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COVID-19: Teignbridge Council supports County’s Prompt Action Fund
Teignbridge District Council are giving £7,000 to a special Prompt Action Fund s…
COVID-19: Teignbridge Council supports County’s Prompt Action Fund
Teignbridge District Council are giving £7,000 to a special Prompt Action Fund set up by Devon County Council as part of…
Keep Britain Singing with Rock Choir
Rock Choir is the largest contemporary choir of the UK and remains unique with over 32,000 Members participating in appr…
Keep fit and happy in your own home with Teignbridge Leisure!
People stuck indoors at home can exercise with the support of Teignbridge Leisure Services. Staying fit and healthy i…
Rowcroft Hospice on the front-line supporting its community in South Devon
Rowcroft Hospice is facing significantly increased demand for its patient services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rowcrof…
More than 2000 calls to helplines
Helplines in Torbay set up to put people in need of help with those offering help have taken more than 2000 calls. On M…
Paignton Zoo’s fire-breathing dragon
Adragon at Paignton Zoo in Devon has been photographed breathing fire.It’s believed to be the first time a Komodo dragon…
Help at hand for Teignbridge’s most vulnerable residents
Teignbridge District Council (TDC) are among local authorities across the county working with Devon County Council (DCC)…
Changes to waste and recycling in Torbay
There will be some additional changes to waste and recycling services in Torbay as of Friday 3 April, due to the ongoing…
Appeal for witnesses following serious assault in Torquay
Police have appealed for witnesses after a man was found with serious injuries in Torquay just after midnight this morni…
Rare ne-ne hatched at Paignton Zoo
Two ne-ne have hatched at Paignton Zoo in Devon. But what-what is a ne-ne?It’s a species of goose - one of the rarest in the world. Found on the Hawaiian Islands, the Hawaiian goose or ne-ne is named …
Zoo keepers get fish to clean their own aquarium
Ingenious aquarists at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium, have trained strange fish to help clean their tank of a naturally-occurring pest. Filefish, or leatherjackets, have been in…
Doh! Homer’s keepers are seeing double at Paignton Zoo
How many lobsters are there in this picture? One – because the “other one” is the hollow, hard outer shell of a lobster, known as an exoskeleton. Keepers at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo, ha…
Rowcroft announce new coastal challenge walk
Rowcroft Hospice is proud to announce the launch of a new coastal challenge walk, D2D. The Dartmouth to Dawlish walking challenge will take place between Saturday 16 - Sunday 17 May, covering 34 miles…
Paignton Zoo breeds beautiful endangered lizard
Paignton Zoo in Devon has hatched three very special – and very beautiful - youngsters. Keepers are hand rearing a trio of Chinese crocodile lizards. In 2018, Paignton Zoo became the first major zoolo…
The Male Trail is back for 2020
Rowcroft Hospice is proud to announce that The Male Trail is back for a second year on Saturday 7th March 2020. After a successful first year, Rowcroft Hospice is calling upon the men of South Devon …
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,…
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: How Therapeutic Art Saved a Life
Matt O’Halloran, born and bred in Torquay is now a 27-yeard-old professional illustrator, exhibiting…
Guest Blog: The 400th Anniversary of the Plymouth Pilgrims in Mayflower
Abbie Hoskin is an English & History Student at the University of Plymouth. Today, she invites u…
Guest Blog: Overcoming Drug Addiction – My Story
Allow me to introduce myself properly, my name is Gemm and if you’ve been following We Are South Dev…
Guest Blog: Dealing with Grief & Loss
Katie McCooey-Hall is a 19 year old adolescent who, originally from Brixham, has recently come to th…
Guest Blog: Help us keep our family together
Becoming a new mother is arguably one of the most beautiful, but stressful things in which a young w…
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…
Edgars Water slashes fuel bills while cutting instances of dangerous driving to zero
Edgars Water, one of the largest suppliers of hydration solutions in the UK, has announced the successful installation of Lightfoot’s award-winning in-cab technology across its fleet of 60 vans. Using…
Lightfoot and Turo announce strategic driver-safety partnership
Devon-based Lightfoot, the “Fitbit for cars”, and Turo, the world’s largest peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, which has over 10,000 vehicles listed in the UK, have announced that they are working tog…
Find skilled candidates at the Torbay Jobs Fair
Promote your job vacancies and talk to up to 700 candidates at the Torbay Jobs Fair.The Jobs Fair is at the Riviera International Conference Centre, Torquay on Friday 13 March. The event is one of th…
National success for Torquay opticians
TORQUAY Willows Specsavers has issued a huge thank-you to its South Devon customers after they helped it be named the second-best opticians in all of England.The store was shortlisted among only five …