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Plymouth City Council has served a Compulsory Purchase Order on a house that has been a derelict eyesore for years.

The Secretary of State has approved the Council’s application for a CPO on the house in Widey Lane which has been subject to vandalism and anti-social behaviour. The site was where the Council launched its Plan for Empty Homes last year.

It is hoped that the...

A £7.5billion investment designed to transform rail travel in the South West will be the subject of a public discussion at Plymouth University.

Mark Hopwood, Managing Director of the recently rebranded Great Western Railway (GWR), will be explaining why the company has looked to the past as it aims to build a brighter future for train passengers.

He will also be outlining a...

Leading charity Action for Children and The World of Eric Carle™ are encouraging children’s centres, nurseries and groups for under-fives in Plymouth to host a ‘Giant Wiggle’ during the week of 21-27 March to celebrate the UK’s best-selling children’s book, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar™’.

The sponsored events will bring together under-fives to form a giant caterpillar conga line and...

A Plymouth University academic will be one of the keynote speakers at a global conference examining bullying and harassment at work.

Professor Duncan Lewis is a world-renowned researcher on workplace bullying, and its connections to discrimination and ill-treatment.

He has been invited to give one of the two keynote addresses at the 10th International Conference on Workplace...