The Prince’s Trust has teamed up with event organiser Councillor Chaz Singh to reach out to the community, to show the support it can offer the 6,700 unemployed young people in Plymouth to get them back into work, education or training, on Saturday 19 April.
A group of 10 young people and Elder Tree members, a local over 50s befriending service, who took part in a Truth About Youth...
Families have been leaving permanent footprints to follow as part of some lovely improvements being made to Kinterbury Creek.
Parents and toddlers from TamarFolk Children’s Centre have had their footsteps cast in concrete as unique markers to the site of the new look playground for the creek at Barne Barton.
New equipment is to be installed at the play area including swings,...
A Plymouth Councillor is calling for local MPs to support further changes to the law that would improve safety and quality in homes in the private rented sector.
The Government has recently consulted on potential changes to legislation with proposals that: tackle landlords that evict their tenants in response to a request for repairs; require landlords to repay rent they have let a...
A senior Plymouth scientist is to play a role in a new business which is developing a new, 10-minute test which could indicate to a doctor if a patient requires an antibiotic and, if so, which one.
The formation of Spectromics is the result of three years of research by Professor Roy Goodacre of the Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry at The University of Manchester,...
Plymouth's waste collection vehicles now have cameras installed as part of the Council's ongoing programme to improve its waste and recycling service.
Four-way cameras have been fitted to the vehicles following a 12-month trial and are designed to protect the drivers and the Council from bogus insurance claims. During the trial, the number of accidents and damage to vehicles dropped...
Dressing down was the order of the day when the directors of a Devon care provider showed their support for Onesie Wednesday.
Modus Care’s Managing Director Steve Lawson and Deborah Stevenson, Director of Human Resources answered the National Autistic Society’s call for people to say ‘it’s alright to be different’ on World Autism Day by wearing onesies to work and raising funds for NAS...
Some of Plymouth’s roadside verges will be changing this month to prepare for some ‘V.I.Bee’ guests in a pioneering project.
The Council is thought to be the first local authority to create bee verges – which are specifically designed to appeal to pollinators such as bees, butterflies and hoverflies.
The highway havens will have low-growing wildflower meadow plants such as red...
A team of healthcare professionals from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, whose work has helped to reduce hospital admissions, visits to our emergency department and significantly improve standards of asthma care, has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.
The team, based in the Chest Clinic at Derriford Hospital, have been shortlisted down to the final five in the Respiratory...
It may be more than two months away but Plymouth City Council is already busy preparing for Lord Mayor’s Day and its events team wants to hear from anyone interested in taking part.
This year’s theme will be ‘The Amalgamation of the Three Towns’, marking the centenary of Devonport, Plymouth and Stonehouse joining to form Plymouth as it is known today. Anyone can get involved, from...
