Community News

Fire crews were called to a reports of a fire at a fish and chip shop on Old Torquay Road,...

Emergency services were called to a collision on Preston Down Road earlier this morning. Police, fire crews and ambulance attended...

“The people of Ellacombe had better renounce the name of religionists, and call themselves ‘alcoholists’.”   One of the impressions...

Police in Devon have warned the public about possible dog thieves in the Dawlish area. Teignmouth and Dawlish neighbourhood police posted...

Update: Roger Marshall has been located safe and well. Police have thanked the public for their assitance. Police in Paignton...

“I have seen more luxury since being in Torquay than in all my previous life, and I know I never...

A dog was rescued in Torquay earlier today after getting into difficulty in the sea. Onlookers said that the 'sandman'...

Police are seeking a careless driver who knocked down a line of traffic cones which led to a pile-up on the A38. The incident...

South Hams District Council yesterday approved their budget for the next financial year, and confirmed that there will be no...

Works are due to commence tomorrow, 16 February 2016 to improve traffic flow to one of Torbay’s major roundabouts. Improvements at...

Gifts of cards, chocolates and flowers were given yesterday for Valentines day. One local mum got an extra special surprise... Emma Schofield, who...

Update: Police drone and divers join search: https://wearesouthdevon.com/police-drone-to-join-search-for-rose-polge A major search continues for a woman missing from Torquay. Rose Polge,...

Update here. Search continues: https://wearesouthdevon.com/search-for-missing-rose-polge-continues/ Police have appealed for information on the whereabouts of Rose Polge. Rose, 25 from Torquay...

Update: https://wearesouthdevon.com/have-you-seen-missing-woman-rose/ A search resumed this morning following a major search around the Ansteys Cove area last night after a...

During a Torquay pub conversation amongst a group of men of a certain age, the discussion eventually turned to the...

Dennis Wheatley (1897-1977) wrote more than 70 books and sold in excess of 50 million copies in 28 languages -...

It’s a charity shop, but there are no racks of old clothes and dog-eared paperbacks here. Instead there are games,...

LEMONFEST has announced the line up for this year's event. Lemomfest is a one-day music festival taking place in the...

Between 1909 and 1914 Torquay’s Suffragette Organiser Elsie Howey (1884-1963) was “in the vanguard’ of militancy”. She was imprisoned at...

Emergency services were called to Churchmen Valley Road, Newton Abbot this morning to a 2 vehicle collision. Two fire engines...