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CORONAVIRUS - The steps needed to keep this virus under control are having a major impact on all our lives. Plymouth City Council is providing regular updates which set out current restrictions and provide answers to many frequently asked questions at: www.plymouth.gov.uk/coronavirus

Other useful Coronavirus-related links:-

Derriford Hospital: Visiting restrictions and other information - https://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk/coronavirus

The Government - https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

The NHS - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

10 Downing Street Daily Press Conferences can be seen at: www.Facebook.com/10DowningStreet

There are details of local companies offering special services/deliveries during the Coronavirus period on the Local Businesses and Groups tab on the top tool bar of this website

Need to attend A&E or a Minor Injuries Unit in Plymouth? Click here to see current waiting times for A&E and average waiting times at the MIU based on statistics for the past month.

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Have you witnessed poor driving that needs reporting? If you have caught the incident on video/dashcam you can report it to the police via Operation Snap. Operation Snap is a secure online facility which allows submissions of video and photographic evidence relating to driving incidents that members of the public have witnessed. Produced with the support of the Department for Transport. Find out more at www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/OpSnap

THE EASTERN CORRIDOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEME - This commenced at the beginning of September 2019 and after a brief pause during the Coronavirus lockdown started again on 11th May 2020. The project is now expected to finish by the end of Spring 2021. For a video showing photographic illustration of all these closures click here

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NEED A VENUE TO HIRE?

These locations have rooms and/or halls to hire:-

Some may have amended capacity, restrictions or be temporarily unavailable due to Coronavirus restrictions

ST MARY'S PARISH CENTRE - There is a large hall and a smaller room available for hire. Booking enquiries to the Plympton Team Ministry on 01752 348525 or E-Mail

BEAN A DAY! CAFE, 1B Seymour Road, Plympton PL7 4NX. Can be hired for meetings and private functions with seating for approx 30 - 35 people. Telephone 07771 298758 for more details. This venue has now closed.

ST PETER'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, LARKHAM LANE - Hall £14/hr, Kitchen £8 per session or half day/£20 full day. £75 returnable deposit. Booking enquiries to the church on 01752 336240 or to Pastor Arno Bessel on 07503 095990 Prices correct as at February 2019.

PLYMPTON HALL (behind the Police Station)

Plympton Hall is able to hold up to 200 people for a variety of different uses including meetings, classes and parties. Mention the Plympton Podcast for discount rates on party hire. For more information about the hall and its facilities click here and to make booking enquries click here

HAREWOOD HOUSE - 3 rooms and a big hall - for more info, rates and booking details click here

FREEMASONS' HALL, RIDGEWAY

PLYMPTON LIBRARY - A room for up to 40 people from £12/hr. For more info click here

HELE'S SCHOOL - 18 different hire facilities available ranging from rooms to sports facilities. For more info click here

THE REES CENTRE - Telephone 01752 337267

PLYMPTON ST MAURICE GUILDHALL - a 'Chamber' for up to 30 people and a hall for up to 80 people with prices starting from £11.50 and £15.50 per hour respectively. For more info click here

COLEBROOK COMMUNITY CENTRE - Hall for hire at very reasonable rates with use of kitchen and off road parking. For more details click here

CHADDLEWOOD FARM COMMUNITY CENTRE - Telephone 01752 346123 For e-mail enquiries click here

PLYMPTON ACADEMY - 7 different facilities available to hire ranging from a classroom through to dance facilities, a drama studio housing up to 188 and sports pitches. For the full offering and applicable rates click here

PLYMPTON'S NEW HERITAGE ROOM

Plympton now has a new heritage room situated inside Harewood House. It contains many local historic artefacts and photographs, some going back to the 1800s. If you have something you'd like to donate or to arrange a viewing of the room contact the Plympton & District Civic Society by e-mail or telephone 07769 688122 or 07883 011539. The Heritage Room is currently closed due to the Coronavirus.

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The Harewood House Coffee Bar

Run by a different community group each week the Harewood House Coffee Bar is a place to meet and socialise and enjoy hot and cold drinks as well as a range of sandwiches and cakes. Hot drinks start from as little as 40p per cup. The Coffee Bar is open every weekday (except Bank Holidays and between Christmas/New Year) from 10am to 3pm. Please note all food purchases must be eaten on the premises. NOTE - The Coffee Bar is currently closed due to the Coronavirus situation.

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A new local bank is being proposed for the Westcountry. Read about their exciting plans for the new service at https://southwestmutual.co.uk/

There is a magazine exchange basket in Plympton Library - when you've finished with yours drop it in the basket and choose another to read from those others have put in. It's over against the back left windows.

There is a box for putting spectacles you no longer want in the entrance to Beacon Medical at Mudge Way. They are then sent for use by people in deprived overseas countries.

There are many local groups and societies in Plympton which you can join to pursue new interests and make new friends. Look at our Groups page to find out more.

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NATWEST MOBILE BANK BRANCH - A mobile Natwest branch visits Plymstock Broadway car park on Tuesdays between 11.30am and 12.30pm. For more details of the services which can be transacted click here.

An edition of the BBC Gardeners' Question Time was staged at St Maurice Guildhall with some well-known local people putting questions to the panel of gardening experts. You can hear the programme here.

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Green Garden Waste Collections

Kerbside collection of garden waste will start again in April 2021. This year collections will be made from black/dark grey wheelie bins which are being delivered between February and the end of March 2021 to those who have registered.

Please note from 2020 you have needed to register with Plymouth City Council for your garden waste to be collected. It will no longer be collected as a matter of standard course. You will need to register on a yearly basis.

The terms and conditions for garden waste collections can be read here

To register for your garden waste to be collected click here, select the 'register now' option and fill out the information asked for. Applications could take up to 4 weeks to process.

AccessAble - the guide to disabled friendly business locations.

AccessAble is a website where you can search out disabled friendly venues and business services, eg find a cinema with hearing loops, a restaurant with a menu in Braille, is there a disabled toilet at the venue, is there a hotel room with adaptations etc. This useful service was set up by Dr Gregory Burke and was inspired by the difficulties he encountered as a wheelchair user and disabled walker. Check it out at:- www.accessable.co.uk

Would you know what to do if you fell into cold water such as the sea? The advice in this video could save your life one day.

The advice may go against your instincts but #float to live - Click here to watch it.

Do You Know Where Defibrillators are located?

We understand there are defibrillators in the following locations:-

Colebrook Community Centre Chaddlewood Farm Community Centre Ridgeway Methodist Church

Plympton St Maurice Primary School St Maurice Masonic Lodge Boringdon Primary School

Plympton Academy Vospers, Marsh Mills The Rise, Ridgeway

Elfordleigh Hotel Wales & West Utilities, Bell Close My Dentist, Ridgeway

Saltram House Beacon Medical Group, Mudge Way Woodford Primary School

Chaddlewood Primary School Boringdon Golf Club Sainsburys, Marsh Mills

Westward Inn, Lee Mill Hemerdon Village Hall Sparkwell Village Hall

St Stephen's Place (between Hays Travel and Baker's Lounge) St Mary's Church Hall

There is also one at the Transport Repair Garage in Colebrook Village, currently accessible during opening hours.

The Spark buses on routes 21 and 21A run by Plymouth City Bus also each have one fitted in the driver's cab.

Your local Plymouth City Councillors and how to contact them

Plympton St Mary

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Cllr David James

Cllr Andrea Loveridge

Cllr Patrick Nicholson

Plympton Erle

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Cllr Terri Beer

Cllr Ian Darcy

Chaddlewood

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Cllr Glenn Jordan

Cllr Samantha Leaves

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