South Devon News

Torbay Hospital’s new Ambulatory Unit to improve urgent and emergency care

Torbay Hospital has now completed the first stage of work to make key improvements to its urgent and emergency care facilities.  Building and renovation...

Police Appeal for Witnesses following unexplained death in Torquay

On Tuesday December 11th 2018, concerns were raised about a woman's welfare on Temperance Street, Torquay, at approximately 10:30pm.  Despite the best efforts of the...

We wish zoo a smelly Christmas!

What do zoo gardeners get each other for Christmas? A plant, of course – but not just any old plant. Gardeners at Paignton Zoo...

Recycling scheme launched by Walkers, following public plastic packaging backlash

People all over the UK, earlier this year, started to send their empty Walkers Crisp packets back to the company headquarters in protest to...

Torbay Zoos gets the green light for Green lighting

How many people does it take to change 400 light bulbs? One - Pete Morgan. Pete is the Environmental Officer for the Whitley Wildlife Conservation...

More TB Sadness for Devon Zoo

Six-year-old Asiatic lion Maliya has tested positive for bovine Tb and has had to be put to sleep. It’s a further setback for Paignton...

More than 23,000 women in the region did not attend their last smear test NHS results find

Figures, recently released by the NHS have revealed that the taken-up rate for cervical screenings in Torbay has increased. However, despite the encouraging figures only...

Christmas and New Year Buses

Stagecoach has shared a summary of how bus services all be running over the Christmas and New Year period. The dates cover between the 24th...