Local News

Kelechi Nnoaham will be joining Plymouth City Council at the beginning of next month as the new Director of Public Health.

He will take over from Stephen Horsley, who has been the interim Director of Public Health since the departure of Deb Lapthorne to Public Health England last year.

Kelechi will join the Council from Bristol City Council where he currently holds the position...

A 15ft great white shark named Lydia is on course to arrive in South West waters later this week, according to scientists tracking her via satellite tag.

Lydia, already the first recorded example of her species to cross the Atlantic, is now less than 1,000 miles from UK shores, and if she keeps to her current course and speed may arrive at the Cornish coast within a few days.

...

Free training workshops are now available for Plymouth businesses that sell age restricted products and services.

The Council’s Public Protection Service is offering training to proprietors of corner shops, sunbed salons, newsagents, supermarkets, off-licences, public houses, amusement arcades and tattoo parlours – anyone who needs practical tips on how to prevent underage sales and to...

Councillors at Plymouth City Council are recognising the efforts residents and businesses are making as more waste is reused, recycled and composted.

Despite an increase in households the amount of household waste currently collected in the city has fallen by 2.39 per cent compared with last year, suggesting that residents are being greener. That’s a decrease of 2,200 tonnes of rubbish...