Elderly neighbours found dead
TWO elderly next door neighbours were found dead at their homes in Paignton within a two-hour period yesterday. Police were called to a sheltered housing unit in the Cecil Road area after a...
Couple swindled £53,000 in benefits fraud over four years
A TEIGNBRIDGE couple defrauded the public purse of almost £53,000, a court has been told. At Exeter Crown Court 45-year-old Sarah Webster pleaded guilty to the conspiracy spanning four...
Threat to port's Navy VIP cocktail parties denied
THE Royal Navy has been given the signal to party on in Dartmouth amid fears defence bosses are aiming to axe the Senior Service's traditional cocktail knees up. Civil servants have been...
Crews race to re-inflate Bay's high-flying attraction
THERE was a race against time last night to bring back Torbay's most controversial tourist attraction. Delays in bringing in a crane to...
PM rates college principal among 'very best'
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has hailed South Devon College as 'the very best'. College principal Stephen Criddle was among more than 70...
Sandra, 37, loses tragic two-year fight with cancer
A POPULAR fish and chip shop owner from the Willows in Torquay has died after losing her two-year battle against breast cancer. Sandra...
District's anti-social behaviour policing defended
TEIGNBRIDGE is leading the way in tackling yobs and anti-social behaviour, according to the district's top policeman. Police Superintendent Jim Meakin joined Teignbridge councillor Marie...
'Weak' Bay facing slow recovery from recession
TORBAY has suffered more in the recession than anywhere else in the South West, according to the region's regeneration chief. And the...
Poster campaign to keep asbo man out of town centre
POLICE have launched a poster campaign targeting a former Torquay 'house from hell' tenant who has been banned from the centre of Totne...
Warning over Bay's rising petrol prices
BAY motorists are preparing for a rise in petrol prices. Motoring organisation AA predict petrol prices could hit a record average high...










































