There are just three weeks to go until the start of Plymouth’s first-ever History Festival which features a massive selection of over 100 events.
The festival will run from 1 to 31 May and aims to highlight Plymouth's unique heritage and encourage local residents and visitors to experience the city’s historic environment and buildings.
A special team of investigators will be tracking down social housing fraudsters across Devon thanks to a £200,000 grant.
A bid by a partnership of Devon local authorities and social landlords, led by Plymouth City Council, has won government funding for a two year project.
Fraudsters who rent out their social home and live elsewhere can cost the taxpayer as much as £900 million...
People living in and around Efford could become trail blazers at an event designed to give them the lowdown on all the good things happening at their local nature reserve.
Efford Marsh will be the place to be next Friday for people who want to get involved with nature around them as well as help shape the future of their area.
Metalworkers Gary and Thomas Thrussell will be a...
Plymouth City Council is to continue to host the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Panel until March 2014.
After a scheduled review of the role, it has been agreed with all the local authorities in the two counties that Plymouth will carry on hosting and administering the Panel.
The Panel was set up as part of the overhaul of policing structures in the UK.
People living in Plymouth can access a ‘Money Advice’ booklet which the Council has produced with Plymouth Community Homes to help explain changes to the benefit system.
From 1 April 2013 the Government introduces the Welfare Reform Agenda which will have an impact on approximately 20 per cent of Plymouth’s working age residents. That’s around 16,000 households.
Plymouth City Council report that a section of Outland Road will be closed for six weeks from Monday 8 April, while South West Water carries out sewer renewal works.
The scheme involves digging down 15 feet through hard rock to reach and renew old sewers buried beneath the road surface.
To enable this work to be done in the most effective and safest way possible, Outland Road...
Plymstock Library is hosting a special event on Saturday 13 April to showcase its wide range of services.
Visitors will be invited to take part in a storytime session and online workshops, meet a comedian and poet, watch a film and find out more about what the library has to offer.
The WRVS will be promoting volunteering opportunities to help older people in the community and...
Plymouth residents are being invited to a one-day sale of compost bins and water butts at discounted prices.
A range of compost bins, water butts and wormeries will be up for grabs at the event taking place on Sunday 14 April.
Plymouth City Council has teamed up with Original Organics Limited to offer compost bins and other environmentally-friendly garden features at discounted...
Splashing in water and smelling flowers is all part of a unique, interactive performance coming to Plymouth specifically designed for young people with profound disabilities. The Theatre Royal and Plymouth City Council have teamed up with Nottingham Playhouse to bring the production ‘White Peacock’ to the city – a story of Sam’s long summer break from school, and the adventures that await him...
The brand new Vital Sparks project is being ignited in Plymouth thanks to funding from Arts Council England.
Vital Sparks will be designed to inspire arts, culture and creativity in the city and act as a link between different groups involved in these activities.
A dedicated project leader will be recruited to develop an activity programme that will put creativity into the...
