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Hyper-local community news, information, reviews, culture, food and wine for Plymouth's waterside communities around The Hoe, The Barbican, Royal William Yard, Cattedown, Stonehouse and more.

Apartments plan for former language college

Apartments plan for former language college

Plans are afoot to convert a former language school building in Millbay to flats. An application has been submitted to Plymouth Council to convert Mayflower College on the junction of Radford Road and Great Western Road into 13 apartments. The building occupies a historic building that was likely built as

Pollard jumps in to protect water quality

Pollard jumps in to protect water quality

Water off Devil’s Point and Firestone Bay was officially designated as “bathing water” in 2023 after a campaign by Plymouth MP Luke Pollard. It means the Environment Agency has a legal duty to test the water quality during the bathing season (mid-May to the end of September), as well

Exclusive: Questions for Devon Block Management as solicitors appointed by Azure residents

Exclusive: Questions for Devon Block Management as solicitors appointed by Azure residents

Hundreds of people living in the luxury Azure apartments on Plymouth Hoe are potentially thousands of pounds out of pocket and have serious questions to ask about their former managing agency

Taking action to halt car park bad behaviour

Taking action to halt car park bad behaviour

The City Council wants help before it takes action to tackle anti-social behaviour in city centre car parks. It is working with Devon and Cornwall Police to tackle issues related to alcohol and drug use, public disturbance and the use of stairwells as toilets. To support this work, they are

A visit to HMS Portland

A visit to HMS Portland

SCENE ON THE SOUND, by The Captain I was lucky enough to visit HMS Portland, in the Frigate Complex (more usually known as ‘the sheds’) in Devonport Dockyard last week. Sixteen Type 23 (T23) frigates were commissioned into the Royal Navy between 1990 and 2003. The original plan was that

Return of the tombstoners

Return of the tombstoners

Estate managers at the Royal William Yard are bracing themselves for a return of "tombstoners" brought out by the spell of warm weather and the school Easter holidays. Tombstoning is the name given to the practice of jumping into water from a cliff or high point - presumably

Remembering Jack Glover: Navy decoder and shipmate of novelist Alistair MacLean

Remembering Jack Glover: Navy decoder and shipmate of novelist Alistair MacLean

By The Captain. Jack Glover was born in Leeds on 23rd Oct 1923. After leaving school, he trained as an accountant and in 1942 was called up and sent to HMS Royal Arthur (aka Butlins Skegness), where his naval communications training started. Coders were the specialised members of the communications