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Trading standards introduce information packs for farmers
Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards has launched a new information pack…
Trading standards introduce information packs for farmers
Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards has launched a new information pack giving farmers all the information they…
People with disabilities get a taste of life at sea
People with a range of disabilities will be able to experience life on the waves with a Torquay-based group, thanks to f…
Announcement about changes to Youth Services in Torbay
Two of Torbay’s key services for children and young people will be undergoing some changes from next month. Torbay Yo…
Exmouth Inshore Lifeboat launched to assist male in water
On Thursday 16th January 2020 Exmouth’s RNLI Inshore Lifeboat George Bearman II was alerted by HM Coastguard to go to th…
Should funding be increased or services reduced in Teignbridge?
Council taxpayers in Teignbridge have until the end of the month to say how spending should be prioritised on essential …
Police concerned for welfare of missing woman
Update: Missing woman found.The woman missing in Paignton has been found. Police had posted an appeal on social media an…
Torquay seafront closed-Diversion in place
Update: The road is now open. Torquay seafront is currently closed this afternoon, Thursday 16th January. The A379/A3…
Budleigh Lions collect over £1,100 for Exmouth RNLI
Budleigh Salterton Lions Club have donated an incredible £1169.59 to Exmouth RNLI following their collection at the Budl…
Development work to get underway in Teignmouth
The coming months will see the first steps taken to implement the Brunswick Street Development and the wider regeneratio…
Tesco Bags of Help looking for grant applications in South Devon
Community groups and charities across South Devon are being invited to apply for thousands of pounds’ worth of funding through the Tesco Bags of Help scheme. Applications are now officially open fo…
Wild Planet Trust’s 2020 vision
A local conservation charity is looking forward to 2020, despite a challenging 2019.Wild Planet Trust is the Devon-based charity that runs Paignton Zoo, Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cor…
Nurses’ League donates to dementia-friendly hospital ward
A group of current and former nurses is helping improve the lives of patients with dementia and their families by donating memorabilia to a ward at Torbay Hospital which is run by Torbay and South Dev…
All creatures great and very, very small
This is an Nguru spiny pygmy chameleon. It’s just a few centimetres long. What could it possibly have in common with a black rhino? The answer is – Wild Planet Trust. The charity behind Paignton Zoo, …
Paignton Zoo says goodbye to lion Lucifer
Paignton Zoo is sad to announce that senior male lion Lucifer has had to be put to sleep. Zoo spokesperson Phil Knowling: “Lucifer was 17 years old, so he was a good age for an Asiatic lion. He was…
Thousands of meals donated by South Devon Tesco shoppers this Christmas
Thousands of meals have been donated to food banks and groups feeding people, thanks to the generosity of Tesco’s South Devon shoppers, figures released today reveal. South Devon shoppers donated 10,…
Conserving Torbay’s underwater rainforest
Devon conservationists and volunteer divers have completed a successful year tending to a very special local species. Staff from Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo, supported by seagrass project div…
Tesco adopts sunflower lanyard to help customers with hidden disabilities
South Devon Tesco stores will be providing sunflower lanyards to promote disability inclusion for customers and colleagues in 2020. This comes after the supermarket chain become a signatory to the Va…
How to train your…
If animal training makes you think of tricks and shows, think again. Top zoos use training to improve animal welfare, reduce the need for risky general anaesthetics and to keep both animals and people…
Festive food fun with Santa
They say you shouldn’t play with your food – but at Living Coasts this Christmas, that’s exactly what kids are being encouraged to do. The coastal zoo’s Breakfast with Santa event features food, pr…
National Tree Week: Trees in Trust
National Tree Week - from 23rd November to 1st December – is the UK's largest annual tree celebration, and marks the start of the winter tree planting season. One locally-based conservation charity i…
The Salvation Army – Combatting poverty in Torbay this Christmas
This winter, The Salvation Army is hard at work throughout Torbay preparing over 250 Christmas Hampers for families and individuals suffering poverty this Christmas. The Salvation Army has an over …
Prostitution in Torquay- a brief history
It's the oldest profession in the world and Torquay has always had its ‘Ladies of the Night’, prostitution often being t…
Derek Acorah & Terror in Torbay
It has just been announced that the TV mystic Derek Acorah has died aged 69. Derek found fame as a spiritual medium and…
‘The Trial of Christine Keeler’ – the Torquay link
Beginning on Sunday 29th December at 9pm on BBC One is 'The Trial of Christine Keeler'.Starring Sophie Cookson, James No…
Guest Blog: Bell Ringing For Brexit – A Terrible Idea
The time is nearly upon us: The 31st of January will be the day the UK departs from the European Uni…
Guest Blog: How I wrote my first Children’s book
My name is David Pearson, I’m 62 retired Electrical Wholesaler, I live in Torquay.I first came down …
Guest Blog: Emotional Politics
Once, when I was a teenager delivering newspapers in Dartmouth, a woman whose paper I delivered invi…
Guest blog: Life After Brexit
For a while there, it looked as though Brexit might actually be done and dusted. Boris Johnson’s dea…
Guest blog: Our Daily Bread
On a chilly Saturday in mid-October, I walked into town to visit the Dartmouth Food Festival. The to…
Guest blog: Common Decency
Everywhere I go, I see people behaving decently towards one another. Maybe this is one of the perks …
‘Make it in Torbay’ with a new incentive to relocate or expand
A new funding programme offers foreign owned SMEs up to £10,000 to relocate all or part of their company to Torbay.Torbay is home to rapidly growing multinational manufacturing businesses. The Invest …
Local restaurant owners praise support from Torbay Council
Indian and Nepalese restaurant owners in Torbay have praised the support they received from Torbay Council to improve their hygiene ratings, as a series of tailored workshops are planned to support lo…
Shoppers help choose Tesco Centenary Grants in Devon
Charities that enhance and often saves the lives of Devon people have received £50,000 to continue their amazing work. The supermarket chain is marking its Centenary year with two special Bags of H…
Torquay opticians among the best in the country
TORQUAY Willows Specsavers is in the running for a prestigious national award – and the store staff need your votes. The store is among only five opticians’ outlets across the country chosen in the P…