Plymouth’s population is growing and the city needs thousands of homes to be built according to a key report being published on Tuesday 15 October.
The Strategic Housing Market Needs Assessment analyses changes over the last ten years and sets out predictions for population increases and the number of houses needed up to 2031.
It shows that between 2001 and 2011, there was an...
Plymouth Pavilions have announced the cancellation of Daniel O'Donnell's concert on 18 October.
In a message to customers they said: "It is with regret that we announce that this Friday’s Daniel O’Donnell concert at Plymouth Pavilions has been cancelled, along with the remainder of his UK tour.
"Unfortunately, Daniel’s Father-in-law is critical in hospital with a suspected...
Carers in Plymouth are being asked what improvements they would like to see in services that are designed to give them vital support in their daily lives.
Plymouth City Council is putting together a new strategy to help the 27,247 known carers in the city. The Carers Strategy sets out what support is already available for both young and adult carers and what the Council aims to do in...
The nation’s seventh national Get Online Week begins today (Monday 14 October) and this year people are being encouraged to get digital for the week.
Whether you want to get healthy, get connected or get a bargain, doing it the digital way by getting online could make everything quicker and easier. But there are still 7.2 million people in the UK who are offline, and a further 8.5...
Over half-term there will be free autumn activities ranging from seed gathering, Shed on Wheels to autumn art and design to get children and their families outdoors. They take place on:
• Monday 28 October 11am to 2pm Forder Valley meet at Sheeptor Road (just off Novorossiysk Road, parking available). • Tuesday 29 October 11am to 2pm, Woodland Wood, just off Ringmore Way, West Park. • Wednesday 30 October 11am to 4pm – the All Ways Apples event at Devonport Guildhall in Ker Street, a-peeling activities for everyone with apple pressing, arts and crafts workshops, cookery...
Date: Friday 25 October Time: 10.30am Place: Whitleigh Wood Event: Children will be checking out the deadwood to see what lies within as part of Plymouth’s Woodland Week
Children from St Peter’s Primary School will be checking out the deadwood in Whitleigh Woods to see what lies within as part of Plymouth’s 'Woodland Week'.
They will carry out the survey to help get a picture...
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has reported an incident involving a man on the roof of a property in Union Street in Plymouth in the early hours of Monday morning (14 October).
The Service received a call from the Police reporting an unnamed inebriated male on the roof of a property at around 3am. Two fire appliances from Greenbank, the specialist rescue team from Camels...
Plymouth-based swimming sensation Ruta Meilutyte has added more goal medals to her Olympic and World Championship titles in a World Cup event in Moscow.
The Lithuanian who is a national hero in her home country and studies at Plymouth College, won both 50m and 100m short course breaststroke titles.
The 16-year-old coached by Jon Rudd at Plymouth Leander, set a new world record...
Barne Barton is to get a new dispersal order to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.
The order for Barne Barton was requested by Devon and Cornwall Police and will cover the Halloween and Bonfire Night period. The order is the second to be applied in Plymouth in recent days alongside the one issued for the city centre and waterfront area for the same festivities and the run up to...
Police and frontline staff in Plymouth have teamed up with a local charity to help them support people with communication difficulties in the local community.
Members of the Speech and Language Therapy Department at the Dame Hannah Rogers Trust in Ivybridge are teaching Makaton to 25 police and front line staff as part of the pilot scheme.
