguard the nation’s security – is now out of the water at the impressive refit complex in Devonport Naval Base.

Night buses will continue to be available in Plymouth and other locations in Devon and Cornwall on Saturday nights until the end of the year.

Following the success in the summer and Christmas of 2024, Devon & Cornwall Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner’s office are working with partners to continue running night buses across the two counties, providing seven new routes in addition to the four existing routes from last year.

An award-winning garden display featured at the Chelsea Flower Show is to be relocated in Plymouth.

It has been donated to Shekinah, the city charity based in Stonehouse Creek. The garden plan is fully sponsored by Project Giving Back, a unique grant-making initiative supporting charitable causes through gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show.

A pilot community project to create a new locally sourced fish finger for school lunches is making waves across Plymouth and beyond.

Known as the Plymouth Fish Finger, the project is making use of ‘by-catch’ fish (that which would otherwise go to waste) from local fishers, taste testing them with school children, and co-designing fish fingers, with a plan to serve them in school meals locally.

City College Plymouth honoured its exceptional students at the recent annual Student Awards.

The awards ceremony is the college’s largest celebration of the successes students have achieved over the past academic year and recognised the outstanding talent and hard work of students across all curriculum areas, with awards reflecting not only academic excellence, but also character, determination and community spirit.

Plymouth has scooped two prestigious awards recognising the city’s leadership in both environmental innovation and inclusive employment.

The prestigious Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Awards 2025, recognise the best in local government, with judges having to consider over 1,000 submissions from councils across the UK.

Police, council and housing colleagues have worked together to close down a Plymouth property and reassure residents they will not tolerate nuisance neighbours.

The local policing team for Devonport West became aware of a residential property in West Country Close in Camels Head which was generating a great deal of anti-social behaviour and having a significant impact on the local community.

Plymouth is to be the national centre for marine autonomy, the Defence Minister has announced in a keynote address at a major networking event in Devonport.

Maria Eagle, Minister of State (Defence Procurement and Industry) made the announcement that will catapult the city and its expertise into the spotlight.

Two divers who safely dealt with a Second World War bomb which brought much of Plymouth to a standstill lead Royal Navy personnel honoured by The King.

Petty Officers Craig Maddock and Paul Cartwright showed both bravery and cool heads when a wartime bomb was unearthed in Keyham in February 2024.

They have been singled out for bravery awards in Operational Honours announced jointly with His Majesty’s Birthday Honours.

Leading design consultancy, BDP, has been appointed to lead the project to transform the Civic Centre into a new campus for City College as well as creating more than 140 homes in the tower above.

While City College Plymouth has its own architects to oversee the transformation of the lower floors, BDP will be responsible for ensuring the design successfully separates the education establishment from living quarters.

Plymouth teacher Hannah Donnelly from Ernesettle Community School has been recognised with a Silver Award for Outstanding New Teacher of the Year in this year’s Pearson National Teaching Awards.

Chosen from thousands of nominees, she will now be in with the chance of winning the highly desired Gold Award, which will be announced at a prestigious awards ceremony in London and on BBC One’s The One Show later this year.

Works of art by over 250 children and young people from the South West are now on display at The Box following a competition that took place earlier this year inspired by surrealism and landscape – including two winning entries from young people from Plymouth.

‘Surreal Estates’ has been delivered in partnership between The Box and Arts University Plymouth. It connects with the ‘Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes’ exhibition which is currently at The Box (until September 7) and which features a wide range of work by some of the most influential artistic and literary figures of the 1900s.

The Royal Navy’s new-look specialist survey teams are ready to use enhanced capabilities to support the Senior Service’s global mission after completing several years of transformation.

The newly-formed Hydrographic Exploitation Group (HXG), which is based in Devonport, harnesses the latest technology, surveying waters shallow or deep, ocean or coastal, recording details of depth, seabed objects and composition.

More than 40 of Plymouth’s best and most dedicated care workers and teams have been honoured at a special awards ceremony.

The Celebrating Excellence in Care Awards is run by Plymouth City Council’s Commissioning Team and aims to shine a light on the incredible work taking place every day within the adult social care sector.

A proposal for a transformation of Plymouth’s Union Street, called 300 Homes within a Union Street Mile, has won a prestigious national prize.

The winning proposal was conceived by a team including Clifton Emery Design, Nudge Community Builders, Millfields Trust, Plymouth Energy Community and Devon and Cornwall Planning Consultants, and focused on reusing and extending vacant buildings along Union Street with affordable community housing and residents’ amenities in order to revive the area.