Luke Pollard MP will present a petition to Parliament to designate Devil’s Point and Firestone Bay as an official bathing water. The Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP has been gathering signatures for this campaign since January, which if successful, would mean that Devil’s Point and Firestone Bay receive regular waterContinue Reading
A well respected and long serving Exmouth RNLI crew volunteer took on a exciting tasking recently when he got married last weekend. Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Helm, Henry Mock, tied a different knot when he got married to Romy Langley at Pratthayes Farm, Maer Lane, Exmouth at 1pm last SaturdayContinue Reading
“Women and girls must feel safe while waiting for a bus” – Luke condemns Plymouth bus shelter cuts in ParliamentLuke Pollard, the MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, has condemned the Plymouth Conservatives’ plan to cut over 200 bus shelters in Parliament.211 bus shelters out of 627 are set toContinue Reading
Efford and Lipson’s three Labour Councillors have campaigned alongside the local community to persuade the City Council to restart work on traffic calming measures on Old Laira Road. Work on the scheme to install a 20mph speed camera – the city’s first enforceable 20mph limit – and a new pedestrianContinue Reading
The Plympton Bowling Club was founded in 1962 when the A38 carrying all traffic between Exeter, Plymouth and South East Cornwall ran through the centre of Plympton village, The Ridgeway!! And the same year the Tamar Bridge was opened. The Bowling Green was provided by the then Plympton Rural DistrictContinue Reading
Members of an online community, which was founded in the South-West, have joined forces to make a generation of women more visible this International Women’s Day (8 March 2022). The group, who are all aged over 50, has come together to ensure that their generation are represented during the globalContinue Reading
A Cornish boy who suffered a cardiac arrest while at school has reunited with Cornwall Air Ambulance paramedics who attended his incident for the first time. Finlay, 12, suffered the attack due to a previously unknown heart condition while at Penrice Academy on 9th December 2021. However, due to theContinue Reading
A Happy New Year to you all and I certainly hope you have had a great holiday period! We didn’t travel anywhere this year, so had time to just enjoy being in Devon. Did anyone else catch Wandering Tiger’s fantastic Christmas show “Humbug!”? Such a joy and full of festiveContinue Reading
Luke Pollard, Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, has condemned Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as a “dark day for peace”, encouraging people in Plymouth to donate to a charities to support the humanitarian crisis if they can. The United Nations Refugee Agency says that more than 100,000Continue Reading
Our response to the Health and Care Bill While the global COVID-19 pandemic is still affecting people around the world, and while we are learning to live with its consequences in the UK, the government is pushing through massive changes to the NHS. We believe that this is not theContinue Reading