News feed - This Is South Devon

UK hunt failed to find missing Stephen

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:22:00 GMT

A NATIONWIDE police search failed to find any sign of missing man Stephen Price, a murder trial jury has heard.

And the court was told by...

'Propaganda' calendar criticised

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:21:51 GMT

A LEADING Liberal Democrat Torbay councillor has criticised thousands of calendars, costing £22,000, sent out by Torbay Council as 'propaganda...

Woman knocked unconscious

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:21:34 GMT

TWO people were taken to hospital after a disturbance at a bar in Torquay over the weekend.

Police and paramedics were called to Ryan's Bar...

Hotel's charity collection box robbed yet again

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:21:05 GMT

A MEAN thief may be targeting a Totnes hotel charity effort after pilfering a collection box three times in the last few months.

On the...

Bike accident causes delays

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:20:56 GMT

A MOTORCYCLIST suffered chest injuries when his bike collided with a car during the rush-hour on the Newton Road at Kingskerswell yesterday.

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Trader frustrated as red tape hits market bunting and graffiti

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:19:05 GMT

A TORQUAY trader's attempts to brighten up a back street with bunting have run into red tape.

David Armstrong from Shiphay has set up Camden...

Fears for jobs as clothes firm goes into administration

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:18:41 GMT

UP TO 35 jobs could be lost at a Paignton store following the announcement its parent company has gone into administration.

Uncertainty...

Specialist care for man who escaped inferno

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:18:28 GMT

A MAN with severe burns who lost his five dogs in a house inferno has been transferred to a specialist unit.

He was moved from the intensive...

Letters reveal Torquay flats were 'category one' hazard

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:18:16 GMT

FLATS in Pendennis Road were labelled a 'Category One' fire hazard by the authorities who considered removing tenants and declaring them unsafe,...

Bedroom blaze forces family to flee their home

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:18:07 GMT

A FAMILY was forced to flee their Dartmouth home after a blaze broke out in one of the bedrooms and gutted part of the first floor.

Firefigh...

Council has to tighten belt to face backlash from downturn

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:17:35 GMT

STARK decisions could be ahead if Teignbridge is to weather the 'economic tsunami' expected to hit the district in waves over the next few...

Cash injection could save disabled group

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:17:23 GMT

THE FUTURE of a Dawlish organisation which provides transport for disabled people around South Devon could be saved thanks to a cash injection by...

Woman saved from drowning after river plunge from yacht

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:17:00 GMT

A SECURITY guard helped save a woman sailor's life as she fell off a luxury motor yacht and plunged into the River Dart at Kingswear.

The...

£5m training centre takes a step closer

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:16:47 GMT

PLANS for a £5million pioneering training centre for school leavers in Newton Abbot have taken a huge leap forward.

Teignbridge Council...

Judge's warning as man spared jail

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:16:38 GMT

A SOUTH Devon man who raided car works on three consecutive nights stealing valuable tools worth £7,000 has been given a suspended jail term...

Pram find sparks search

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:15:32 GMT

THE discovery of a pram and a three-quarter length black Puffa coat in an isolated part of Cockington, Torquay, sparked a police search yesterday...

Scenic railway line changes hands for £1

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:07:21 GMT

HISTORY was made yesterday when a steam railway 'bought' the freehold for a seven-mile scenic route for just £1.

Charitable trust South...

Drivers asked: 'How would you feel if you knocked over a child?'

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:07:09 GMT

SPEEDING motorists were told about the consequences of their actions by Bovey Tracey schoolchildren.

Pupils from the town's primary school...

Hospital throws away £50k of food

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:06:53 GMT

TORBAY Hospital had to throw away more than £50,000 of food last year, it has been revealed.

The figure has been given in correspondenc...

Service is key to hospitality's future, just ask Julian's old boss at Harrod's

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:06:31 GMT

IT WAS a long way from home for a boy from Bradford, standing on a pontoon, knocking on the giant hull of the QE2 as she sat in the Bay of Pattaya...