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Bob Jope
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The organisations responsible for commissioning most healthcare services in …
Mountain goat escapes Paignton Zoo
A mountain goat has escaped from Paignton Zoo today, Monday 24th September A young female West Caucasian tur – a kind o…
Give Your Views on how to Improve Mental health Services
People in Devon are being invited to help influence the future of mental health services across the county. NHS and care…
Lemurs make their Wills
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is teaming up with national award-winning local law firm Wollen Michelmore Solicitors to…
Improving Mental Health Care – How to Get Involved!
Healthwatch England’s new report highlights what they found when they analysed the mental health care experiences that…
Police appeal for information after vehicles stolen overnight
Police have appealed to the public to help them locate two vehicles stolen from the South Hams area overnight. Police…
Cockington Court’s 25th Apple Day is coming… and it’s FREE!
Cockington Court and its staff are gearing up for the biggest day of the year, with Cockington’s 25th Apple Day promisin…
How to juggle gorillas at Paignton Zoo
Nic Dunn, Paignton Zoo’s Curator of Mammals, is currently juggling four 200 kilo gorillas. He’s clearly stronger than he looks… “We have to manage Pertinax separately from the other three - Kiondo, K…
What do you call a big, smelly flower at the Zoo?
It sounds like the opening line of a cheesy joke, but it was the question facing gardeners at Paignton Zoo. A Titan arum plant was about to bloom, and it was in need of a name. So they asked the publi…
Rowcroft’s lottery celebrates raising over £5,000,000 in funds
Rowcroft Hospice’s local lottery has reached a major milestone; raising over 5 million in funds since beginning in 2004. The lottery has been running for over 14 years and has become extremely popula…
Cray to go… charity defends Devon species
A Devon conservation charity is coming to the aid of a native species under threat from its bolder American cousins. The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, based at Paignton Zoo, has teamed up with …
Horse caterpillars come to Living Coasts
They are beautiful, serene and exotic - and in the wild they live, largely unnoticed, right under our noses. Torquay’s coastal zoo is now home to native seahorses. The Latin for seahorse - hippocampu…
Sally Allen’s glamorous donation to Rowcroft
Rowcroft Hospice is thrilled to receive a collection of glamorous stock from Sally Allen’s Designer Fashion which is currently being sold in the Dartmouth and Wellswood Rowcroft Boutiques. After heari…
Tea for toucan at Paignton Zoo
Bird keeper Nikki Watt patiently feeds a toco toucan chick at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon. Paignton is one of two zoos in the UK to house them and one of only two in Europe to breed them.…
Sitting ducks at Living Coasts
Three eider ducklings are being hand reared at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo. Right now they’re growing well on a diet of mini crickets and mealworms five times a day and specialist pellets. S…
Tiny baby with a big, big voice at Paignton Zoo
You just have to accept that some babies will make a noise – but this one is guaranteed to be loud… This sweet little face belongs to one of the loudest animals in the world – a howler monkey. Paignt…
New Paignton Zoo Curator has local roots and global reach
Paignton Zoo has appointed Nic Dunn, previously head of Shaldon Wildlife Trust, as its new Curator of Mammals. Nic Dunn is a local lad - a very local lad. Born and bred in Shaldon, he pretty much grew…
Ride for Rowcroft cycle challenge steps up a gear with new 32km course
On Sunday 14 October, the Ride for Rowcroft cycle challenge will be returning to the picturesque surroundings of South Devon, with a new “wheelie challenging” 32km, up-hill course, the ‘Haytor Hill Cl…
The importance of being heard with Healthwatch Torbay
Find out the importance of being heard with Healthwatch Torbay Recite Me, say that they’re ‘excited to welcome Healthwatch Torbay as a recent client. We chatted with Simon Culley, Communications Offi…
An unnatural history of Torquay’s Ghosts
The first thing to point out is that it doesn’t matter whether you think that ghosts are real or not to take them se…
A bit of black magic, cat abuse and human sacrifice in Teignmouth
Here at WASD we love a bit of local weirdness so here’s a clip from the 2001 London Weekend Television ‘documentary’ '…
“Where the ragged people go”: Torquay’s Underclass
While it was the visiting wives and relatives of naval officers that initiated Torquay as a tourist town, it was the…
Guest blog – Sexual Assault; Why Aren’t We Talking About It?
I’m 22 years old and I still have to sleep with a lamp on at night; if I don’t, I end up having mass…
Guest blog: A ray of light
Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone who donated money for our Christmas light display in aid of c…
Guest blog: New Years Resolution
As we move into 2017 and the new year many will be looking back on the previous 12 months, thinking …
Guest Blog: The first 12 months running a business in Torbay
Finding a work life balance when you have a full-time job and three small children is a challenge mo…
Guest Blog: Moving from The Valleys of Wales to Torquay
I was eight years old when I was told I had to desert my sleepy cul de sac in Gelligaer- to all non-…
Guest Blog: The Perfect World Project
My name is Lois Taylor, I'm from Brixham and I work in Newton Abbot. I have recently got to the fina…
Heart of the South West on National Government Agenda as Local Industrial Strategy Announced
The Heart of the South West (HotSW) covering Torbay as well as Devon, Plymouth, and Somerset is in the second wave of areas to benefit from working with the Government to develop their local Industria…
Torquay business owners offered unique slice of locomotive history
Grade II listed Torquay railway station refurbished to create six business units for local independent businesses. Open days scheduled to view newly converted premises Business owners and independent…
Local business unveils new electric delivery van
Last week local business Refresh Cartridges were pleased to be visited by local MP Kevin Foster at their Torquay Warehouse to celebrate the unveiling of a new electric van, which was recently purchase…
New International Trade Bursary for Torbay businesses
A pilot programme offering an International Trade Bursary to businesses that are new to exporting has been established by TDA. The programme will support Torbay businesses to identify the opportuniti…