Plymouth

Making parking simpler in Plymouth

A raft of new parking arrangements designed to make parking that bit simpler in Plymouth will come into effect from 1 April.

Cheaper long-stay parking, simpler tariffs and tickets that can be used in more than one place are part of a package of measures to help shoppers and visitors park more easily.

Smart meters will be installed to allow people to park for longer if they...

Youth football teams to compete for chance at training day with Kevin De Bruyne

Schools and local football teams in the Plymouth area are being urged to Club Together in support of grassroots football teams. Topps, the UK’s leading collectibles company is offering youngsters in the area the chance to win a training day with Premier League and Manchester City superstar, Kevin De Bruyne, a Premier League Manager (past or present) and a week-long adventure holiday camp as...

Marco Pierre White 'steaks' his reputation at grand opening of Plymouth restaurant

Food lovers turned out in force on Thursday night for the hotly anticipated grand opening of Marco Pierre White’s new Plymouth restaurant.

The red carpet was unfurled outside the Steakhouse Bar & Grill to an exclusive city guest list eager to experience the city’s new gastronomy destination hot spot.

They have been waiting weeks for the new eatery, on the top floor of the...

Plymouth car park wins national award

Plymouth’s newest car park has picked up a prestigious award at the British Parking awards.

The British Parking Awards is an independent competition that recognises the leading examples of car park management, enforcement, design and team work.

Mayflower Street West Car Park beat off competition from other councils and the private sector to be named the ‘Best Surface Car Park...

Trading Standards warns of illegal skin lighteners

Illegal skin lighteners, containing potentially harmful products, have been found on sale in our region.

Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service say that the creams are similar to products which have been on sale in London. Trading Standards officers have seized a considerable quantity of illegal skin lightening creams that were being sold over the internet by a Devon-based trader...

Study examines causes of earthquakes originating deep below earth’s surface

The mechanisms which cause earthquake cycles to begin up to 40km below the earth’s surface in the interiors of continents are to be explored in a new research project led by the University of Plymouth.

Such earthquakes account for around 30% of intracontinental seismic activity, but very little is presently known about what causes them and the geological effects they leave behind....

Volunteers needed to help Plymouth blind community

A national charity is appealing for volunteers to come forward and help the blind people it supports in the Plymouth area.

British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF) provides specially adapted audio equipment to visually impaired people across the UK.

The charity is looking for radio support volunteers, whose role would be to visit people with sight loss in their homes...

Bruton Knowles appointed to manage The Ship, Plymouth

Plymouth commercial property specialists Bruton Knowles has been appointed to manage the resurgent Ship at Derriford.

Following its acquisition by The Ship (Derriford) Ltd, a subsidiary of Burrington Estates, the former Western Morning News HQ just outside the city centre has been redeveloped and re-launched as a major commercial centre creating in excess of 600 new jobs.

Ian...

Plymouth dog owners fined after failing to comply with microchipping law

Two Plymouth dog owners who failed to comply with the new law to have his dog microchipped, has been ordered to pay a total of £1,321 at Plymouth Magistrates court today.

Stuart Hayes of Kensington Road, Mutley was found guilty of failure to comply with a notice to require microchipping and permitting a dog to be in a public place without the correct identification on his dog’s collar...

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