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Update: Police appeal for information: https://wearesouthdevon.com/appeal-for-information-after-tragic-death-of-teenager/ A teenage girl has died in hospital this morning, 15th July after apparently taken an...

Discussions are now underway to raise the curtains on a new future for Paignton’s 107 year-old theatre following Torbay Council’s...

Last Friday at an elegant awards ceremony at Bristol’s Science Museum, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South West announced...

Police in Torquay have responded to comments on social media following a fire which destroyed a police car on the...

Update: The fire service have said the smoke seen was from a vehicle parked at the rear of the building...

A police car has been destroyed in a fire on the A38 near Splatford Split this morning, 13th July. The...

On Wednesday 19 July, HMS Torbay will be handing back the Honorary Freedom of Torbay, which was presented to the...

Police have appealed for information after a theft from a vehicle in Newton Abbot. The incident happened overnight between Tuesday...

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a serious...

The family of a 68-year-old woman who tragically died in a single car collision near Kingsbridge last week have paid tribute...

The fire service was called to reports of a motorcycle fire in Newton Abbot today, 10th July. ​One fire engine...

Police have appealed for witnesses following an attempted burglary at a restaurant in the Kenn area. Three offenders driving a...

Police have appealed for witnesses and information following the theft of a security camera in Torquay. A security camera was...

Health and social care staff, along with representatives from the voluntary sector, are inviting local residents to join them this...

Police have appealed to the public to help them locate a missing man from Torquay Police are concerned for the...

There has been outrage following a racist comment made by Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris. Anne Marie Morris who...

Continuing WASD’s interest in all things weird about South Devon, here’s a tale of sex, communism & Satanism in Dartington....

A man has been arrested following a stabbing in Torquay last night, 6th July. The incident happened in Hele around...

A man has been airlifted to hospital following a collision on the South Devon Highway this evening, 6th July. Emergency...

Update: man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder https://wearesouthdevon.com/man-arrested-following-hele-stabbing/ Police, fire and ambulance crews have been called to an incident in...