Community News

Torbay Council’s Public Health Team is encouraging young adults heading to festivals this summer to get vaccinated. There have been...

​Following the discovery of a body in the River Dart on 7th August 2016 formal identification has now been carried...

Spoiler alert! In the classic 1994 movie ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ Andy Dufresne - played by Tim Robbins - is sentenced...

Continuing our series of Torquay residents who have made their mark, this time it’s C Denier Warren who died in...

Police have appealed to the public for information on missing 15 year old Luke Bayment from Exeter. Sergeant Colin Harper...

A 'GoFundMe' fundraising page has been set up to help cover the costs of a funeral for a local teenager....

Here at WASD we like remembering Torquay residents who have made their mark on the world, particularly those who have...

Honey from special bees at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has won an award and been proven to have antibacterial properties....

"Although the Barn that stands today is a perfectly pleasant place to visit, it is said to house some strange...

Update: Sadly a body has been found: https://wearesouthdevon.com/body-found-in-search-for-missing-teenager/  Police are appealing for information about a missing teenage boy who was last...

​The fire service received several reports of a car fire in Paignton this morning. One fire engine from Paignton was...

Further update here:  https://wearesouthdevon.com/search-for-teenager-last-seen-near-river-dart/  Update:  Enquiries continue. Coastguard and search and rescue teams were stood down in the early hours of...

You have until Friday 26 August to have your say on a new Parking Strategy. The strategy sets out the...

Pop star Ronan Keating is backing the Cancer Research UK Cancer Awareness Roadshow - set up to help save lives...

During the nineteenth century visitors to Torquay could stay at ‘Tardeo House’ on Avenue Road and be served “good vegetarian...

PATH (People Assisting Torbay's Homeless) founder Kath Friedrich got more than she bargained for when sorting out donations for the...

A missing cat from Paignton was found seriously injured 9 days after it had gone missing from the Kings Ash...

The Great Big Rhino Project is spreading online. Artists, sponsors and fans are all engaging on social media – and...

The fire service  were called to reports of a car fire at ​Idewell Road, Watcombe, Toquay just after 1am this morning...

2016 marks a significant year for The Imperial Hotel in Torquay. The magnificent 19th Century Victorian hotel, which first opened...