Herald Express
'He was our hero'
THE family of a South Devon soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan have described him as their 'hero'.
Corporal Stephen Thompson...
Women sought after theft of pensioner's life savings
POLICE today issued these images of two women they want to trace in connection with the theft of a 95-year-old Newton Abbot pensioner's life...
Police raids aim to end town's hard drugs trade
A SERIES of drugs raids across Paignton yesterday will signal 'the beginning of the end' for the resort's heroin trade, senior police officers...
Young Farmers have good time and pump £400,000 into economy
YOUNG farmers pumped more than £400,000 into Torbay's tourism economy as they returned to the resort at the weekend for their South West...
Emotional day for zoo as Gay is put to sleep
A BOOK of condolences will be opened at Paignton Zoo after female Asian elephant Gay was put to sleep yesterday after an 18-month fight to overcome...
Police hunt getaway car
DETECTIVES hunting two masked raiders who fled empty-handed after a bungled robbery attack on Thomas Cook's travel agency in Torquay are anxious to...
Cuts could cost council 200 jobs
SPENDING cuts forced on councils after the next election may cost Torbay Council 200 jobs in the next four years.
Cuts of up to 25 per cent...
Your street as you've never seen it — on Google
THE streets of South Devon will come alive on Google tomorrow when the internet giant increases the availability of its Street View service.
...Council set to take back parking control
IT'S going to be all change but more of the same when Torbay traffic wardens move into council control next month.
The 22-strong team of...
Seawall damaged by spring tide waves
THESE dramatic pictures show the spring tides crashing over Shaldon's promenade.
Big seas driven by an easterly wind with a 'hint of north'...
Last chance for heroin addict who shoplifted £75 bedding
A DRUG addict went on a shoplifting spree a week after being given one more chance by a crown court judge.
Danielle Parry, 19, admitted...
Fishermen's anger at moorings fees rise
BRIXHAM fishermen are angry after being slapped with a 13.5 per cent rise in mooring fees.
The men, who fish alone in small boats which...
'I won't be part time MP' says Tory
TORIES have hit out at alleged rumours that their Totnes candidate Sarah Wollaston (pictured) intends to become a 'part time' MP in a...
Rape accused said elderly woman imagined attack
A MAN allegedly raped an elderly South Devon woman and then told police she had imagined it, Exeter Crown Court has heard.
George Northam...
Man admits pain relief cannabis use
A MAN who used cannabis as pain relief has pleaded guilty to growing the class B drug in his Torquay flat.
Stephen Raines, 47, of Willow...
New charity unit offers puppy love
THESE three pups will soon have a new home once Ipplepen-based charity Animals in Distress completes its new puppy care unit.
Building work...
Use green ways to visit Greenway
VISITORS to Agatha Christie's former holiday home on the banks of the River Dart will continue to be encouraged to arrive by 'green' transport, the...
Warning after man falls victim to bogus email scam
AMBULANCE man Pete Jordan has ripped up all his credit cards and opened new bank accounts after falling for a internet scam.
Mr Jordan, who...
Cliff fall brings homes closer to edge
A MASSIVE cliff fall has claimed land near two South Devon clifftop homes and brought them perilous yards closer to the sea.
Thousands of...
Good deed reward scheme celebrates great first year
A TORBAY-WIDE police scheme which rewards young people who have carried out good deeds is celebrating its first anniversary.
Motiv8 was...