• Paignton charity hit with £2k vandalism bill before it opens

  By philipl767

  also i must add if the council had not removed the camera on the building when connections had...

            

   

  By Herald Express at 07:00 on 25/03/13

  

  A COMMUNITY charity has been hit with a £2,000 bill for damage before it even gets started. Centrepeace had all its windows smashed by a group of youths just weeks away from its big opening in Palace Avenue, Paignton. Teresa Emberson, the charity manager and trustee, said it was really sad to have the charity vandalised when its aim was to help the community. She said: "We are in the process of turning the former Paignton...

• JIM PARKER: Fairer parking on its way at last

  By pyeth

  sounds good, but one item which ought to be looked at is parking for the Blue Badge holders, there...

            

   

  By Herald Express at 09:00 on 16/05/13

  

  FAIRER parking in the Bay is on the way at last. After this review and that review, Torbay Council has finally come up with a list of improvements to make it easier and more attractive for locals and visitors to park in our car parks. There may be some still a little unhappy that charges haven't been slashed in these harsh times. But one step at a time. The Torquay Chamber of Trade have led the way in calls for an overhaul in council...

• Gang leave victim with fractured cheekbone

  By Roger_Pandy

  What was this cyclist doing using a phone box? No one does this anymore - a cyclist without a mobile...

            

   

  By Herald Express at 07:00 on 16/05/13

  

  AN UNPROVOKED assault in Paignton left a 23-year-old man with a fractured cheekbone and other injuries. The assault happened in Torquay Road, near the entrance to Oldway Mansion. The man had been cycling along Torquay Road when he stopped to use a pay phone. Once inside the telephone box, he was surrounded by seven to 10 male youths who had been sitting on a nearby bench. They were unknown to him. They became verbally abusive and...

• Communities urged to get together and share in fun of the Big Lunch

  By Charlespk

  Lest you forget Samantha. He got rid if the Boom and all we have is the the BUST.

            

   

  By Western Morning News at 06:30 on 13/04/13

  

  The countdown to the UK's biggest annual event for communities has started, with just 50 days to go until the Big Lunch. The brainchild of the Eden Project, near St Austell, the event aims to get as many of the 61 million people in the UK as possible to have lunch with their neighbours once a year. Funded by the Lottery, the event is now in its fifth year. It has grown year on year, with organisers targeting another record-breaking...

• Torbay Council 'should borrow cash' for Paignton velodrome

  By trogg

  So Torbay council have to borrow money for this project,yet Tescos have asked not to pay their money...

            

   

  By Herald Express at 08:00 on 09/05/13

  

  TORBAY Council is being urged to borrow £780,000 to enable the proposed Paignton velodrome to go ahead. British Cycling has pledged a further £780,000 to the scheme for Clennon Valley which would be the only 400m velodrome and 1.5km off-road track outside London and Manchester. At the last Torbay Council meeting it was agreed not to spend council cash at this time on the Clennon Valley scheme, but to ask Torbay Developmen...

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