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Arson investigation after car fire in pub car park

Devon and Cornwall Police are investigating after a car was deliberately set on fire in a Plymouth pub car park.

An unidentified accelerant was poured over the front of the black Seat Ibiza Cupra and the vehicle set alight. The bonnet and the front inside of the vehicle were burnt out and the windscreen destroyed.

The car was parked at the Windmill Inn at Leigham when the...

New vision of supported housing for young people

Three supported accommodation services for young people are being redesigned to improve the support being offered to 16 to 25 year olds. Plymouth City Council’s Cabinet will be asked to consider the proposals at the meeting on 12 March 2013.

Adult Social Care currently funds contracts for two supported accommodation services for young people and one for young parents, all three are...

Police appeal to public to trace prison absconder

Police are appealing for information to trace a man who has absconded from prison and may be in the Devon and Cornwall area.

John Loveridge, 28, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2011 for offences including burglary and theft. He absconded from HMP North Sea Camp in Lincolnshire on Monday 11 February. It is believed that Loveridge may be in Somerset or Devon and Cornwall and...

Confused about benefit and Council Tax changes?

Size restrictions in social housing and cuts to Council Tax Benefit will hit thousands of people in Plymouth in less than a month’s time. Plymouth City Council’s Cabinet Member for Finance stands strong against these Government cuts and urges residents to get advice at an open day in March.

From April 2013 every household will be required to pay something towards their Council Tax...

85 year old driver in A38 collision with lorry dies

The elderly driver of a car that was involved in a serious collision on the A38 in January has died in hospital.

Devon and Cornwall Police report that the man has been named as Albert Roach aged 85.

The accident took place at approximately 1.50pm on 9th January on the A38 at Manadon on the eastbound carriageway. The collision involved a red Rover 420 driven by Mr.Roach from...

Developers debate Plymouth's future blueprint

Builders, developers, architects and businessmen from across Plymouth and the South West will be working on a different kind of blueprint at an event to plan the future of the city and change it for the better.

The event at the Council House on Tuesday 5 March has been organised by the Plymouth Branch of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Plymouth City Council, and...

British Council International Award for all city schools

A colourful collection of international dance, art, music and literature is being brought together at the Guildhall by schools across the city to celebrate a national first for Plymouth.

The British Council International School Award event will be the first of its kind in the country in recognition of Plymouth being the only local authority in UK to have all its schools achieve a...

34 year old café rape suspect released on police bail

Devon and Cornwall Police have confirmed that the 34 year old man arrested yesterday after an alleged rape in the toilets of a Plymouth café, has been released on police bail until 4 June 2013 while police carry out further enquiries.

At around 8am yesterday, Thursday 28th February, a woman in her early twenties, reported being raped in the toilets of Goodbodies Café on Mutley Plain...

Rise in first choice of secondary school places

The number of young people being accepted into their first choice of secondary school has increased this year, as thousands of primary pupils in Plymouth will today learn which school they will be going to this September.

Plymouth City Council confirmed that 95.36 per cent of young people received their first choice of school, 3.62 per cent their second and 0.77 per cent their third...

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