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Plymouth City Council is seeking proposals from potential partners interested in improving the city’s air quality and people’s health as part of the Department for Transport’s Clean Vehicle Technology Fund.

Up to £500,000 is available to local authorities and Plymouth City Council has recently submitted a bid to the fund for £484,921 in order to improve air quality in the city,...

Plymouth’s iconic Smeaton’s Tower will have some special activities on offer on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 August for this year’s International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW).

ILLW was established in Scotland in 1993 by the Ayr Amateur Radio Group and is held on the third full weekend of August each year. Its aim is to promote public awareness of lighthouses and lightships and...

Council leader Tudor Evans presented Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin with a map to replace the one he saw on the minister’s wall which entirely missed off Plymouth, South Devon and most of Cornwall.

The Transport Secretary was in Plymouth to talk about strategic transport issues with the city, its MPs, business representatives and the Peninsula Taskforce.

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Film fans will get the ultimate say on which movie shows as the credits roll on a major cultural spectacle coming to the South West this autumn.

It’s All About the River features a month-long programme of new commissions and popular and cult classics, which together aim to explore the historical and future connections of local and international communities with the River Tamar....