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Michael Caines to open beach bar and restaurant in Exmouth

Michael Caines has unveiled plans to open Mickeys Beach Bar and Restaurant alongside Sylvain Peltier and Michael’s Café Patisserie Glacerie as part of the Exmouth seafront regeneration project. With sweeping views across the coastline, the launch will be a landmark opening for the Michael Caines Collection as they open a casual bar complete with resident weekend DJs, first floor destination...

Guidelines published ahead of new bin collections coming in

Clear, consistent standards which set out what the Council – and residents – can do to help the city get cleaner and greener have been published.

A policy document has been put together so that crews and residents are given clear guidelines about how, when and where to put bins and bags out as well as reminding people about what to recycle.

The policy is part of the Council’s...

Plymouth donates 6,600 meals to help feed people in need this Christmas

Shoppers in Plymouth demonstrated their generosity earlier this month, by donating 6,600 meals to foodbank charity The Trussell Trust and food redistribution charity FareShare for Tesco’s Neighbourhood Food Collection.

The Neighbourhood Food Collection runs in all Tesco stores across the country, to collect vital store cupboard essential foods, such as rice, tea, tinned meat and UHT...

New trucks doing the rounds

New refuse trucks are now out and about in Plymouth as part of a five year programme to replace ageing vehicles and keep maintenance costs down.

A total of 14 vehicles will be on the streets from this month with a further 12 to be delivered next April.

The 26 tonne Dennis bin lorries will be used to pick up the rubbish from 119,000 properties across the city.

The trucks...

Popular garden waste scheme restarts

Plymouth’s popular garden waste collection is starting up again from 30 March.

This year the scheme will be extended by a month until the end of November so that people can sweep up autumn leaves and put their garden to bed for the winter.

The collection operates every fortnight – the same week that people’s recycling is collected.

The service starts just ahead of the...

I thought it might be fun to share...

The latest piece intended for my forthcoming illustrated collection written especially for children - 'Toadstools & Jam..' Feel free to share your thoughts...

‘The Cat Catcher..’

In the shadows, silent creeping, when the town is sound asleeping; And the night comes slowly stirring, toms and tabbies gently purring; Black as night and quick as lightning, fierce as...