Local News

Plymouth has been named as one of the UK's first ‘social enterprise cities’.

The announcement on Tuesday (24 September 2013) was made by Social Enterprise UK, a national body which recognised the extent and quality of social enterprise business activity in the city. Bristol has also been awarded the status.

Plymouth’s Social Enterprise City status will raise the profile of the...

Plymouth’s Dial A Ride community transport service is going citywide, thanks to a unique partnership between the City Council, local charity Access Plymouth and commercial operator Plymouth Citybus .

The new service, which has been trialled successfully in the north of the city for the last 12 months, will offer elderly and disabled adults door-to-door journeys from their home to any...

A man missing from the Efford area of Plymouth has been found.

Police had grown increasingly concerned for the health and welfare of Timothy Harwood from Plymouth who had been missing since 17 September. although it was believed he had been seen at around 1.30pm on 20 September walking out of Plymouth along Embankment Road, close to Marsh Mills.

Police have not released any...

Plymouth City Council has been awarded £210,000 by English Heritage to carry out works to repair and protect a medieval wall in Stonehouse.

The wall, which forms a boundary between Stonehall Flats and the site owned by Princess Yachts, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and dates back to 1540. It used to defend the town of Stonehouse and is a rare example of medieval military architecture...