Community News

Update: The road is now open. Brixham Road (A3022)  is currently closed due to an accident. Police, fire crews, ambulance...

An artist has turned a rhino into a dinosaur for a free public art trail around South Devon. London-based New...

Paignton Zoo’s rare Asiatic lion cubs have made their public debut. Two cubs – now identified as male - were...

Police have appealed for witnesses following an incident in Teignmouth on Monday (25 July) Shortly before 8pm a woman, who...

Torquay's Sand artist was out yesterday on Torre Abbey Sands spreading the word about tonight's Britain's Got Talent auditions in...

The Salcombe Harbour Authority have launched a photography competition to capture people's connection with Salcombe Harbour. Entrants are being asked...

A man has died after falling down cliffs in Torquay last night (25 July) Emergency services were called to Daddyhole...

“I am what you made me become!” Mordred is a locally made Devon & Cornwall project,showcasing the skills of local...

Beginning in early 1925, Torquay experienced a crime spree that lasted for 12 months. Shops, huts, stores, and cars were...

In the glorious Devon sunshine, a memorial stone has been unveiled in honour of Corporal Theodore Veale, who was awarded...

On 2 November 1957, the New Statesman magazine published an article by JB Priestly on ‘Britain and the Nuclear Bombs’,...

Proposals for improving experience and increasing footfall in Torbay’s town centres is on track, as Torbay Council and TDA work...

Totnes residents are being asked to go to the polls this July to elect a new district councillor for the...

Police have appealed to the public for information on the whereabouts of a man missing from the Newton Abbot area....

Here at WASD we like to remember locals who have gone on to greater things. One of these was the...

Seven-year-old Emerson Ives of Babbacombe Primary School in Torquay completed a tough 2km obstacle course, the Rock Solid Race in...

A man has been sentenced today, 22nd July, after being convicted in 2015 for seriously assaulting two police officers in...

Here at WASD we’ve often said that Torquay began by impersonating other places. Indeed, our assumed title of ‘The English...

Much of Torquay is Victorian or Edwardian, from a time when the town claimed the title of the richest in...

Update: Sandra has returned home safe and well. Police have appealed to the public to help them locate a missing...