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Plymouth enterprise programme receives £1.4m funding

A programme designed to encourage more Plymouth people to start us their own business' has secured funding of almost one-point-four million pounds.

It means the free Urban Enterprise programme can run for another two years, giving people practical advice on how to write business plans, pitch ideas, and use marketing successfully.

The project has helped 158 new businesses get off the ground in the past three years.

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Missing man in Plymouth

Christopher Pearce is a rough sleeper and is often seen around the city centre Credit: Devon & Cornwall Police

Police are appealing for help from the public in finding a missing man from the Plymouth area. Officers have been actively seeking for 56-year-old Christopher Pearce since around 4am today. Christopher is a rough sleeper in the area and known to frequent the city centre as well as other areas.

Police have carried out checks, including searches of the Hoe foreshore, Jennycliff and surrounding areas but have not been able to locate him.

Christopher is described as a white male around 5’ 8” tall, of slim build with thinning light brown hair. He is thought to be clean-shaven with blue eyes and speaks with a local accent. Anyone with any information is asked to call police on 101 quoting police ref. 62 of 13 May.

Plymouth park rapist jailed for eight years

Bubacarr Suwaneh Credit: Devon and Cornwall Police

Bubacarr Suwaneh has been jailed to eight years imprisonment for raping a teenage girl in Central Park in Plymouth, three times.

The Jury at Plymouth Crown Court was told the 36 year old attacked the young woman and threatened to kill her if she made a noise in the early hours.

Suwaneh has been placed on the Sex Offenders' Register indefinitely.

Plymouth park rapist jailed

Bubacarr Suwaneh has been jailed to eight years imprisonment for raping a teenage girl in Central Park in Plymouth, three times.

The Jury at Plymouth Crown Court was told the 36 year old attacked the young woman and threatened to kill her if she made a noise in the early hours.

Suwaneh has been placed on the Sex Offenders' Register indefinitely

Plymouth school gives free breakfast to exam students

Year 6 pupils take the SAT tests in core school subjects.
Year 6 pupils take the SAT tests in core school subjects. Credit: David Davies/PA Wire

Primary School children will take their SATS exams this week, but last year a fifth of children sat one or more of their exams hungry.

In response to the figures Ford Primary School in Plymouth is providing free breakfasts for those taking the tests.

The exams for year 6 pupils cover the three core subjects, English, Maths and Science, with results going towards the school's placing in national League Tables.

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Plymouth diver Tom Daley has elbow injury

Tom Daley with the gold medal he won last month in the Diving World Series in Edinburgh Credit: Chris Clark/PA Wire

Olympic medallist Tom Daley has been forced to pull out of a Grand Prix diving event in Florida because of an elbow injury.

The blow comes as the 18-year-old, who's from Plymouth, prepares to take part in two World Series events in Mexico next week. He'll be assessed before they begin.

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