South Devon News

Ten community groups in Torbay have been given a total of more than £140,000 for projects in some of the bay’s most deprived areas.

Residents living near the site of a planned new mobile phone mast in Torquay say they fear sinkholes in the area could cause it to collapse.

Organisers have confirmed that the skies above Torbay will once again come alive as the English Riviera Airshow returns from Friday 29 May to Sunday 31 May 2026.

Councillors who unanimously backed a plan for new homes on a clifftop site overlooking an award-winning Torbay beach decided it was much better than a design they passed five years ago.

A ‘game-changing’ multi-million-pound plan to revitalise Torquay town centre has been given the go-ahead despite its early design being described as ‘Stalinist’.

New 20mph zones introduced around schools in Torbay are in force 24 hours a day, drivers have been warned.

Failing lifts and escalators which have left the top floor of a Torquay shopping centre off limits to some shoppers will soon be fixed.

Torbay parents whose children are being educated outside the school system are suffering crisis and stress as a result of a new ‘pathway’ designed to help them, it has been claimed.

Primary schools across Torbay will get a windfall of nearly £300,000 thanks to a ‘trailblazing’ change in the way Torbay Council allocates free school meals.

In a first for Devon & Cornwall Police a total of six shops in Torbay have been closed down on the same day for selling illegal vapes and counterfeit tobacco.

Seven more shops in Torquay and Paignton have been shut down by trading standards officers

South Devon MP Caroline Voaden has spoken out after the vicar of Totnes was arrested in London while taking part in a protest on Gaza.

Providing homes for local families in need will be one of the priorities when it comes to spending £20million in government cash in Torquay.

Ambitious plans for a once-in-a-generation’ transformation of Torquay’s town centre are likely to get the go-ahead next week.

So many people have fallen in love with Torquay’s new harbourside tribute to the Queen of Crime that she has had to have running repairs.

A Brixham man has been jailed for seven and half years for the sexual abuse of two boys.

The government is being urged to think again on a raft of measures which critics say are killing pubs and restaurants in Devon.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision on St Albans Road, Torquay.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is proud to announce that its Clinical Education team has been shortlisted for the Nursing Times Workforce Team of the Year 2025 award.

More than 200 staff have been trained across 16 venues as Torbay becomes a model for tackling sexual harassment in the night-time economy.

A Torquay man has been sentenced to four years in prison for raiding a shop at knifepoint.

Luke Friend, the former Devon schoolboy who went from reality TV pop sensation to established West End star, is coming home to play his part in a nationwide drive to save lives.

More than 50 projects have been put forward for a share of £20 million in government money to be spent in Torquay.

Torbay Council have made £130,000 available to launch a new Enterprise Fund to support business growth in local start-ups and town centre businesses.

The proposed redevelopment of The Strand in Torquay as an upscale boutique hotel, is gathering pace, with strong interest from leading hotel brands and operators, signalling a promising new phase for the town’s most prominent waterfront site.

Police in Paignton have put out a warning to ‘urban explorers’ to keep clear of historic Oldway Mansion.

Police are appealing for witnesses and footage following a fatal road traffic collision on Torwood Street, Torquay, on Sunday 31st August.

Agencies are still receiving reports of young people entering abandoned buildings throughout Torbay, including sites like Oldway Mansion, putting themselves and others at risk.

Officers are appealing for information to help identify these men in connection with the theft of more than £10,400 worth of skincare products from a Torquay store.