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WASD
Events space on Princess Gardens is open for business
The ‘Banjo’ events space on Princess Gardens is available to hire. Recently e…
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WASD
Summer 2021 – An Update from Vice Chair – Philip Mitchell
The Torbay Hi-Tech Cluster (THTC) has grown significantly during the past 18 mon…
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WASD
Guest Blog: Fundraiser makes £2,420 so far in memory of Charles
If you have ever been to the Torquay Argos store you might remember seeing Charl…
Local News
Events space on Princess Gardens is open for business
The ‘Banjo’ events space on Princess Gardens is available to hire. Recently enhanced as part of three projects being …
Helping Torbay’s taxi trade to keep up with demand
Taxi companies in Torbay are experiencing a shortfall in the number of drivers in the trade, as the demand on local oper…
Should dog control powers be continued?
Teignbridge’s dog control Public Spaces Protection Order is under review with councillors needing to decide whether it s…
Public Health England teams up with Disney, Sport England and Olympian Iwan Thomas to get kids active
According to a new survey of 1,000 parents of children aged between 5 and 11, conducted by PHE, 78% of parents surveyed …
Celts, Romans & Saxons- Faith & Belief in Torbay
So when did Torbay become Christian?We know that the first recorded inhabitants of Torbay were a Celtic people who inh…
Extra toilets open in time for school holidays
Extra toilets will be open in Torbay in time for the school summer holidays – but Torbay Council is once again pleading …
Health chiefs issue warning as childhood respiratory infections rise ahead of winter
Health chiefs in England are encouraging parents to be aware of the signs of respiratory illnesses in young children, as…
Household waste and sewage to be used in jet fuel production
Net zero aviation becomes one step closer today (23rd July) as eight companies have been shortlisted to receive a share …
Cultural Development Fund investment bid for Paignton Picture House
Torbay Council has agreed to submit an expression of interest, on behalf of a partnership of organisations to seek Cultu…
HEAL hosts mental health event in Torquay
HEAL Mental Health Support, a mental health and wellbeing Community CIC in Torbay, is one of many amazing support services providing assistance to locals in the bay. HEAL has a team of 14 volunteer…
Hectors House Cat Rescue need your help
A Torbay-based cat welfare charity has launched an appeal for help to deal with a looming crisis in Devon. Hector’s House cat rescue was launched just over a year ago, in June 2020, to take in and gi…
Worcester Bosch Launch Initiative to aid local communities in the South West
Worcester Bosch’s ‘Warming Your Community’ competition will see seven local community spaces across the UK win a brand-new boiler, including one in the South West Worcester Bosch is offering the chan…
Superhuman victory in Rowcroft’s Sleep Walk!
In Rowcroft Hospice’s first big in-person fundraising event in over 15 months, over 370 women and girls took part in The Sleep Walk on Saturday 3 July, so far raising over £27,000 to care for local pe…
Crowds line the route for ‘the Grandfather of Exmouth RNLI Lifeboat Station’
Exmouth RNLI Staff, Crew, volunteers and many friends paid their respects on Friday to a popular and long serving volunteer on the day of his funeral. Volunteers and crew members from Exmouth RNLI pa…
Men step out to support Rowcroft Hospice
Rowcroft Hospice is saying a million thanks to the 107 men who took part in its ‘Male Trail’ fundraising walk over the weekend of 19-20 June. The charity is delighted to have raised over £6,000 to car…
Exmouth RNLI awarded Certificate of Appreciation
Exmouth RNLI have been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Budleigh Salterton Lions Club.Exmouth RNLI volunteers were awarded a certificate of appreciation by the Budleigh Salterton Lions Clu…
Cousins complete RNLI MayDay Mile Charity Fundraiser in Exmouth
Two young cousins who set their sights on completing a full mile along Exmouth seafront to raise funds for the the RNLI in the MayDay Mile challenge, proudly fulfilled their pledge this afternoon, Sun…
Volunteers needed in South Devon for Summer Food Collection
Volunteers are being sought in South Devon to help two leading charities support children and families this summer. From 15-17 July, charities FareShare and the Trussell Trust will be collecting lo…
Cousins to take part in RNLI MayDay Mile Charity Fundraiser
Two young cousins are aiming to complete a full mile along Exmouth seafront to raise funds for the lifesaving charity in the RNLI MayDay Mile challenge. The two youngsters, Ivie Simkiss-Cowtan, aged …
South Devon Tesco stores to hold extra summer Food Collection for children and families
Tesco is to hold an extra Food Collection in its South Devon stores to support children and families this summer.The collection will take place in South Devon's large Tesco stores from July 15 to 17 a…
Emergency grants from Tesco have supported 33 local community groups impacted by the pandemic.
