Community News

Can Kirstie and Phil help you find your perfect home? If you are looking for your dream home but haven't...

On 10 May, 12 visually impaired visitors, 8 helpers, 9 guide dogs and 2 organisers visited Exmouth lifeboat station as...

Residents of Torbay are again being asked for their help to reduce street begging as part of campaign led by...

Members of the public have been asked not to enter the water at Broadsands Beach. The Environment Agency are currently...

Update: The area has now been cordoned off. It is believed the hole is due to coastal erosion. More here...

A Torquay hotel has expressed it's gratitude to the fire service for their rapid response following a Chimney fire last...

Fire crews were called to reports of smoke seen from a field near Harberton, Totnes in the early hours of...

  Bomb damage in Chelston’s Rosary Road in 1942. During the 1930s, there was a desperate desire that the Great...

Update: The Fire was extinguished by 11pm. Crews returned to check the situation at 1am. More here: https://wearesouthdevon.com/update-torquay-grand-hotel-fire/ Fire crews were...

Police have appealed appealed for information following an assault in Exeter on Friday, 13th May. Police attended Ebrington Road following...

“A garish flag, to be the aim of every dangerous shot” William Shakespeare There’s a Torquay town centre pub which...

A team of senior police riders got on their bikes today to begin a 225 mile ride for charity. Chief...

Police have appealed for witnesses after a woman's body was found in Brixham yesterday (11/05/16). An investigation has been launched...

Torre Abbey Historic House and Gardens is hosting a ‘Museums at Night’ from Thursday 12 May to Saturday 14 May....

Police have appealed for witnesses after a man’s body was found on the back seat of a car in Plymouth...

Here at WASD we recently ran an article called ‘Torquay Peculiar’ on what made our town unusual. There followed  a...

In September 2016 an expected 1000 delegates from the international UNESCO Geopark family will descend on Torbay from the one...

A man from Starcross has been jailed for 28 years for child sex offences. Robert Singleton, 33,  was sentenced on...

Following funding from a series of Section 106 contributions, Torbay Council, in partnership with the local community and Play Torbay,...

  We’ve said before that Torquay isn’t an average town. Here’s some statistics to back that feeling up: • Torquay...