South Devon News

Chief Constable of Devon & Cornwall Police, James Vaughan, QPM, has congratulated the High Sheriff of Devon for working to promote local crime prevention - after a Paignton group scooped three awards.

Policing teams carrying out proactive patrols in Torquay, Paignton, Newton Abbot and Kingsbridge last week arrested ten people in relation to Fatal Five driving offences.

A government funded youth hub which opened recently in Torbay is providing young people aged 16 to 24 with the employment and skills support they need to overcome barriers and meet their work, training or education aspirations.

A new Housing Needs Assessment is set to go before Cabinet for approval, outlining both the housing options available today and what is likely to be required in the years ahead.

Torbay Council has introduced the English Riviera Beach Standards (ERBS), a new locally designed and managed framework that celebrates the diversity of the Bay’s coastline while strengthening environmental protection and safeguarding water quality.

The company that owns a Paignton residential home which was put in special measures amid concerns for safety has issued an apology.

The new owners of Paignton Zoo today unveiled what they say is the most significant redevelopment of the site in its 103-year history.

Selling a piece of land on a Torquay business park to the local healthcare trust will be an investment in the future and not just another car park, councillors have been assured.

Health chiefs have decided to pull the plug on a pioneering social care partnership in Torbay – leaving the bay’s council to pick up a £35million bill.

Policing teams carrying out proactive patrols in Torquay, Paignton, Newton Abbot and Kingsbridge last week arrested five people on suspicion of driving while impaired in just one night, including one person who crashed a vehicle containing children.

Event organisers have announced that the Red Arrows, Typhoon and Battle of Britain Memorial Flight have all been confirmed for this year's English Riviera Airshow which takes place from Friday 29 to Sunday 31 May in Paignton.

Owners of a high-end Torquay hotel where local people are banned from the spectacular rooftop terrace bar are calling on councillors to reverse the ‘punitive’ restrictions.

Care experienced young people in Torbay aged 16 to 25 can now access a brand new ‘hub’ which not only provides a welcoming social space but can also support them in education, skills, employment and wellbeing.

The leader of a Devon council whose much-praised partnership with its local health service is under threat has described the response from health chiefs as ‘disappointing and unacceptable’

A Torbay taxi driver who maintained he was ‘the unluckiest person’ and had been unfairly singled out has had his licence revoked after councillors decided he posed a risk to public safety.

Devon MPs have welcomed news that the bosses of the county’s Integrated Care Board (ICB) have dropped plans to change the way urgent heart patients are treated in Torbay.