South Devon News

Volunteers working to preserve a historic feature of one of Devon’s most famous buildings have pledged to battle on despite damage caused by a giant falling tree.

Police in Torquay have made further arrests this month as part of Operation Harbourlight to disrupt potential drug dealing in the town.

The plight of Devon fishers whose catch has been decimated by a sudden ‘bloom’ of octopus in local waters has been highlighted in the House of Commons.

A new, voluntary supported employment programme that will support over 800 people in Torbay is now open to participants.  

Damage caused to Torbay’s harbours during the weekend’s storm has been put at around half a million pounds, with walls and pontoons wrecked.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust has been recognised nationally for its work to support people into health and care careers, achieving the NHS England Silver Award for Work Experience.

Devon & Cornwall Police has made a referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) following the death of a 28-year-old man in Torquay on Thursday 15 January.

Patients at Torbay Hospital are set to benefit from enhanced rehabilitation thanks to a generous donation from the Torbay Hospital League of Friends.

Torbay Council are giving local people more time to have their say on our draft Local Plan and shape ideas on where development should go in Torbay. Following a series of drop-in events, webinars and meetings, the consultation period has been extended and will now close at 23.59 on Monday 2 February.

New electric buses on routes in Torquay will no longer be able to serve two narrow streets in St Marychurch – because they will be too big to squeeze through

Torbay Council are working with our highways partner SWISCo on a proposal to expand the 20mph zone in Torquay town centre.

The government has been told it has got its sums wrong when calculating how much money Torbay needs.

The man behind a Torbay Council planning document which appears to earmark the grounds of Oldway Mansion for house-building today insisted: “We won’t be building there.”

Anger is mounting in Paignton after the grounds of Oldway Mansion were included in a list of potential building sites across Torbay in the latest version of a council housing strategy.

Neighbourhood Police Teams in Torbay have been taking steps to keep everyone safe during their nights out and now they want to hear your views.

Developers have been given the go-ahead to re-start work on a ‘very, very high quality development’ on the site of a former convent and school in Torquay

Torbay has received an 'amber' overall rating from the government for its management of roads, and 'green' for condition of the roads.

Torbay Council is being urged to step in to save Cockington’s visitor centre amid fears that it will be sold off.

Campaigners who fought to save Torquay police station’s busy custody suite have been celebrating news that it has been reprieved.