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...
After continued campaigning to increase capacity on rail services from London to Plymouth, Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, was delighted to hear that First Great Western and the Department for Transport have confirmed that work will soon begin on increasing standard class capacity through converting some of their first class carriages.
Members of the West Park Library can now connect their electronic devices to the internet for free as Wi-Fi is now available.
Some of the first users to take advantage of this facility are the jobseekers attending the work club where members meet every Wednesday between 10am and midday.
The Work Club, which is run by Plymouth City Council’s Library service in partnership with...
Council leader Tudor Evans has vowed to keep up the pressure on the Government to ensure the region's rail issues stay at the top of Whitehall's to-do list.
He has written to the Prime Minister asking for a progress report on a number of commitments the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Transport made when they visited the city in the aftermath of last month's storm....
