News on Plymouth

A woman worker at a children's nursery charged with sexual assault and making and distributing indecent images of children will appear in court Thursday. Police charged Vanessa George, 39, a mother of two, after closing down the Little Ted's nursery in Plymouth which caters to about 60 children. Police said the nursery would remain closed while their investigation was ongoing, describing the situation as "significant and disturbing." George is in custody and will appear at Plymouth Magistrates' Court. "It's safe to say we believe some of the ...

A woman worker at a children's nursery was charged on Wednesday with sexual assault and making and distributing indecent images of children, police said. Police charged Vanessa George, 39, a mother of two, after closing down the Little Ted's nursery in Plymouth which caters to about 60 children. Police said the nursery would remain closed while their investigation was ongoing, describing the situation as "significant and disturbing." "It's safe to say we believe some of the images were taken in the nursery," said Russ Middleton, head of ...

Japanese electronics giant Toshiba said Friday it was cutting 270 jobs in Britain to move production to Poland. The firm said it was stopping the production of flat-screen televisions at its factory in Plymouth, southwest England. Just 50 support staff will remain at the plant, whose closure brings down the curtain on 28 years of television set manufacturing in the city. Andy Bass, managing director of Toshiba Information Systems in Britain, said that centralisation of production made sense in the face of "unprecedented economic pressures." He said: "We deeply regret ...