The findings of an in-depth report into mental health services across the city have been released today as part of Plymouth City Council’s ‘Caring Plymouth’ work.
The report set to be approved by Cabinet next week details the findings of a thorough city-wide review, which looked at all aspects of mental health services including how many people receive services, waiting times and...
Plymouth has won over £300,000 in grant funding to bring home incredibly important items by historic portrait painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Staff at the City Museum and Art Gallery are celebrating after successfully securing £326,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards the acquisition of a Reynolds’ first self-portrait, used by the artist to advertise his Plymouth Dock studio in...
Police are urging anyone who finds some small bottles left at a bus stop in Plymouth to hand them in.
Three 100ml bottles of methadone were left at the bus stop at the end of Wolseley Road, by the Tesco Extra store, on Tuesday 18 March between 2.30pm and 4pm.
A police spokesperson said: “A woman left the bottles at the bus stop by mistake and when she went back to get them,...
Glass recycling looks set to be a lot easier for every household in Plymouth as Council plans to improve the city’s recycling and waste collections gathers momentum.
The Council has named Viridor Waste Management Ltd as preferred bidder for the contract to build and operate the replacement material recycling facility at Chelson Meadow.
Plans to transform the way library services are provided in Plymouth look set to take a step forward next week.
Cabinet members will consider a three-year action plan to comprehensively review the library service and identify ways it can better meets the needs of its customers, as well as local communities.
The plan aims to deliver the Council’s pledge to ‘protect and...
South West Water has taken another step to keep bills as low as possible while continuing to invest heavily in improved services.
The company has presented Ofwat, the independent water industry regulator, with updated plans that could see average prices falling by 13 per cent in real terms by 2020.
South West Water has already confirmed a price freeze on its standard tariff and...
Police in Plymouth are appealing for information following a series of suspected linked indecent exposures.
The incidents in the main have occurred in the Manadon area of the City.
The first incident occurred in October last year on Tuesday 29 October at around 1.20pm when a man exposed himself to a woman whilst walking across the bridge at the Manadon roundabout.
A dispersal order designed to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in the city centre, along the waterfront and in Union Street, Stonehouse, North Hill and Mutley Plain will come into effect in April.
The order was requested by the police and signed this week as a delegated decision by Plymouth City Council’s Cabinet Member for Co-operatives and Community Development, Councillor...
He is used to playing in front of thousands at some of the UK’s most prestigious venues – but folk sensation Seth Lakeman performed to a much smaller audience when he led a workshop for students at Plymouth University.
The Devon-based musician spent time working with nine budding singer-songwriters ahead of their performances at a festival being staged in Plymouth next weekend....
A derelict Plymouth property that had been empty for 20 years is to be demolished to pave the way for new homes to be built as part of the large-scale regeneration of North Prospect.
Plymouth City Council used special legal powers to force the sale of the house – 18 Ash Grove – after both the Council and Plymouth Community Homes were unable to trace the owner in order to negotiate...
