Work to refurbish Plymouth’s disused Laira Rail Bridge has now reached the halfway point.
The £3.5 million scheme, funded through the Department for Transport’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund, will see the former rail bridge restored and converted into a new walking and cycling route over the River Plym.
Built in 1887, Laira Rail Bridge stopped carrying passenger trains in...
‘Red Tuesday’ is the top dumping day of the year, just four days before Valentine’s Day, according to new research released by IllicitEncounters.com, the UK’s top dating website.
3,000 people were surveyed on Illicit Encounters and one in five - 22% - had broken up with someone the week before Valentine’s Day.
Dumping someone electronically is also rising in popularity with 7.5...
Work to improve the zebra crossing at the bottom of Alma Road (near the junction of Whittington Street) will begin tomorrow (Tuesday 10 February).
The refuge in the middle of the crossing is being widened to provide more space for pedestrians and new tactile paving will be provided on either side for the visually impaired.
Lane closures will be in place in both directions...
Worsening skills shortages in the construction sector could threaten many building projects in the South West by 2019, new research* reveals today.
Data released by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) highlights the severity of the skills shortages facing businesses across the region.
More than nine tenths (93%) of the surveyors questioned said that a lack of...
PMI® survey data signalled a strengthening upturn in the South West private sector economy in January, following a weaker phase of expansion during the fourth quarter of 2014.
Output, new business, backlogs and employment all rose at faster rates than seen in December. Meanwhile, inflationary pressures eased sharply, with both input and output prices rising only marginally.
Passengers enjoyed the first ever SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) therapy train carriage on the First Great Western 7.06am train from London Paddington Station to Penzance, Cornwall on Monday 2 January.
First Great Western collaborated with charity SADA, the Seasonal Affective Disorder Association, to see how they could brighten passenger’s journeys as the winter blues take their...
Plymouth City Council is encouraging any local residents not yet registered to vote, to go online now to register.
If you are not yet registered to vote, you won’t have the chance to have a say on who represents you. It can also impact on any applications you make for credit. This is because credit reference agencies use the electoral register to confirm where someone lives when they...
A GOLF club near Plymouth with more than 100 years of history has been put up for sale after going into liquidation. Agents at property and asset consultancy, ES Group, are offering Wrangaton Golf Club (‘Wrangaton’), on Dartmoor, for around £500,000, after liquidator Ian Walker, Partner at Begbies Traynor, was called in in late January.
Wrangaton, founded in 1895, is expected to remain...
Work to remove vegetation on Marsh Mills roundabout and Plymouth Road will begin next week.
The vegetation is obscuring signs, trapping litter and encroaching on the highway and needs to be removed to improve safety and visibility. Work will also include clearing scrub and returning the central reservation area to gravel.
The work will start on Monday 9 February and is expected...
