• Council to clear up Plymouth rubbish

  By Foldart

  Galling, isn't it?

            

   

  By Plymouth Herald at 05:30 on 23/05/13

  

  RUBBISH left on William Prance Road is set to be cleared up by Plymouth City Council. Prams, furniture, bin bags and gas cannisters were found on site along with children's toys and cardboard boxes. A group of travellers with large caravans and live chickens had set up an encampment at the site just off Tavistock Road in Derriford. They had been pitched outside the Future Inn on William Prance Road for about two weeks. At least 10...

• What's behind Tavistock 1943? The arrival of the US 29th Infantry Division in Tavistock

  By Journeyman196

  My father served on HMS Prince Charles, an Assault Ship, part of Combined Operations fleet. He was...

            

   

  By Tavy_People at 19:39 on 15/05/13

  

  WHAT'S BEHIND Tavistock 1943 – the special weekend event (Saturday 25, Sunday 26 May) at the Meadows to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the 29th Infantry Division in Tavistock? The organisers of the event have supplied the following information, explaining why US troops came to Tavistock during the Second World War... Arrival Seventy years ago, on 27 May 1943, American soldiers of the 29th Infantry Division of...

• Labour names candidate in Plymouth City Council by-election

  By UKIP1

  UKIP UKIP We need to remove the LAB and Torys from PCC and get our City back on the map, Airport,...

            

   

  By Plymouth Herald at 05:30 on 15/05/13

  

  LABOUR has moved quickly to name its candidate to fight a by-election in Southway. The party has chosen local man Jonny Morris as its candidate in the by-election that is due to be called after the resignation of Conservative councillor, Tom Browne. Mr Browne was removed from Plymouth City Council earlier this month after failing to attend meetings for more than six months. The date of the by-election is still to be set but is...

• Plymouth students help to develop warship technology

  By CharlieDodd

  .."the perennial problem of keeping water out of the Royal Navy's 4.5" gun".. Try...

            

   

  By Plymouth Herald at 05:30 on 13/05/13

  

  YOUNG engineers and scientists from a Plymouth school could see some of their work go to sea on a warship. Four students from Tor Bridge High teamed up with the Royal Navy HMS Drake to work on a real-life problem as part of this year's Engineering Education Scheme. The scheme partners teams of Year 12 students with companies ranging from Amey to UTC Aerospace Systems to work on real-life scientific, engineering and technological...

• "Free-for-all" for housing developers as council's plan is rejected

  By Dunthiel

  "Exeter, Devon's capital, has the space, the airport and the licences." ...and the...

            

   

  By Plymouth Herald at 12:32 on 09/05/13

  

  AN AMBITIOUS plan to develop the north of Plymouth has been shot down in flames. City planners were stunned last night after a Government inspector rejected four years of work on their Derriford and Seaton area action plan. The plan was one of the most important of the city's area action plans. Six others have already been adopted. It was a blueprint that would have opened the way for about 3,000 new homes along with shops,...

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