Plymouth’s ice rink is set to shut permanently, it has been confirmed. The rink is part of the Plymouth Pavilions venue, which hosts sport, leisure and entertainment in the city centre. CEO Sarah Phillips said there were a number of reasons for the decision, including “the energy crisis, rising costs and economic headwinds”. The ice rink is due to close on 1 January 2023 with three staff members...
The man who gunned down seven people, killing five, in a rampage in Plymouth is being lionised by an online “incel” community, with some ironically venerating him as a “saint” and celebrating the attack as an aid to their recruitment drive. Jake Davison, 22, killed his mother, Maxine, 51, after a row before going on to fatally shoot four others and then himself in August last year. Before his...
Jake Davison, the Plymouth attacker, expressed misogynistic and homophobic views and portrayed himself as a man in despair who raged against his mother and his failure to find a girlfriend. In what the 22-year-old described as an “unscripted rant” posted just over two weeks ago, he said “for the most part it’s just been me against the world”. He also shared hate-filled views on Reddit forums used...
Plymouth’s waterfront and port could play a “leading role” in the city’s plans to level up, the city’s council has said. Plymouth is pitching for £19.9m of investment under the government’s Levelling Up Fund to unlock a £43.5m package of transformational infrastructure projects. Three key projects are being put forward to drive change by making the most of the opportunities made available through...
Plymouth’s waterfront and port could play a “leading role” in the city’s plans to level up, the city’s council has said. Plymouth is pitching for £19.9m of investment under the government’s Levelling Up Fund to unlock a £43.5m package of transformational infrastructure projects. Three key projects are being put forward to drive change by making the most of the opportunities made available through...
Last Thursday, the UK was left horrified by the news that a gunman had shot dead six people in Plymouth. Jake Davison’s victims included his mother and a three-year-old girl, before turning the gun on himself. The massacre was the deadliest mass shooting in Britain in over 10 years. It has since transpired that Davison had previously recorded videos on social media which saw him call his mother...