South Devon News

Plans to demolish one of Torbay’s worst eyesores have been lodged with Torbay Council.

Volunteers who provide a vital service to Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust are celebrating their 350th call out.

Torbay Council has been asked if it ran out of yellow paint before finishing the job of making Paignton road junctions safer.

A property in Torquay has been served a closure order after reports from the public of persistent antisocial behaviour inside and outside the address.

Police are seeking the public’s help to identify this man following a theft in Torquay.

Devon & Cornwall Police are appealing for witnesses and information regarding the theft of two bicycles from McKay Avenue, Torquay, between midnight and 1am on Saturday 1 March. Anyone with information is urged to come forward.

A former hotel in Torquay is to be converted into 14 flats. Brampton Court Hotel, on St Lukes Road South, will be the first in Torbay’s pioneering Hotels to Homes scheme in which hotels will become social housing.

As part of this drive, they would like to find out about your childcare needs, the sort of childcare you are choosing and your experiences of childcare.

The Government has announced that Torquay will be one of 75 towns which will benefit from a share of £1.5 billion through the Plan for Neighbourhoods initiative. Torquay is the only town in the South West to benefit from this funding.

Torbay councillors who were told that their feuds were damaging the reputation of the whole council have voted to bury the hatchet.

Supporters applauded as a defiant Torbay councillor resisted attempts to make her apologise for breaching the authority’s code of conduct.

Roof repair and restoration has started at Oldway Mansion. To facilitate the repair work, the car park will be closed throughout the duration of the works, which are expected to take a minimum of two years to complete.

Plans to change the wording of a sign over the door of Brixham’s town centre theatre have caused a furore.

Fears have been raised that Torbay’s acclaimed social care services could be a casualty of the forthcoming local council shake-up.