Torbay businesses are encouraged to find out if they are eligible for additional financial support available to help mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on their business. Since the start of the pandemi…
A development of nine new homes in Denbury has opened its doors to new owners within the local community. Work to build them – carried out by local construction company Classic Homes, started in Ja…
1500 saplings provided by the Woodland Trust are being planted by Teignbridge District Council this week as part of its ongoing plan to boost tree numbers in the district, improve the environment and …
The 2021/22 Capital Budget was approved at the Adjourned Meeting of Torbay Council on 11 February 2021. Torbay Council’s Capital Plan totals £301 million for the 4-year programme to 31 March 2024 wit…
Torbay Council has officially appointed a new Director of Public Health for Torbay. Dr Lincoln Sargeant was previously the Director of Public Health for North Yorkshire County Council and is replacin…
Councils across England have today been allocated their share of £500 million for highways maintenance, with the funding expected to fix the equivalent of 10 million potholes across the country. It i…
Following a competitive process, Classic Builders have been awarded a £4.1m contract to build the Dartmouth Health and Wellbeing Centre (H&WBC). The new centre is a partnership project between …
There is still time for people in Devon aged over 70, and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable, to book a coronavirus vaccination in coming days. The NHS in Devon is on target to have vacc…
Since their launch, apprenticeships have only ever grown, year on year, and there’s no sign of that stopping at South Devon College, with 1600 apprentices and over 1000 employers supported by the Coll…
National Apprenticeship Week 2021 takes place next week from 8-14 February. The annual week-long celebration of apprenticeships will shine a light on the amazing work being done by employers and appre…
Torbay Council is getting tough on littering and fly-tipping and has appointed a new enforcement team to clean up the Bay. The new team – from National Enforcement Solutions – have the power to iss…
Local authorities are being urged to take advantage of a £20million cash injection to boost the number of on-street electric vehicle chargepoints in towns and cities across the UK.In a letter to counc…
A pioneering research trial for cancer patients in Torbay and South Devon could lead to improved cancer treatments for local people. Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust’s Oncology Research …
This National HIV Testing Week (1-7 February 2021), Public Health England (PHE) is urging those most at risk in the South West to get tested for HIV, following a drop in testing rates to below the Eng…