Torquay

Stagecoach Gold is coming to the South West

Stagecoach South West has announced that, starting 30 September 2013, they are introducing two brand new ‘Stagecoach Gold’ routes which will operate between Torquay, Paignton, Totnes and Plymouth or Dartmouth. The introduction of the flagship ‘5-star’ brand to Devon is a coup for customers, reserved for only a select number of locations across the country.

The two ‘Gold’ routes will...

Elderly cyclist critical in Derriford Hospital after serious collision in Torquay

Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic collision in Torquay which left a cyclist with serious injuries.

Officers were called to Torbay Road at 1.30pm on Friday 28 June after a collision between a Mini car and a pedal cycle.

The cyclist, a 71-year-old man from Torquay, suffered head injuries and was taken to Derriford Hospital where he remains in a critical but...

Man dies after falling from rocks

A 55-year-old man has died after falling from rocks while fishing at Meadfoot Beach, Torquay.

Torbay Coastguard says it was called out around 5.50pm on Wednesday (5 June) after receiving a report of a man falling off rocks into the water.

The Torbay Coastguard rescue team, Coastguard Helicopter R106, Torbay RNLI lifeboats, Torquay Harbour Patrol Boat Oscar 4, police and...

PCSO shot by BB gun in Torquay

A 24-year-old man from Braddons Hill Road East, Torquay, is due to appear before Magistrates in Torquay this morning following an incident involving an imitation firearm.

Mark Cook was arrested at lunchtime on Monday 15 April 2013 after a Police Community Support Officer was hit by a ball bearing fired from a gun.

Officers attended an address in the road and made the arrest a...

William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (Torquay) 7.30pm

William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet Being performed on Saturday June 28th, at 7.30pm

Venue: Torquay Royal Lyceum Theatre 29 Abbey Rd, Torquay TQ2 5NQ

Tickets can be obtained from https://www.southdevonplayers.com/box-office.html , or on the door on "show day" from 6.30pm.

Performed as part of a national tour (& global streaming) of this classical Shakespeare drama, by a professional touring theatre company from Devon, which has previously won national and international awards for their Shakespearean productions.

Caught between violently feuding...

Undercover police operation in Torquay tackles street crime

Police teams recently seized a vehicle, a lock knife and drugs as part of their plain clothes operation to tackle crime on the streets of Torquay.

Across the past few weeks, stop searches were carried out with the aim of seizing drugs, dangerous weapons and to gather intelligence in an effort to disrupt people looking to commit crime.

Inspector Chris Lithgow, who heads up...

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