South Devon News

Young people with special educational needs and home educated children will benefit from the reintroduction of three play clubs starting this week.

Torbay Council are calling on the public to help shape the next chapter of the iconic Torquay Pavilion, as a major new Options Appraisal gets underway.

Residents in Paignton should be enjoying a more peaceful start to the new year after a noisy neighbour was ordered to leave his flat.

Developers taking on a project to build 90 homes on the site of a former Torquay school and convent are likely to get the go-ahead for the latest stage in their plans next week.

Starting Monday 5 January 2026, National Grid will begin essential utility upgrade works in Paignton town centre to support regeneration projects, including the restoration of Paignton Picture House.

Torbay Council are undertaking a full update of their Local Plan to guide development in Torbay for the next 20 years. They are consulting on the draft Local Plan (Regulation 18 stage) and would like people's views on the key issues and options.

Twinning with a city in Ukraine for the New Year would bring ‘enormous credit’ to Torbay, according to supporters of a successful aid convoy which reached the war-torn country just before Christmas.

Talks are due to take place next week on the future of the custody suite at Torquay’s police station.

Torbay’s thriving fishing industry is netting another cash bonus for the bay’s council budget.

A failure in police processes leading up to the death of a well-known Torbay farmer and councillor has been highlighted in an official Coroner’s report.

Torbay has more ‘adult gaming centres’ than any other area of Devon, according to new research – all of them situated in areas of serious deprivation.

Officers investigating criminal damage caused to a car in Torquay have released an image of a man they would like to identify.

Officers in Torquay conducted a Pubs Against Drugs operation across the town recently – and they had a special canine helper.

People needing urgent and life-saving and urgent care are now being treated in the first phase of Torbay Hospital’s £14.2million Emergency Department redevelopment – a major step towards improving patient experience and reducing waiting times.

A 22 year old man has been given a civil order under the Modern Slavery Act to protect children from potential harm and prevent them being coerced into committing crime.

The Torquay Neighbourhood Police Team ran seasonal Operation Limit drink drive checks on Torbay Road, Torquay last weekend and more than 200 vehicles passed through the check point.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has downgraded the rating of Burrow Down Community Support in Paignton, Devon from good to inadequate and placed it into special measures to protect people following an inspection in July and August.

Torquay Library is welcoming the community with a new initiative offering free breakfasts on Friday mornings over the Winter. 

Putting some of Torbay’s assets up for sale will help safeguard the rest for the future, councillors have been told.

Health chiefs in Torbay have been urged to think again before pulling the plug on a successful partnership with the bay’s council.

Campaigners fighting to secure the use of a former Brixham church as a food bank and ‘safe space’ have had their hopes dashed.

Torbay Council has been accused of exploiting the grief of bereaved families for financial gain after hiking the price of memorial benches around the bay.