UNBELIEVABLE: 6 - The Untold Story

Unexploded WWII Bomb Prompts Massive UK Evacuation

Discovering a 500kg WWII bomb in Plymouth triggers a large-scale evacuation for safe disposal, coordinated by the Ministry of Defence.

Top News · Feb 23, 2024

Plymouth bomb: device to be detonated tonight or tomorrow, say police – as it happened

Second world war bomb now in the water by Plymouth after its removal from a garden

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2024

Plymouth residents return home as WW2 bomb removed and taken out to sea after one of biggest evacuations since war

The bomb was taken by military convoy from a garden in the Keyham area to the Torpoint Ferry slipway to be disposed of at sea

Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2024

At 92, I ‘kayaked’ across the Antarctic – for a virtual-reality research project

Fred Horley is taking part in research run by the universities of Stirling and Plymouth to create digital products that help older people stay active and healthier for longer

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2023

We are moving cities – should we get a mortgage if we rent out our home?

Our monthly rental income after tax would not be enough to cover the cost in our new location fully

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2023

How a rejected Thanksgiving speech forged an Indigenous holiday tradition

Indigenous leader Mahtowin Monro speaks about how the National Day of Mourning offers a corrective to US settler myths.

Al Jazeera · Nov 23, 2023

Wilko shops to return to high street by Christmas, says new brand owner

CDS Superstores said the first two standalone Wilko ‘concept stores’ will be opened in Plymouth and Exeter.

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023

Coast to coast on Cornwall’s newest walking trail, through landscapes most tourists skip

Most visitors journey west to Cornwall’s coastal towns and villages, but a new walking route encourages people to explore inland along the border with Devon. Tom Mulvihill treks north through unsung beauty (and Plymouth)

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

Plymouth to replace felled trees that helped bring down Tory council

Exclusive: Plans to plant 202 new trees and create ‘play village’ for children in salvaged city centre scheme

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2023

The traffic lights that leave you seeing red

Letters: Darren Miles says the worst pedestrian crossing is in Plymouth, while Martin Cook recalls a set that never actually stopped the traffic

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023