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Community buildings and land acquisition plans drawn up

Guidelines which will help the Council put control of buildings and land into the hands of local communities have been drawn up.

Plymouth is setting out how its co-operative values can be spread throughout the community by encouraging groups or organisations to acquire Council-owned buildings under a community asset transfer. Enabling local people and community groups to have greater...

How would you create your own eco community?

ZEDprojects have secured seven acres of land near Dartmoor for the UK’s first ‘Zero Bills’ authentic eco-community (for more information, visit www.bickleigh-eco-village.com ).

Bickleigh Down Eco Village will be a new zero energy village and exemplar sustainable community, which will act as a pilot project showing best practice for the future growth of the South West.

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Missing Plymouth man is found safe and well

A 56-year-old man who was reported missing in the early hours of Monday morning (13 May) has been found safe and well.

Police had been concerned for the welfare of Christopher Pearce from Plymouth, a rough sleeper who is known to frequent the city centre as well as other areas. Initial checks and searches had failed to discover his whereabouts.

Mr Pearce was located in the...

Fire at Western Greyhound

It wont have escaped your attention that Western Greyhound suffered a massive setback to their business in the early hours of yesterday morning with a large fire at the main Summercourt base which has destroyed 37 buses – a third of the whole fleet.

At 0105 this morning Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service received a call to a fire in a bus depot. On arrival crews found there to be 9 buses...

Police appeal for help to locate man missing from the Plymouth area

Update 14 May: Christopher was found safe and well in the local area late last night.

Reported 13 May 2013: Police are appealing for help from the public in finding a missing man from the Plymouth area.

Police have concerns for the welfare of Christopher Pearce, 56, and have been actively seeking him since around 4am this morning (Monday 13 May 2013).

Christopher is a...

Plymouth bids to transform city centre and waterfront cycling links

Plymouth is bidding for Government funding to provide improved cycling and walking links through the city centre and along its spectacular waterfront.

As one of the cities applying for a ‘City Deal’, Plymouth has been given the opportunity to bid for a share of up to £30 million being made available through the Department for Transport’s Cycle City Ambition Grant. The grant scheme...

Thousands take the Sky Ride in Plymouth

Nearly three thousand people took to their bikes to enjoy the first big Sky Ride event of 2013 in Plymouth on Sunday (12 May).

A sea of florescent bibs could be seen at Central Park today as thousands got on their bikes to enjoy Plymouth's second Sky Ride city event.

Joining professional Team Sky cyclist Jonathan Tiernan-Locke cyclists of all ages and abilities took part in the...

Elderly man rescued after living room fire in Cullompton

An elderly man has been rescued from a property in Shortlands Road, Cullompton early this morning (Sunday 12 May) after a fire in his living room.

Fire and Rescue services report that three fire engines from Cullompton, Exeter Middlemoor and Tiverton were dispatched after a call was received from a neighbour describing alarms sounding and a smell of smoke. The neighbour stated she...

South West announces first renewable energy manifesto

Regen SW has today written to all MPs in the South West, inviting them to pledge to develop a world-leading renewable energy industry - employing 34,000 people by the end of the decade. The pledge is at the heart of the South West Renewable Energy Manifesto, which sets out eight key commitments to put sustainable energy at the heart of our economic future.

The Manifesto is supported by...

Ten Tors teams finish amid tough conditions

The first teams began crossing the finishing line in this year's Ten Tors challenge on Sunday morning (12 May) with the last arriving some three quarters of an hour beyond the usual finish time of 5pm.

The first to finish was a team from Queen Elizabeth's Hospital School in Bristol at appoximately 9.40am.

Weather conditions with rain and restricted visibility prevailing, were...

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