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.
Plymouth City Council has announced that Crownhill Library will be closed for essential maintenance from Monday 14 October to Friday 18 October 2013. It will reopen on Saturday 19 October at 9am.
The Council has apologised for any inconvenience and confirmed that all other libraries will be open as usual.
A dispersal order for Plymouth city centre and the waterfront area has been approved this week by Plymouth City Council.
The dispersal order is designed to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour during events including Bonfire Night, the Christmas lights switch-on and festive late night shopping. The dispersal order will include the city centre, the waterfront, Union Street, North Hill...
Plymouth is set to host a roadshow event as part of the Government's Regional Growth Fund, which re-opens to bidders today (Friday 11 October).
The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced a new round of bidding, calling on businesses across the country to bid for a share of the £300 million cash pot.
To help south west bidders on their applications, a road show and...
Plymouth has been rolling out the welcome mat to the man who is the national voice of local government.
The Chairman of the Local Government Association, Sir Merrick Cockell is in the city on Friday (11 October) to hear about the Council’s ambitious plans for the city and how it is taking a co-operative approach to transforming services.
Deliveries of salt are arriving in Plymouth every day this week to fill the salt barn at Prince Rock depot in preparation for winter.
By the end of Friday, the Plymouth Transport and Highways salt barn will be stocked with 1,100 tonnes of salt to treat the city’s roads when cold weather hits over the coming months. Additional deliveries will be made as required through the winter....
Plymouth is a hot spot for developers with the city coming second only to Birmingham for the proportion of major applications processed on time.
Latest figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government show that of over 200 major applications considered by Plymouth’s Planning Committee from June 2011 to June this year, 79.1...
