Community News

Torbay council have announced that Torquay and Brixham Connections offices will be closing at 5 pm on Friday 5 August....

Police have appealed to the public to help them locate missing 18 year old, Elizabeth Breja Timar. Police are concerned for...

On 27th June The Hotel Collection will kick off their Bunny Run fundraiser in support of Cancer Research UK.  Armed...

Registration for The Colour Rush Paignton is now open to children over eight-years-old. Rowcroft Hospice has announced it has lowered...

A man has been released on bail whilst police continue to make enquiries into the death of a baby in...

There’s an intriguing bit of local folklore that still surfaces today. It’s the story that Napoleon fathered a Torbay baby....

Specialist marine training provider STCW Training UK Ltd expands and set up in the TDA’s offices in Bishops Place, Paignton....

Police have appealed for witnesses following a fatal collision on the A379 yesterday (16th June) The collision involved a silver...

Police have released a CCTV of a man they'd like to speak to in connection with an attack in Torquay. The...

After over a year of trying to rebuild Elsie Van der Steen's home following a devastating fire, her bungalow has gone...

Two teenagers were rescued from a boat in the early hours of this morning. Berry Head Coastguard had an early...

  Perhaps this year will be the year people ditch ‘best dad’ pint glasses and greasy fry ups (not that...

Independent high street businesses in Torbay are gearing up for the Bay’s first Love your High Street Torbay week, taking...

Police are investigating the death of an 8 month old baby in Newton Abbot. Police were called to Brownhills Road...

“Gilbert Vinter was a luminary of the brass band world as a composer and led its much needed rebirth away...

Here at WASD we recently ran an article about the effects – good and bad – that new technology could...

Stuart Hodgkin, 41, from Newton Abbot has been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in Prison after being convicted of...

Police have appealed for witnesses of an assault in the town on Sunday 22 May. A  24 year old man from...

A 41 year old man from Newton Abbot was convicted of the murder of Adrian Munday today (13th June) The...

Two new non-executive directors have been appointed to join the Board of Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. Jacqui...