The January Plympton & Plymstock edition of the Plymouth Chronicle Newspaper is out for delivery TODAY! Do you want to know what’s going on in your community?
The Plympton & Plymstock edition of the newspaper is delivered to the east areas of Plymouth including:
- Billacombe
- Chaddlewood
- Elburton
- Goosewell
- Hooe
- Mount Batten
- Oreston
- Plympton
- Plymstock
- Pomphlett
- Turnchapel
- Underwood
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Our top stories this week from the Plympton & Plymstock edition of the Plymouth Chronicle Newspaper are listed below. You can always keep up with our digital editions on our LATEST EDITION page for Plymouth News. We source our news stories from the local community, do you have a news story that you think our readers will like? Head over to our contact page.
Free Dartmoor Zoo tickets for local fostering families in city
Fostering families in Plymouth will receive free family tickets to enjoy a walk on the wild side at Dartmoor Zoo, thanks to a generous donation. Dartmoor Zoo has pledged to provide each of the 109 fostering families at Foster for Plymouth, Plymouth City Council’s own fostering service, with a free Family Ticket.
Plymouth care assistant Nadyne wins top award
A care assistant at a Plymouth care home has won a top award. Nadyne Roberts, who works at Selkirk House in Church Road, Plymstock triumphed at the South West regional final of the Great British Care Awards 2024.
Race is on to find homes for unwanted greyhounds at Plymouth sanctuary
A Plymouth animal sanctuary is appealing for help from dog lovers who would be prepared to give a home to a greyhound. Woodside Animal Welfare Sanctuary is currently caring for six greyhounds at its shelter on the edge of Plympton, with some waiting nearly two years for their forever homes.
Planners reject proposal to turn Underwood Chapel into a nursery
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A plan to turn the former Underwood Chapel in Plympton into a nursery has been refused. The proposal drew a large response from the public with people polarised between favouring the nursery because of current underprovision and opposed to it because of the likely effect on traffic, parking and pedestrian safety.
Mount Batten Peninsula gets a £4 million improvement boost
Mount Batten Peninsula is set to benefit from over £4million of investment in a series of improvement works that will ensure the Mount Batten Centre and its surrounding area become an accessible gateway to Plymouth Sound National Marine Park.
As one of the key gateways to Plymouth Sound National Marine Park, Mount Batten Centre, will undergo a series of enhancements to improve inclusive access to the Park.
Residents call for urgent improvements to new bus shelters
Margaret Pengelly, Jillian Oxley and Susan Long
Local residents in Plympton are voicing strong concerns over newly installed bus shelters on Glen Road, near Edwards Drive and Bellingham Crescent, which they claim provide inadequate protection from the elements.
Campaign for directly elected mayor gathering momentum
Campaigners who want to see a directly elected mayor in Plymouth are working hard to collect the signatures of around 10,000 electors in the city so that a referendum is triggered, allowing voters to decide.
The group, which is not affiliated to any political party, is fronted by businessman Angus Forbes, who is the husband of Dame Darcey Bussell. The couple have lived in Plymouth for more than two years and Darcey is currently the Chair of the Board of Theatre Royal Plymouth.
Senior Citizens Forum given insight into work of Plymouth Ukraine Medical Aid
The Plymouth Senior Citizens Forum welcomed two guests to its recent quarterly meeting held in the Council Chamber.
Cllr Mary Aspinall, the City Council’s Cabinet lead for Health and Adult Social Care, led a discussion about the city council’s Ageing Well programme. She shared how people can often think ageing is a problem to be solved.
Council votes to keep current election cycle – despite public views against
Plymouth City Council has voted to keep the current local election cycle of electing councillors by thirds every year, with a fallow election year every fourth year.
Prior to the vote a public consultation had taken place seeking views from the public on whether to go to all out elections every four years or stick with the current annual elections of a third of the council each year.
£4.5m boost for city bus services
Plymouth City Council has been awarded just over £4.5 million from a £1 billion government funding boost for bus services across England.
The funding, which is for 2025 to 2026, is in addition to the £1.6 million previously awarded to the council from the Department for Transport’s Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) Phase 2 fund and the £10.3m we have been awarded to deliver zero emission buses in the city.
