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People will find out if they can adopt in Plymouth more quickly than ever before following this month's launch of the new national two-stage adoption process.

Plymouth City Council is ready for the change in the way adoptive parents are assessed and approved, which will shorten the process by two months from start to finish from eight to six months.

Councillor Nicky Williams,...

Imagine a fantasy jukebox that contained all the most influential, innovative, adventurous and just plain great music since the dawn of the recording era. OK, so the likes of iTunes, YouTube and Spotify have made this more of a reality than a fantasy, but setting aside their rather indiscriminating presence. What should it include?

Commencing a new series exploring some of the key...

The Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor Vivien Pengelly was present to officially open the City College's new Grow Allot project on Monday 8 July.

City College Plymouth who have described the project as "an exciting initiative", have launched Grow Allot which will restore an area of disused ground at its Kings Road site.

With funding from the Big Lottery's Local Food programme,...

Today (Thursday 11 July) Hein Scheffer, Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development (HR&OD) at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust unveiled a plaque to celebrate the opening of the new Happy Days Nursery at Derriford Business Park in Plymouth. The children of the nursery were also given access to their new high quality nursery environment that has been built and equipped with the...