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Grants awarded to local Plymouth groups to promote diversity

Tea dances, African drumming, and a music and storytelling festival are among the events that have taken place as organisations in Plymouth have been awarded small grants to promote inclusion and diversity in the city.

Plymouth City Council has been working with Plymouth Drake Foundation to provide small grants of up to £2,000 to organisations in the city who promote inclusion and...

Newport County 1 Plymouth Argyle 3: Match report

Luke McCormick celebrated his 300th Pilgrimage by leading Argyle to victory in South Wales on a day when the spotlight unexpectedly shone more on his former understudy.

County substitute goalkeeper James Bittner, who made one start in his Home Park career served as back-up to McCormick, was thrust into the action after Newport No. 1 Joe Day was sent off for fouling Jordan Slew seven...

Plymouth taxi drivers pass the test

100 per cent of Plymouth’s private hire drivers who were stopped in a recent test purchase operation passed.

Over the past month two test purchase operations have been carried out and of the 19 private hire drivers approached no unauthorised journeys were accepted.

The taxi licensing team undertake regular test purchase operations to find out whether private hire drivers hold...

Change on Bath Street part of regeneration plans

A key building on Bath Street is being demolished as part of the Council’s ambition to regenerate the area around Millbay.

Work to tear down the former Kier Construction office got underway this week ahead of a major redevelopment planned for the location.

The construction company has moved out of its offices and is now in Plumer House, Crownhill, after outgrowing the building...

SW construction market slowing post EU vote

The majority of UK construction sectors are experiencing a slowdown in growth, as Brexit uncertainty continues to cause concern, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Market Survey.

While 26% more chartered surveyors reported that construction workloads in the UK had risen, rather than fallen this quarter, this is a significant slowdown on...

Promotion for neuro tumour scientist

Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD) has promoted Dr Sylwia Ammoun to the post of Senior Research Fellow.

Dr Ammoun specialises in tumours of the nervous system, especially those which affect children and young adults, and she is part of the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence at PUPSMD.

Her area of work encompasses Merlin-deficient...

Community to get update on Oceansgate

Local people and businesses around Devonport are being invited to hear about latest plans for Oceansgate.

A community briefing session will take place on Tuesday 25 October at Devonport Library on Chapel Street which aims to give people who live or work near the site a progress report.

The first phase of the development has recently been given planning permission with the work...

Second chance to see iconic Shrouds of the Somme

THE iconic installation commemorating soldiers who fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, which captivated millions when it was displayed in Exeter, is to be shown again.

After hundreds of requests to extend the exhibition, organisers are bringing the breathtaking display to the grounds of Bristol Cathedral where it will be on show from 11 to the 18 November this year,...

SW firms celebrate CECA Training Awards success

The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) South West has recognised the exceptional performance and dedication of trainee civil engineers, apprentices and lifetime achievers at a special ceremony in Torquay.

South West Highways Commercial Director, Glynn Bramwell, originally from Birtley near Newcastle, won the Outstanding Contribution to Industry award for over 50 years of...

Expansion for popular SW hospital

A popular hospital which just 18 months ago was threatened with closure, has turned its situation around to such an extent that it is developing a third operating theatre and an endoscopy suite.

Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre opened in Plymouth in April 2005 and treats NHS patients only – it is part of the choice offered to local NHS patients by their GPs when treatment is needed. It...

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