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A forum designed especially to help women return to work has been officially launched by the City Council. The forum was the Council’s pledge to make sure that women had access to all the advice and support they would need to help them return to work after maternity or child care leave. The support forum offers guidance on family friendly working policies and where to access all kinds of...

A new directory of businesses that supply Fairtrade goods in Plymouth is being launched as part of Fairtrade Fortnight (29 February – 13 March 2016).

The directory is one of a number of initiatives across the city to encourage people to buy Fairtrade goods throughout the fortnight.

Councillor Chris Penberthy, Cabinet Member for Cooperatives and Housing for Plymouth City Council...

We are inviting anyone who wants to take a Leap Year leap for Gold Dust to join the members of our staff who have already volunteered for the event in April.

On Sunday 17 April 2016, members of Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust staff will be standing at the edge of an open doorway, in an aircraft flying at 15,000 feet, waiting to dive through the air at over 120mph – all to support the Gold...

The number of young people applying for a secondary school place has increased this year and thousands of primary pupils in Plymouth will today find out which school they will be going to this September.

The Council have confirmed that 93.16 per cent of young people received their first choice of school, 5 per cent their second and 1.27 per cent their third. Less than one per cent did...

A Grade one listed mansion, overlooking the River Plym and owned by National Trust, has made the switch from oil to a renewable energy heating system.

Saltram, a Georgian mansion on the outskirts of Plymouth, was using over 30,000 litres of oil each year to heat the property. It has replaced the expensive, carbon intensive heating system with a biomass boiler, powered by wood pellets...

The International Street Market, which has swept Scandinavia with a feast of foodie fun, is on its way to Plymouth’s City Centre on 10 to 13 March.

The market will be open from 10am to 6pm on Thursday 10 March to Saturday 12 March and 11am to 5pm on Sunday 13 March.

Traders from around the world will be on hand to display the best products that their respective countries have...

Devon and Cornwall Police are celebrating some great success since taking their Operation Inheritance online.

In January, officers took the operation, which helps trace stolen items, to Facebook and Twitter to spread the word about stolen items in circulation.

In just one month, dozens of stolen items have been successfully reunited with their rightful owners including a...

Staff and pupils at St Budeaux Junior School are celebrating their latest Ofsted inspection report after inspectors judged them to be a ‘Good’ school. The progress the school has made since the last inspection particularly impressed the inspectors who noted that standards had significantly improved in the last two years and that all pupils now make good progress in all subjects. Ofsted stated “...

Future fluctuations in oil prices could be forecast using a combination of previous statistics and complex computer algorithms, according to new research.

Academics from the Gulf University for Science and Technology and Plymouth University used a range of programmed models to accurately predict previous rises and falls in the commodity’s value over a period from January 1986 to June...

If you think we've escaped a proper winter so far in 2016, you could be in for a shock.

The Met Office is warning that we might be in for a White Easter.

It's all due to what is called a sudden stratospheric warming event bringing snow, ice and temperatures as low as -14C.

The plunge - the same phenomenon that triggered the 2010 Big Freeze - is expected to result in...