Over 40 per cent of parents in the South West worry about their children’s mental health, more than any other health issue, Action for Children reveals today.
Action for Children runs more than 200 children’s centres across the UK working with parents and young children to provide a range of support including early action to try and nip problems in the bud and stop them from reaching...
Grants up to £100k available for urgent roof repairs to places of worship of all faiths and denominations – application deadline 30th January 2015
Congregations across the South West England’s responsible for looking after listed places of worship can now apply to a new £15million fund to address urgent roof repairs to ensure their historic buildings are weathertight, safe and open for...
A closure order has been granted on a flat in Plymouth following repeated complaints of antisocial behaviour from neighbours.
Devon and Cornwall Police successfully applied to Plymouth Magistrates’ Court for a closure order on 27 Hilton Avenue. They were supported by Plymouth Community Homes, who own the property, and Plymouth City Council.
Plymouth City Council is asking people what they think of its proposed admission arrangements for entry to schools in September 2015.
People with children between the ages of two and 18 years old are being encouraged to respond, as well as anyone with an interest in school admissions.
The City Council wants comments on:
• admission numbers for all schools • key dates in...
A Plymouth University student could have a direct influence on the institution’s award-winning sustainability agenda by helping to develop its waste management tender as part of his dissertation.
Will Cane, currently in the final year of his BSc (Hons) Public Management and Business degree, is working to analyse staff and students’ current waste disposal habits and the ways they could...
Construction workloads increased in the South West in the final quarter of 2014, albeit at a slightly slower rate, and private housing saw the strongest growth despite the shortage of bricklayers reaching a record high.
Over a third (36% net balance) reported that workloads in the construction sector had grown in the region in Q4 2014 with 57% more respondents saying that the private...
Plymouth City Council is proud to have received two platinum awards for our newest toilets on the Barbican and a third for the loos in Armada Way.
During the summer of 2014 Plymouth City Council opened a brand new toilet block at Quay Point opposite the Mayflower Visitor Centre and a second one at Elphinstone car park.
Now these two brand new toilet blocks which cost a total...
New technology in the Council’s garage is helping to keep vehicles on the road rather than in the workshop.
Touch screen technology has now been installed at the vehicle maintenance workshop in Prince Rock, which spells the end of pens, paper and form-filling once the job has been done.
The technology allows the vehicle fitters to fill in job cards and to update and progress...
