Man leaves scene after driving into wall
This was the scene in Rocklands Terrace, Lower Manor Road, Brixham this morning just before 3am. Residents had a noisy wake up call as the car crashed through stone wall and hung in a precariou…
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Reports of a van on fire at Asda, Newton Abbot
(Photo credit: Simon Stevens Treacher) Reports of a delivery van fire at Asda Newton abbot this evening. Fire brigade still in attendance at time of posting. No apparent casualti…
Paignton cyclist accident – Update
Received today re. The male cyclist injured after coming off his bike on Upper Headland Road, Paignton on Saturday afternoon. "As family and friends of the Cyclist injured on Saturday in Paignton, …
Ask.fm petition achieves target of 100000 signatures – Press release.
An anti-bullying petition launched in the name of 14 year old schoolgirl, Izzy Dix, has achieved its target of 100,000 signatures, four months after it was started in the wake of her suicide in Septem…
Petition to shut down ask.fm in memory of Izzy Dix
A message from the Izzy Dix Anti Bullying Memorial Page - We are less than 5,000 signatures away from the 100,000 target needed for Parliament debate. With your help and people sharing the link …
Free microchipping for dogs (Torquay)
Free microchipping for dogs at the acorn centre, Barton, Torquay on Thursday 20th February 12 – 4pm Contact 02078370006 or visit www.chipmydog.org.uk
A warning to motorists after man jumps into woman’s car
I was at the junction to come out of the olympus business park, Newton Abbot at 9.55 this morning (22/01/14) and a man was stood waiting to cross. He looked at me and waved. I assumed I knew him but …
Get involved and write for We are South Devon
Pick up a pen (well, turn on the laptop) and join us. We are looking for people to contribute to the website. This is a community page and is 'for the people, by the people' So we need, well... peo…
Rowcroft sleep walk
We are looking for 1,500 ladies to take part in a 5 or 10 mile night walk, raising vital funds for South Devon’s local hospice. The Sleep Walk takes place on Saturday 26th July; sign up by 31st March …
National dress up your pet day (Yes, seriously)
Apparently its national dress up your pet day (I'm as surprised as you) After it was mentioned on Spotted Torquay, we recieved an influx of photo's of dressed up pets. Here they are....
Free microchipping for dogs
Free microchipping for dogs at Great parks community centre, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Paignton on 16th January 11am - 4pm Contact 02078370006 or visit www.chipmydog.org.uk A…
School’s out!
School's out today for Westlands (Torquay) pupils. Texts were recieved by parents/carers just after 8am to inform them that there was a power failure. This is the second time this week that the school…
Reports of theft from vehicles in Torbay and Teignbridge
For those of you that read 'Spotted Torquay' (You can find the feed from the facebook page in the 'new's and views' section of this site) you may have seen a number of posts over the past few days of …
Can you help find Winston? Update
Update: Unfortunately Winston was found in a neighbours pond today (Fri 10th Jan) His owners sent this message via Spotted Torquay ''Hello. Very sad news I'm afraid, Winston has been found in a ne…