Landlords could be fined £5,000 for failing to provide smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
As part of a new crackdown by Plymouth City Council to keep private rented tenants safe, a new policy has been introduced, in line with the new national Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Regulations. The regulations require private landlords to ensure that there are working smoke alarms on each...
Pupils from College Road Primary School have been helping to make design suggestions for our children’s wards as part of the Gold Dust Appeal.
The 12 pupils, all members of the school council and aged between five and 11 years old were given a tour of the wards on Derriford’s Level 12, asked to pick colours and themes for a revamp and then given certificates for their efforts.
An exhibition exploring our relationship with soil and its influence on our everyday lives has launched in the Peninsula Arts Gallery at Plymouth University.
Soil Culture: Deep Roots presents a series of works by six established international artists who have engaged with soils over many years.
They range from Mel Chin, who uses plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated...
Plymouth City Council has been awarded £60,000 of Government funding to deal with rogue landlords.
The news comes after the council submitted a bid to the Department for Communities and Local Government's Rogue Landlords Fund. The additional funding will support existing work and enable more to be done with trading standards, voluntary providers supporting tenants, and working with...
Hot on the heels of Plymouth's most extravagantly glitzy sold out Christmas parties, the city centre venue is now offering its audiences a new take on 'Dinner and a Show'.
On selected evenings throughout 2016, the Pavilions will be opening its doors to welcome customers to sit back and enjoy a sumptuous 3 course dinner whilst being...
JOSH Simpson's first Argyle goal rescued a deserved point for Argyle in front of a boisterous five-figure crowd at the Memorial Stadium.
Both Bristol Rovers and Argyle are in form, and this was shown on the pitch and on the terraces. The game continued to build to it's crescendo, and Rovers thought that meant a single goal victory when substitute Billy Bodin struck with only 11 minutes...
Plans to demolish a derelict eyesore building to make way for new housing have moved a step closer.
The former Whitleigh Community Centre, which has been disused for the past seven years and subject to vandalism, will be knocked down to prepare the groundwork for 27 new starter homes.
An Executive Decision was signed by Councillor Tudor Evans, Leader of Plymouth City Council,...
Scientists from Plymouth University have discovered a number of new species in a previously unrecognised hotspot for water beetles in South Africa.
Detailed tests have so far identified six new species which were sampled during a two-day research trip to the Bokkeveld plateau, an area of Namaqualand with reliable winter rains in what is generally an otherwise arid region.
