South Devon News

While Occombe Farm, with its award-winning cafe and animal trails, is the shop window for the Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust, it manages a huge portfolio of Torbay’s natural assets.

Torbay Council’s Conservative administration has been accused of not doing enough to save the trust that safeguards some of the bay’s most treasured green spaces.

The second phase of works to refurbish Parkfield’s MyPlace building in Paignton starts next week.

Jordan Honey, 28, no fixed abode, has appeared at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on, Wednesday 22 October, after being charged with a number of offences including attempted murder.

If you have not yet had the chance to have your say on Torbay Council’s 2025 Torbay Residents’ Satisfaction Survey, there is just over one week left to do so.

Plans to create a new all-weather sports pitch in Brixham have received enthusiastic backing from the local community.

The government has been urged to step in as ‘massive cuts’ threaten the welfare of some of Torbay’s most vulnerable people.

New ‘street hubs’ in the centre of Torquay could give shoppers free ultra-fast wifi, free phone calls and the chance to charge their phones for free.

Do you run a community organisation in Torbay and could you provide a space that is warm, welcoming and safe for local people? Torbay Council are inviting partners to apply for a slice of £32,000 to set up Warm Spaces in the community this winter.

Trespassers breaking into Paignton’s historic Oldway Mansion have caused damage which will cost thousands of pounds to fix, it has been revealed.

Torbay Council is getting on the with job of increasing the delivery of new affordable homes for local people.

The owners of a prime patch of building land once dubbed ‘Chernobyl-on-Sea’ today insisted they still have plans for it even though it has been derelict for more than a decade.

Work is now underway on Paignton’s landmark seafront transformation, as the appointed contractor, Knights Brown, begins delivering the multi-million-pound scheme that will combine vital flood protection with a striking enhancement of the town’s public realm.

Shoppers in Paignton have been putting their names to a letter demanding much-needed investment in Torbay Hospital.

Due to continual ASB and criminal activity Torquay Police have taken action to seek what they believe is the first closure notice for a currently unused hotel.

On Friday night, officers from Torquay Neighbourhood Team and Neighbourhood Support Team with additional support from Devon & Cornwall Special Constabulary, carried out a plain clothes operation targeting the illegal and antisocial use of electric bikes around the town.

Torbay are once again celebrating horticultural excellence after receiving recognition at the prestigious South West in Bloom Awards 2025

As Torbay RNLI is about to enter its 160th year of saving lives at sea in and around Tor Bay in 2026, crew retirements mean the station is now looking for new volunteers to help continue their vital work.

Andrew Holland from Torquay and Jason Robins from Teignmouth have both been sentenced to four years each for a staggering 44 burglaries which have taken place over a 9-month period.

Fresh plans for seven homes on the site of a Torbay garage have been lodged with the local planning authority.

Fast food giant McDonald’s has been given the go-ahead for a new drive-through restaurant on the outskirts of Torquay – just a mile and a half from its next nearest branch.

A Torbay taxi driver has had her licence revoked after councillors heard she lashed out at a police officer after drinking all day.

Officers are appealing for information following a fatal collision in Brixham in which a pedestrian died.