Thirty-three community groups across South Devon have benefitted from Tesco’s COVID-19 Community Fund since the start of lockdown, with £16,500 going towards local projects. Through its Bags of Help …
Local History
“Torquay: a town for the newly wed; and the nearly dead”
Many towns have an origin myth- a story that tells of how their community began.The origin myth of Torquay was that our …
Five Devonshire Murderesses
Author Julia Joyce has just published an E book, Five Devonshire Murderesses. It covers the stories of five women who we…
Some Torbay House Names
Does your Torbay home have a name or a number, or perhaps both? These days all urban houses have a number, while the …
Guest Blog: Fundraiser makes £2,420 so far in memory of Charles
If you have ever been to the Torquay Argos store you might remember seeing Charles. As well as being…
Guest Blog: Jo’s charity skydive for mental health charities!
On Saturday 17th July I will be skydiving from 15,000 feet – all in aid of raising much needed funds…
Guest Blog: D. R. Webb – How I started writing
In my early teens, I realised I was gay. The friends I had and the social circles I had made it extr…
Guest Blog: We have to trust our leaders, else where are we?
By Jessica Gregory The return to school in March was different to the return in September for reaso…
Guest Blog: Study tips during another lockdown
By Jessica Gregory Maybe you’re a student, already exhausted from numerous online lessons and the u…
Guest Blog: Can secondary school students cope with another lockdown?
By Jessica Gregory The 23rd of March this year brought education a whole new look, with online les…
Business News
Summer 2021 – An Update from Vice Chair – Philip Mitchell
The Torbay Hi-Tech Cluster (THTC) has grown significantly during the past 18 months. Although the Torbay leisure and tourism industry has been hit by the global pandemic, the hi-tech industry has been…
Three Redrow South West site managers recognised at the NHBC’s Pride in the Job Quality Awards
Leading housebuilder, Redrow, is pleased to announce that three of its site managers have received Pride in the Job Quality Awards this year. Alvin Woodhouse, Gary Thomas & Steve Damerell have …
Project finds almost one-third of those who have left the hospitality industry are looking to return
The Burnt Chef Project rolled out a hospitality survey to explore issues around staffing within the hospitality sector looking to ascertain why people had left the industry within the last 12 months. …
Barometer asks South Devon manufacturing SMEs to explore supply chain price changes and raw material issues
Following a quicker than expected recovery across the industry, current barriers to growth is the main focus of the latest Manufacturing Barometer, organised by SWMAS (the South West Manufacturing Adv…
Health News
HEAL hosts mental health event in Torquay
HEAL Mental Health Support, a mental health and wellbeing Community CIC in Torbay, is one of many amazing support services providing assistance to locals in the bay. HEAL has a team of 14 volunteer…
Grandfather-of-two receives urgent surgery after rare condition spotted by Specsavers audiologist
A specsavers audiologist has been praised for her quick thinking after she detected signs of a rare medical condition that was eroding the inner structures of a South Devon man’s ear. Derek Singleton…
Michelin-starred chef backs hospitality vaccination campaign
Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines MBE is backing a campaign by Visit Devon and the NHS encouraging people working in the hospitality industry to have the Covid-19 vaccination. Michael Caines is …
Glaucoma – the silent thief of sight
Experts are urging South Devon people to have regular eye checks to help protect them from glaucoma – one of the leading causes of blindness in the world . Research shows that by 2035 the number of p…
Local NHS Chief Urges People To Get Vital Second Jab
As the largest ever NHS vaccination programme enters its last lap Devon’s Primary Care Medical Director Alex Degan has encouraged local residents to come forward for their first jab and remember to ge…
An ‘incredible’ achievement: six months of Covid-19 vaccinations in Devon
The efforts of the staff and volunteers have been hailed as ‘incredible’ as Devon’s vaccination programme marks its six-month milestone. More than 1.3 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have bee…