Minister of State for Schools, David Laws MP, has written to eight Plymouth schools to congratulate them on the improvement in the key stage two results of their disadvantaged pupils.
The schools who have received letters are:
• Beechwood Primary School • College Road Primary School • Ernesettle Community School • Prince Rock Primary School • Pilgrim Primary School • Plympton...
Devon and Cornwall Police are reminding people that domestic abuse can happen to anyone and although Valentine’s Day is associated with love and romance, for some, it can prove a traumatic time of year.
The Force is running its ‘Is This Love?’ campaign which aims to raise awareness of the different aspects of abuse – emotional, financial, physical, and sexual.
Award winning regeneration company Urban Splash is set to acquire Plymouth’s Civic Centre, following its successful transformation of the City’s Royal William Yard.
In a deal agreed this week, Plymouth City Council will sell the freehold of the Plymouth’s iconic Civic Centre to Urban Splash.
Urban Splash is well placed to undertake the redevelopment; to date it has received 24...
Small businesses across the South West are being advised to prepare themselves for pensions auto-enrolment says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). Figures show that there are 513,000 companies across the region that are classed as being a small or medium sized business.
The government reaffirmed their commitment to auto-enrolment (AE) in the June 2010 budget....
Vital local services are being protected as the Government cuts more than £18 million of funding for Plymouth residents next year.
The Cabinet has agreed to recommend a draft budget for 2015/16 that invests £192.5m in delivering more than 350 day to day local services and protecting and expanding work to provide jobs, create affordable homes and keep the city’s streets clean and safe...
More properties are coming on to the South West housing market, and stamp duty reform is continuing to provide a boost to sales volumes, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.
In the South West, 28% more chartered surveyors have seen a rise in new instructions in January and 24% more respondents have reported a rise in new buyer enquiries. Price momentum, whilst...
A wealth of opportunities to get active is available at the touch of a button, with a new website launched by Devon County Council Public Health.
Get Active Devon provides a range of activities, from exercise classes to sports clubs; from learning a new skill to developing an existing one, all at the touch of a button. The website offers the chance to search for an activity based on...
Thousands of items of counterfeit “Frozen” merchandise, including dolls and costumes, have been seized in Barnstaple and Ilfracombe by Devon and Somerset Trading Standards service.
Investigations are continuing, but the authorities have issued a warning , alerting people to the potential dangers.
“We are concerned that children could be playing with these potentially dangerous...
A special guest was the first to pull a pint at the newly refurbished Tamar on Moorshead Road recently.
Britain’s Got Talent finalist, Michael Collings, was invited to open the new-look Tamar on Monday 2nd February, following its £463,000 transformation into a Flaming Grill pub restaurant with a focus on providing great value steaks and grills.
