A number of Plymouth's schools will be closed (scroll down for an alphabetical list) on Thursday 17 October due to industrial action by the two largest teaching unions, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and NASUWT, over pay, pensions and conditions.
The NUT wil be holding a rally in Home Park from 11am.
The strike action relates to a dispute with the Government over...
Plymouth City Council has chosen Plymouth Guild to lead a funding bid for a new social enterprise run by older people for older people.
The bid which is worth up to £6 million over six years is being submitted to the Big Lottery Fund’s Fulfilling Lives: Ageing Better programme. It funds community-led projects that enable older people who are most at risk of social isolation and...
Labour’s Luke Pollard, parliamentary candidate for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, has called on the Government to give greater protection to shop workers in Plymouth who are threatened with violence
Last year 4% of retail staff across the country were attacked at work and 34% were threatened with violence. Shop workers in Plymouth also reported violence and threats of violence...
Plymouth's Twofour Group, one of the UK’s leading independent media groups, will be merged with Welsh production company Boom Pictures in what they are describing as "a transformative deal which sees the creation of a major new Nations and Regions player in independent media production."
The merger sees Twofour Group’s global business – comprising Twofour Broadcast, Twofour Rights and...
CrossCountry launches student competition to find travel savvy bloggers
Parents in Plymouth are regularly funding their children’s travel home from university and are willing to pay over the odds to help broaden their horizons.
Over the course of a year Plymouth parents say they spend more than £500 broadening their child’s horizons with more than half (58%) splashing out on...
Fire crews have rescued a man from a fire in a second floor bedroom after receiving reports of fire alarms from the building.
Two appliances from Camels Head were mobilised in the early hours of Wednesday morning (16 October) following a report to the Fire Service Control Room of fire alarms activating in Devonport Road in the Stoke area of Plymouth.
Plymouth City Council’s cabinet have agreed to move forward with setting–up a business to share ICT services with four other public sector organisations.
Set to save in the region of £27 million over 10 years the company, called DELT, will consolidate services, make better use of ICT and improve service delivery for customers. Plymouth is expected to see £12 million of these savings...
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...
