Luke Pollard, Labour's Parliamentary Candidate in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, looks back on the party conference season.
As the party conference season draws to a close for another year there's little doubt who’s been setting the agenda. Ed Miliband and Labour have identified the real problem of living standards facing families in Plymouth, and laid out policies to help deal with...
A 24-year-old man has been charged with grievious bodily harm following an alleged attack in a Plymouth nightspot .
Kyle Kessell will appear at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 9 October 2013.
Police reported the incident which took place at the Two Trees pub in Union Street, Plymouth on Sunday 14 July at around 2.50am, and resulted in a man having part of his ear...
National, regional and local authority results for the phonics reading check and key stage 1 assessments have been published by the Department of Education.
The results for Plymouth show that 70% of six-year-olds in state funded schools (including academies) reached the expected level, one percentage point higher than the overall figure for schools in England. Those who did not achieve...
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of further outbreaks of heavy, thundery rain for the South West during Thursday and Friday (3rd and 4th October). It has warned the public of the risk of flooding.
The Met Office reports: "Further outbreaks of heavy, thundery, rain will spread from the south during Thursday and overnight into Friday with the potential for some torrential...
Plymouth HMS Heroes have proudly announced that their youth ambassadors have been publicly honoured with a Diana Award, which will be presented to them by the Lord Mayor at Elliot Terrace.
The Diana Award was established in 1999 as a lasting legacy to Diana, Princess of Wales’ belief that young people have the power to change the world.
Marks & Spencer study reveals men and women from the South West feel most comfortable with their style from the age of 34
• South West residents spend majority of young adult life uncomfortable with their fashion choices • Plymouth is style confident at 37 • 2 in 5 (40%) of us find our teenage years the trickiest style era to look back at • Shell suits and flares are ‘top’...
The government has announced that First Great Western Ltd will continue to operate trains between London Paddington and the south west until September 2015.
First Group's First Great Western (FGW) company has reached agreement with the government to continue running the franchise to operate trains between London Paddington, the Cotswolds, south Wales and the south west.
Plymouth based Probation Officer Mike Atkinson, has been shortlisted for a possible commendation by the Butler Trust – an independent charity which promotes excellence in UK prisons, probation and youth justice.
Says Chief Executive Officer of Devon and Cornwall Probation Trust, Rob Menary:
“I would like to congratulate Mike on getting this far in the Butler trust awards...
Thornleys Solicitors of Plymouth closed on Monday ending 32 years of serving the Plymouth, Plymstock and South Hams communities.15 staff have been made redundant.
The Law Society Gazette reported that more than 1,000 small legal practices in the UK have ceased trading in the past year, and they predicted that the figure is set to rise further.
A Plymouth MP has welcomed the Labour Party’s decision to repeal the so-called 'Bedroom Tax'.
Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View says her party's pledge, if elected, to scrap the government's removal of the 'spare room subsidy' will give hope to the many disabled and vulnerable people in Plymouth Moor View who she claims have been unfairly hit by "David Cameron’s cruel tax"....
