• 'Unhelpful' Torbay seafront parking charges

  By nocoment

  only a thought but isn,t it illegal to put one price ticket over another at some car parks you can...

            

   

  By Herald Express at 08:48 on 07/06/13

  

  NEW evening parking charges have been introduced on Torbay's seafront. It comes as Torbay Council is working closely with local businessmen to review charges and promote new permits. Businessman Barry Buxton said while the review of the new charges had been 'positive' no mention had been made of the new charges which he described as 'unhelpful'. Businesses have been campaigning for more than a year for changes to the parking...

• Son's tragic battle to save rocks fall father Ralph, 65

  By Nippie

  Is the picture of " Ralph Webb" the same man as Ralph Robinson who so tragically died...

            

   

  By Herald Express at 07:00 on 13/06/13

  

  THE family of angler Ralph Robinson, who died while fishing at a Torquay beach, have told how his son battled to save his life. Tributes have been paid to the 65-year-old local businessman with an 'infectious' personality who was born and worked in Torquay, lived in Newton Abbot and played golf at Teign Valley. His wife, