Scrap ‘bedroom tax’! That’s the strong message from Plymouth’s Community Development Cabinet Member as the Government’s changes to the welfare system come into force.
A motion to Full Council on Monday by Councillor Chris Penberthy, Cabinet Member for Co-operatives and Community Development, calls for support from politicians and the Council’s Chief Executive to request the Government...
Construction companies bidding for Council contracts will have to prove they do not subscribe to unlawful industry blacklists, says Council leader Tudor Evans.
Council tender documents should be changed to ensure that building firms confirm they do not use the blacklists to vet recruits in order to keep out trade union and health and safety activists.
Following the charging of two men on Tuesday (16 April) with attempted murder, a third man was today charged with the same offence at Plymouth Magistrates' Court this morning (Wednesday 17 April).
John Randolph, aged 40 and from the Whitleigh area of Plymouth was jointly charged with attempted murder of Matthew Bird in the Mutley Plain area on Saturday.
At the end of last year Plymouth University became the first university in the world to be awarded the Social Enterprise Mark in recognition of its long-standing support for the sector.
The university has achieved another world first as the first education provider to incorporate a clinical entity into a social enterprise. The new social enterprise – Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise...
Plymouth Chamber of Commerce has announced that Paul Woods, recently retired senior partner of Plymouth-based solicitors Wolferstans, will be taking on the role of the Chamber Chairman.
The announcement was made at the Chamber’s 200th Annual General Meeting, held on Wednesday 10 April 2013 at the National Marine Aquarium, where Chamber members old and new turned out for the annual...
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust have announced that Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex will formerly celebrate the opening of the Royal Eye Infirmary (REI) at Derriford Hospital next week.
The Countess, the wife of Prince Edward, will visit the REI on Tuesday 23 April to perform an unveiling ceremony for the new unit which has been operational since January.
‘What could be done to make Plymouth a fairer city?’ is the question Dame Suzi Leather, chair of the city’s new Fairness Commission, will be asking in a year-long project created with the ambition to drive out unfairness and inequality.
Dame Suzi will head up the Plymouth Fairness Commission, which launches on 17 April with its first meeting of members, and she is already making quite...
Plymouth boss John Sheridan will not want to take anything for granted yet but he could be forgiven a wry smile after his side produced a victory against the team that sacked him back in August.
Argyle's recent run of form had given them great hope that they would stave off the threat of relegation, only...
Whitleigh residents are being invited to get involved in activities to spruce up their neighbourhood.
On Monday 22 April Whitleigh is going green! Residents are invited to join Plymouth City Council's neighbourhood teams and Timebank members in a seed planting session. Representatives from the Eden Project and the Council will be giving advice on 'growing your own' and general...
