The Herald - April 16, 2025
The Herald - April 16, 2025
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In this issue
April 16, 2025
Comic-Con back with guest stars
SCI-FI and comic fans should expect a marvellous May after Plymouth Comic-Con returns to its spiritual home at Marjon.
1 min
Fears over debts from special needs’ plans
THERE are fears Plymouth City Council could go bust because of a £48m debt caused by overspending on special educational needs.
2 mins
Heritage of Devon to be celebrated
DEVON'S world-class heritage is to be celebrated as part of a new project organised by the Devonshire Association.
1 min
Fawlty Towers 'just as funny after 50 years'
JOHN Cleese has said his stage adaptation of Fawlty Towers, which is coming to Plymouth later this year, has been successful because 50 years on from the show’s 1975 TV debut it is still “funnier than anything else that’s on these days”.
3 mins
Councillors say speed cameras are being 'hidden'
TORY councillors have raised concerns that new average speed cameras policing a Plymouth 20mph zone have been “hidden”.
3 mins
MP: 'Help me identify city's at risk buildings'
SOME of Plymouth's most famous buildings are crumbling before our eyes. And now city MP Luke Pollard wants to know the ones Plymothians care most passionately about so, hopefully, something can be done about saving them.
2 mins
UK fisheries decline 'must be reversed'
PLYMOUTH-BASED MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ISSUES STARK WARNING
3 mins
US fried chicken chain to swoop into city centre
THE UK's fastest-growing restaurant chain wants to open in Plymouth's revamped city centre.
2 mins
Park to be closed 'for months'
WORK NEEDED TO REDUCE FLOODING
2 mins
Police told to improve public communications
THE acting chair of Devon and Cornwall Police Federation (which represents rank and file officers) has said police chiefs need to consider how information is handled after serious incidents such as the Southport murders of three young girls.
2 mins
US budget cuts plan
THE White House has proposed gutting the United States State Department's budget by almost 50%, closing a number of overseas diplomatic missions, and eliminating funding for nearly all international organisations including the United Nations, many of its agencies, and for Nato headquarters, officials have said.
1 min
Meghan's childcare revelations on podcast
THE Duchess of Sussex has spoken about \"juggling it all\" and nursing a poorly Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet at home, in her latest podcast episode.
1 min
Teachers set to consider pay strike
THE largest education union in the country will launch a formal ballot on strike action if the Government's final pay offer for teachers “remains unacceptable”.
1 min
Farmers warn of impact on wildlife
FARMERS say they have had to abandon planned measures to help wildlife following the abrupt closure of a flagship nature-friendly farming scheme.
1 min
Account hacked for crypto scam
COMMONS Leader Lucy Powell had her X account hacked yesterday, with the page repeatedly publicising a “House of Commons cryptocoin” scam.
1 min
US 'working very hard' on 'great' trade deal with UK
THE United States is “working very hard” with the UK on negotiating a “great” trade deal, US Vice President JD Vance has said.
1 min
Supplies arrive to help 'save steel production'
RAW materials secured by the Government have arrived in the UK to keep British Steel blast furnaces burning after a race to save the company's Scunthorpe plant.
1 min
Post Office hero Alan wants judicial review
SIR Alan Bates has urged victims of the Horizon scandal to take the Government to court over delays to financial redress.
2 mins
New kid on the block needs close scrutiny
TIRED of those boring, old political parties? Need a change? Why not try the new kid on the block, Reform UK? Particularly if you send your kids to private schools, as Reform will give you a tax break on the fees. Good for your kids, but not too good for the kids from poorer families who are paying for your tax break.
3 mins
Peerages 'earned' merely by loyalty
WHAT do the following list of people all have in common: Michael Gove, cricketer Jimmy Anderson, Mark Harper, Simon Hart, and Alister Jack?
2 mins
Earnings set to fall at B&M
B&M, the discount retailer, has warned that it anticipates a year-on-year decline in full-year earnings due to weak UK sales affecting the company's overall performance.
1 min
Business owners consider relocating
A WAVE of higher taxes, escalating costs and bureaucratic red tape is prompting small business owners across the UK to consider relocating, according to recent data.
1 min
Businesses are 'lining up' to open in the city
'INVESTMENT IS DUE TO CITY CENTRE REDEVELOPMENT'
3 mins
Businesses are 'lining up' to open in the city
A HOST of new businesses are lining up to open in Plymouth city centre thanks to its multi-million pound redevelopment and the council's new “vision” for the area, a leading expert says.
3 mins
9 ways to give babies the best start in life
Midwives and the NCT tell LISA SALMON their top tips for parents with newborns
3 mins
Making an unexpected splash on a day out at the waterpark
DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR A FIRST TIME DAD OF TWINS
2 mins
Palm reading
THERE'S something thrilling about going from scraping frost off the car in the morning to an evening sipping drinks by a pool in 33°C heat.
4 mins
CHANGING ROOMS
Explore a mysterious and ever-changing mansion in this near-perfect puzzler
2 mins
PAINT AND SUFFERING
WAKING up to find that Banksy has decorated your end of terrace might sound like the best surprise gift ever, but the messy reality soon hits home.
1 min
Stout leads Cherry Tree C to victory
GEORGE Beckett (28.90) showed what a class act he is with legs in 17, 17 and 18 darts during a 3-0 success for Steampacket in the Plymouth City Super League Division A.
4 mins
Divers seeking support to compete in Croatia
YOUNG Plymouth divers are fundraising to take their team coaches to a competition in Rijeka, Croatia, this summer.
1 min
Plymouth teenager becomes country's youngest pro boxer
A TEENAGER from Plymouth has become the youngest professional boxer in the country having fought a month into his 16th birthday in a contest in Thailand.
4 mins
Pilgrims paid over £1m to agents
PLYMOUTH Argyle's total payments to football agents for the 12-month period up to February 3, 2025 topped the £1 million mark, figures from The Football Association have revealed.
1 min
Argyle must do all they can to keep Hardie
PROVEN GOAL SCORER IS SURE TO ATTRACT INTEREST FROM RIVALS, SAYS CHRIS ERRINGTON
2 mins
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