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Council targets litter louts

Plymouth City Council is stepping up the fight to keep the city clean.

From January 2018, additional enforcement officers will be patrolling the streets of Plymouth, with the aim of preventing littering, dog fouling, fly-posting and fly-tipping offences.

This work will be delivered by either an external partner or the Council’s in-house team, and a value-for-money procurement...

Adopt don’t shop this Black Friday

Staff at Dogs Trust Ilfracombe are hoping Black Friday will inspire local dog lovers to swap shopping for adopting and give one of their three black dogs a new home.

The rehoming centre currently has three black ex-racing Greyhounds looking for their forever homes and they have all got their paws crossed in the hope that this Black Friday will prove lucky for them.

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Search to find the SW top community-led built projects begins

The search to find the South West’s most inspirational and community beneficial property projects is now on, following the opening of entries for the RICS Awards 2018, South West.

The annual RICS Awards celebrate the region’s top built initiatives and developments - in land, real estate, construction and infrastructure - that provide significant value to the communities they serve....

Council takes fresh look at unauthorised encampments

Plymouth City Council is set to get tough on unauthorised encampments with a new series of initiatives.

Providing several temporary stopping places (TSPs) around the city and placing Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) on sites historically occupied by encampments are among the methods being considered to alleviate the inconvenience that UEs cause to the settled community.

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Regus comes to aid of Black Friday bargain hunters

Plymouth, 20 November, 2017—Black Friday is an important date for retailers and shoppers alike, seeing shops fill with people eager to take advantage of generous in-store discounts. The difficulty for many professionals, however, is that they are stuck in the office with no chance of nipping out to bag a bargain.

Global workspace provider Regus is coming to the rescue, offering a...

Plymouth optometrist heads to Ethiopian road race in aid of eye sight charity

A LOCAL optometrist is gearing up to take part in one of Africa’s biggest road races on 26 November to raise money for Vision Aid Overseas.

Specsavers Marsh Mills optometrist Charlotte Evans, 23, will be running 10 kilometres at an altitude of 8,000 feet above sea level alongside 40,000 international runners in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. She is taking part in the race to help...

Devonport Task Group reconvenes to fight threat to Devonport-based assault ships

A high level Plymouth task group has met to spearhead a campaign to stop threatened cuts to two Devonport-based amphibious assault ships.

The Devonport Task Group has reconvened to protect HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark from threat of being decommissioned by the Government.

There are rumours that the ships could go under a Government review of national security capabilities as part...

Plymouth Argyle 0 Oxford United 4: Match report

AFTER six games unbeaten, the Greens’ early-season blues returned as a sixth red card of the campaign sent them on their way to an Armed Services Day defeat.

Ryan Edwards was dismissed, for the second time this season, when referee Graham Horwood awarded Oxford a 14th-minute penalty that fell into the ‘soft’ category and which was converted by Ryan Ledson.

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UK’s leading zoos visit Dartmoor Zoo to develop new gold-standard guidance for health and safety

Dartmoor Zoo, the family attraction on the fringes of Dartmoor National Park – renowned for its international conservation and education programmes – has played host to representatives from the UK’s leading zoos at a special Working Group to develop new ‘gold-standard’ health and safety guidance for zoos and wildlife parks across the UK.

Under the auspices of the British and Irish...

Plymouth to remain home of the British Firework Championships until 2029

Plymouth City Council and The Event Services Association (TESA) are set to sign a contract that will see the British Firework Championships remain in Plymouth for a further 12 years.

The spectacular two-day event, which celebrated its 21st anniversary in August, has been held on Plymouth Hoe ever since it began in 1997 and attracts more than 100,000 visitors from all over the country...

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