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Plans for hundreds of new student bedrooms and three tower blocks in Plymouth have been approved by Plymouth City Council. Click here for the full story on our new website
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THE FAMILY of a dead woman have been told to fork out four weeks rent – because she didn't give them notice she was leaving her flat.Ellen Hearn, known as Kath, died at Helen Fox house in Devonport last Thursday.Now bosses at Plymouth Community Homes, who own the sheltered housing complex, are claiming £340...
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A HOUSING minister says Sherford is more than a housing estate – it's a new community.The comments from Mark Prisk came on the day he announced that the government will plunge £32million of government funding into the development on the outskirts of Plymouth.The minister said: "We are determined to make sure we increase the...
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A VOLUNTEER organisation which helps clubbers and homeless people has celebrated its fifth birthday.Plymouth Street Pastors first hit the city's streets in Mutley and Greenbank in May 2008, helping night-time revellers stay safe.Over those five years S...
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IT would be out of character for broadcaster and writer David Fitzgerald to say anything too complimentary about his home.The popular Herald columnist who has earned a reputation for making himself and his family the butt of his witticisms describes the house in Ivybridge as a "modern Dickensian slum".It is in fact, a very...
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A WIDOWED Tory MP whose fisherman husband was crushed to death when he was entangled in his own net has found love again with a fellow Conservative.Sheryll Murray, MP for South East Cornwall, lost her husband Neil, 57, in March 2011 as he worked near L...
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A WIDOWED Tory MP whose fisherman husband died in an accident on his boat has found love again with a fellow Conservative.Sheryll Murray, MP for South East Cornwall, lost her husband Neil, 57, in March 2011 as he worked near Looe in Cornwall.His jacket...
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THE new Conservative group leader on Plymouth City Council has pledged to end the "squabbling" between the political parties.Cllr Ted Fry, who took over as leader from Cllr Vivien Pengelly this month, said: "What I am going to move away from is the seeming hate between the parties."That will not be repeated while I...
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POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a car passenger hurled racist abuse at a pedestrian.Investigators say a small silver car was seen driving on North Hill, near the Central Library sometime between 1.20pm and 1.40pm on May 18.At some stage a pass...
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GATES designed to withstand four metre tall waves have been installed at King Point Marina in Millbay.The two £800,000 gates - 10 metres tall and weighing 27 tonnes each - are capable of reducing a four metre wave outside the harbour to just 40 c...
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WORK is due to begin in June to replace the main sewer carrying waste from Ermington to the village's sewage treatment works.The raw sewage pipe, which is currently laid in the bank of the River Erme, was exposed when the extreme wet weather last winte...
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DRIVERS faced delays on a busy Plymouth road after a car and motorcycle collided.Police say the crash happened in Milehouse Road, near Stoke Village at 3.12pm yesterday.One lane of Outland Road was shut near the Milehouse Interchange as a result of the accident.It was reopened at around 3.30pm.A police spokesman said a silver Ford...
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A JUDGE has ruled that a car used by a man who brazenly stole two vans from yards should not be confiscated.Martin McCann, aged 23, was a passenger in the Audi driven by another man who dropped him off outside the businesses, Plymouth Crown Court heard...
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AN anonymity order preventing the media from naming triple child killer David McGreavy, who impaled the bodies of his victims on railings, has been overturned by the High Court.Two judges ruled the murderer, previously known only as 'M', can now be publicly revealed after a gagging order was lifted.But he may receive a new...
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A MAN accused of plotting to supply heroin and cocaine has told a jury that drug dealers are "scum of the earth".Stephen Kearns, aged 30, told Plymouth Crown Court he was not involved in a conspiracy to bring drugs from Merseyside to Plymouth.He said: "People who sell drugs are the scum of the Earth....
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THE Herald has highlighted Eileen Long's work before and we are pleased to do so again.The mature student has teamed up with breast cancer survivor Hannah Whale to photograph women from across the south west who have undergone surgery to remove one or ...
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THE pledge by the new leader of the Conservative group on Plymouth City Council that he wants to put an end to the party political squabbling is to be welcomed.Councillor Ted Fry has set out his ambition to find common ground with the ruling Labour gro...
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ARE we seeing the first signs of confidence returning? We must earnestly hope so.Even that prophet of doom Sir Mervyn King, the soon to be retired Governor of the Bank of England, is getting excited.Houses prices, which never quite went into the tailsp...
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A PLYMOUTH MP has called for an investigation into a government agency which she has accused of "secrecy and obfuscation".Alison Seabeck, Plymouth Moor View, said inaccurate data produced by the Marine Management Organisation was in part to blame for a constituent losing her scalloping business.And speaking in the Commons, covered by parliamentary privilege, Ms...
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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 chic...
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STUDENTS claim they spent last winter living in freezing conditions because their landlord kept the heating and hot water off for much of the time.The Plymouth University first-year students say they called in council environmental health officers who ...
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