Two Devon churches have received grants from the National Churches Trust which will help to ensure their future.
St George’s Church in Modbury has received £20,000, which will help fund major repairs to the roof. The work will ensure the Grade I listed building, dating back to the 13th century, is warm and dry and can continue as a widely used community facility.
Spend with local suppliers by Plymouth City Council has almost tripled over the past three years.
This is thanks to the Council’s pledge to keep more of Plymouth’s wealth in our city, which means that more than half of our spend is with local suppliers. This was one of the Council’s 50 pledges to local people.
New figures show that the Council has increased local spend from 16...
Plymouth is pitching its long term plan for sport pitches across the city as part of its vision of a healthy city as well as a great place to live
The Council has carried out an extensive survey of what the city has as well as what it could need for the future and it has teamed up with local and national partners produce a Plan for Playing Pitches in the city.
Plymouth Police are seeking information from the public in relation to two recent arsons to local commercial premises which caused extensive damage.
The first incident occurred between 10.00pm and 10.30pm on Monday 26th October at a unit known as Woodworx2composite, within Plymouth Yacht Haven, Breakwater Road, in Plymouth.
This Boxing Day, it will be easier than ever to get around Plymouth, as Stagecoach will be running buses with limited services throughout the day.
There will be two services operating in Plymouth on Boxing Day; the 1 and 2/2A. Service 1 will be running hourly from Tavistock and will travel into the City Centre and then onto Derriford Hospital.
Figures released by Crimestoppers on Tuesday 15 December have revealed that the charity passed on nearly 2,000 pieces of information to Devon and Cornwall Police and other law enforcement agencies in the region in the last year.
Some of these related to the most serious of crimes, including murder, rape, human trafficking, robbery and drugs supply. Just under 200 people were arrested...
Dr. Kamran Ali, Associate Professor at Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry, has been made a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy is awarded to educators in the higher education sector who have a proven, sustained track record in higher education teaching and management and who are seeking to progress into a...
The broken rib treatment package developed at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has been recommended as an exemplar for all UK Trusts.
The recommendation has come in the latest survey by the national body that issues guidance and develops clinical protocols for the management of all chest trauma.
It was stated that Plymouth has developed a network-wide system to include all key...
A teacher from a Plympton school has been recognised by a Government run agency set up to improve the quality of education and help schools to help each other.
Ian Hartley who is Head of Religious Studies and Personal Development curriculum at Ridgeway School has been awarded The National College of Teaching and Leadership Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) certification.
Two Syrian Refugee families will started their new lives in Plymouth yesterday (Tuesday 15 December) as part of a national scheme led by the Home Office, to provide sanctuary to those fleeing conflict.
The families are being accommodated in private sector housing. We are not providing any further details on the families and their location, in order to protect their privacy.
