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New Plymouth spy cameras to help crack down on fly-tipping

The new scheme will help deter fly-tipping in rear service lanes

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Plymouth Tree Panel to be set up after controversial city centre felling

Green Party candidate Lauren McLay said she was "dismayed and outraged" by the Armada Way tree felling which had been...

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Daughter of Plymouth head who killed herself after Ofsted report says lessons still not learned

Lucy Woodhead says recent case of Ruth Perry's suicide has parallels with mum's death in 2015

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Plymouth has a temporary new council leader ahead of the local elections in May

Cllr Mark Shayer has been made acting leader until the local elections on May 4

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Next leader of Plymouth City Council could be decided today - live updates

Current council leader Richard Bingley confirmed he would be stepping down today with a new council leader expected t...

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Exiting Plymouth council chief has 'no regrets' over Armada Way tree felling

As he resigns as council leader and Tory honcho Richard Bingley says regeneration is the right thing to do even thoug...

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Plympton military estate to get new lease of life as 86 homes bought by Plymouth Community Homes

A funding package totalling £7.6million will enable Plymouth Community Homes (PCH) to move ahead with the purchase of...

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Independent Alliance leader suffered 'serious medical episode' colleagues confirm

Cllr Patrick Nicholson said Nick Kelly is now recovering in hospital after incident at public meeting

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Three Plymouth schools getting new classrooms for children with special educational needs

The council says it has seen increasing demand for special school places in recent years

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Plymouth's tree felling fiasco - how 10 days of chaos has changed the city

It started with chainsaws going in after dark and led to a council leader getting the chop and a judge slapping down ...

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Plymouth's Armada Way tree felling fiasco - what happens now

Entire £2.7m regeneration scheme could be on hold for months after judge upheld ban on further tree felling

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Plymouth tree injunction upheld preventing further Armada Way felling

Protesters elated as High Court stops 19 surviving trees being chopped down 'for time being'

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Beryl Bike in Plymouth 'stolen and dumped' just days after new fleet launched

The bike was found dumped in New George Street on its side and in a state

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D-day for Plymouth's Armada Way trees as court battle set to begin

High Court judge will decide this morning on whether injunction halting £12.7m revamp will stay in place or be lifted...

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Blow for Plymouth as NHS scraps health hub due to lack of cash

Letter reveals NHS England orders all work to stop on six national Cavell Centres including one earmarked for Colin C...

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Hundreds of Plymouth homes set for energy improvements after £7m investment

Plymouth City Council won its bid for a Government grant and now social housing in the city will benefit

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Plymouth parks set to get huge revamp of tennis courts

Devonport Park, Hartley Park and Tothill Park will all be out of action while the courts are refurbished with regular...

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Plymouth hairdressers to be transformed into tattoo studio

The retail unit was previously used by hairdressers A Cut Above

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Plymouth school meals to rise in price due to cost of living crisis

The cost of living crisis has seen staple ingredients such as pasta, eggs, broccoli, cheese and flour increase in pri...

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Conservative MPs Johnny Mercer and Gary Streeter call for Labour to take over Plymouth council

Conservative's Johnny Mercer and Sir Gary Streeter say Cllr Evans should form interim administration until May electi...

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Plymouth Tory leader's downfall blamed on city centre tree mayhem

Labour opponents and Plymouth environmental campaigners say Tory supremo had no option but to resign after city centr...

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More trees to be felled by Plymouth City Council for road widening scheme

A council spokesperson said tree felling would be kept to an "absolute minimum"

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Plymouth's Tory council leader Richard Bingley resigns

Man who signed off Armada Way redevelopment exclusively tells PlymouthLive he is stepping down after a year in charge...

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Plymouth's Beryl Bike hiring costs and penalty fees revealed

Plymouth has welcomed the arrival of rentable electric bikes but riders will be hit with 'convenience fees' if they d...

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Plea to turn Plymouth Hoe's Quality Hotel wasteland into car park

Hoe resident starts campaign saying money could be generated for city and summer parking problems alleviated

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Plymouth council leader calls for public inquiry into Armada Way tree scheme

Cllr Richard Bingley wants independent scrutiny of the six-year evolution of city centre regeneration project and eve...

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Outrage in Plymouth after kids' art removed from scene of city centre tree-felling

Hundreds of people including children left messages and art in Armada Way but the following morning much of it had be...

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Plymouth tree felling and city regeneration 'wanted by most people' says council boss

Tory leader's public statement says most people have no beef with £12.7m upgrade which will leave city with 'urban sp...

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Plymouth council leader Richard Bingley urged to resign over Armada Way tree felling

The Greens and Independents have submitted no confidence motions and have called for the Tory leader to go over his h...

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Plymouth homes being bought for Ukrainian and Afghan refugees

Plymouth City Council is joining forces with housing association BCHA to help provide homes for Afghan and Ukrainian ...

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Nation's eyes turn on Plymouth after tree 'massacre' in the dead of night

The sound of grinding teeth over Plymouth City Council's decision to cut down mature trees is now louder than the cha...

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Plymouth tree protesters raise more than £10,000 for a legal fight with the council

Protest group Straw sees crowdfund campaign receive £10,000 in just a few days as it prepares to see Plymouth City Co...

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Plymouth driver 'confused' after Plymbridge Road speed limit changes

Work on Plymbridge Road has resulted in two sets of speed limits signs - 30mph and 40mph - in different directions

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Johnny Mercer pleads for calm as Plymouth tree-felling row hots up

Tory MP sits on fence as fences go up in Plymouth city centre and says he can see both sides to arboreal destruction ...

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Good Morning Britain’s Dr Amir Khan and other celebs wade in on Plymouth trees controversy

Dr Amir Khan and Paul Lewis are the latest telly faces to join the debate as Adrian Chiles, Jeremy Vine and TV channe...

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Residents angry over repeat application for private Gypsy and Traveller site

Previous application for two mobile homes 'and associated development' on green site in Plymstock was turned down fiv...

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Chris Packham decries Plymouth tree-felling as 'despicable vandalism'

Chris has alerted his half-million Twitter followers to Plymouth City Council's felling of mature trees in Armada Way...

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Plymouth mourns Armada Way trees as council admits people didn't want £12.7m upgrade

Residents 'traumatised' by city centre tree-felling as results of consultation show public not in favour of council p...

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Nightmare Plymouth flat where drug users called 'day and night' closed down

Council and police have secured a three-month closure order following a court hearing which revealed drug-related ant...