Community
- Spreading creativity in Torquay
- ‘Missing’ toddler found having a nap
- National Carers Week 8-14TH June – Making Caring Visible
- South Devon College launches new Head Start programme via exclusive student app
- In-ear devices warning following increase in ear wax
- Changes to parking enforcement and free parking for NHS staff and volunteers scheme
- NHS staff thanked by young girl for saving stepfather’s life
- Torbay student running 50 miles to feed 50 people in fundraising campaign
- Date for mobile COVID-19 testing centre extended
- Stay safe and respect Torbay’s coastline
- New Foster Carers needed in Torbay
- COVID-19 antibody testing begins in Devon
- Multi-million pound hopes for the regeneration of Newton Abbot
- Torbay Lottery – Small Grant Fund Awards
Your views
- Guest Blog: The 400th Anniversary of the Plymouth Pilgrims in Mayflower
- Guest Blog: Overcoming Drug Addiction – My Story
- Torquay Townsfolk – Afraid of Innovation?
- The Homeless are People too
Community projects
- Top attraction needs your help
- Young volunteers boosted by new funding
- Salcombe ‘Live’ Music and Comedy Festival announced
- Racing Across Torbay!
- Can you Help the over 50s Stay in Own Homes?
- Grants for Community Groups Available!
- Torbay Committed to “Getting Carers Connected” for Carers Week
- Cultural Volunteering in Torbay
- Ending Street Homelessness
- Health and the Arts in Torbay and South Devon (HeArTs) Gallery launched
- Torbay Maternal Mental Health Project
- Beer Festival at the Flavel Arts Centre
- Devon launches loneliness campaign ahead of festive period
- Finding Your Voice: The Momentum sing and movement programme
Guest blogs
- Guest Blog: Self Care – Lesson’s I’ve Learned in 2020 So Far
- Guest Blog: How Therapeutic Art Saved a Life
- Guest Blog: The 400th Anniversary of the Plymouth Pilgrims in Mayflower
- Guest Blog: Overcoming Drug Addiction – My Story
- Guest Blog: Dealing with Grief & Loss
- Guest Blog: Help us keep our family together
- Guest Blog: Bell Ringing For Brexit – A Terrible Idea
- Guest Blog: How I wrote my first Children’s book
- Guest Blog: Emotional Politics
- Guest blog: Life After Brexit
- Guest blog: Our Daily Bread
- Guest blog: Common Decency
- Guest blog: Cooking with Cody update
- Guest blog: Photography! Photos, Snap Shots & Selfies!
Business
- Toolkit to help Devon’s businesses reopen launches
- Work begins on next phase of Claylands development in Paignton
- Bay Photonics continues its expansion with move to EPIC
- Waste firm invests to help the SW fight war on plastics
- National office supplier Bates Office Services increases MPG by 13%
- Edgars Water slashes fuel bills while cutting instances of dangerous driving to zero
- Lightfoot and Turo announce strategic driver-safety partnership
- Find skilled candidates at the Torbay Jobs Fair
- National success for Torquay opticians
- Institute of Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems champions Lightfoot
- Get Fired Up at Torbay Apprenticeships Fair
- ‘Make it in Torbay’ with a new incentive to relocate or expand
- Local restaurant owners praise support from Torbay Council
- Shoppers help choose Tesco Centenary Grants in Devon
Education
- Study History at South Devon College
- School closed due to serious flood
- NUS launch exclusive Placements for Good initiative at University Centre South Devon
- Investing in the future of Torbay’s schools
- Horticulture and Bricklaying students support UCSD Therapy Garden
- Aspire students continue to flourish during work placements
- South Devon College recognises great student and staff successes at Day of Celebration 2018
- College Open Evening for the next generation of engineering talent
- Wildcat Helicopter descends on South Devon College
- Exam success for pioneering technology college as students celebrate impressive GCSE results
- Ofsted rates OLSP Teignmouth ‘good’ in all areas
- Schools struggle to prepare students for technical careers
- Inspiration as Kings Ash Academy children explore their dreams
- Over £750,000 funding received for nursery provision in Torbay
Charity
- £200,000 available for the Community and Voluntary Sector responding to Covid-19
- Rare ne-ne hatched at Paignton Zoo
- Zoo keepers get fish to clean their own aquarium
- Doh! Homer’s keepers are seeing double at Paignton Zoo
- Rowcroft announce new coastal challenge walk
- Paignton Zoo breeds beautiful endangered lizard
- The Male Trail is back for 2020
- Tesco Bags of Help looking for grant applications in South Devon
- Wild Planet Trust’s 2020 vision
- Nurses’ League donates to dementia-friendly hospital ward
- All creatures great and very, very small
- Paignton Zoo says goodbye to lion Lucifer
- Thousands of meals donated by South Devon Tesco shoppers this Christmas
- Conserving Torbay’s underwater rainforest
Entertainment
- Love Island 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
- Torre Abbey Open Air Cinema Festival
- The South Devon Players nominated for New York theatre award
- South Devon Players: Macbeth Revisited!
- Macbeth and Les Miserables in Torbay
- Multi-Screen cinema coming to Torquay town centre
- International Christie Festival 2018
- Quiz Nights with The South Devon Players
- The Scottish Play is Heading Our Way!
- Wonderfields Festival
- The Palace Theatre Big Ticket Hunt!
- Showcasing sensational talent at the Summer Sessions!
- Spine-Chilling Ghost Hunt at Torquay Museum
- Artizan Gallery’s Summer Open Exhibition on Throughout July
Site News
- These are the Torbay Council candidates for the May 2nd election
- Amazing Life Saving Idea
- List your event with We Are South Devon
- Competition Time! The Green Room’s 90’s Boat Party: UPDATE – Winners announced tonight
- Happy first birthday Spotted Torquay!
- Our Road To 5000 Likes
- List your event and classifieds on We Are South Devon
- Lorry collides with 5 vehicles & house at Heathfield
- Back to where it all began… Spotted Torquay hits 15000 likes.
- Torquay house fenced off from squatters
- You can also find We Are South Devon on YouTube
- All new classifieds – Coming soon!
- Want to be a contributor for We Are South Devon?
- Welcome to We are South Devon
Weather
- Sunniest Winter for Decades
- Flood alerts issued for South Devon
- Is Ex-hurricane Bertha heading our way?
- Met office issue amber warning for Devon this weekend
- Is South Devon set for a stormy weekend?
- Hello sunshine! South Devon at its best-Your pics.
- I feel the earth move under my feet…
- Driver rescued from flood water in Paignton
- Storm/Flood gallery – Updated
- Storm updates
- Road closed as roof tiles crash to the ground
- Hurricane force winds expected Friday night
- The calm before the (next) storm..
- We take a trip around Torquay with Tony…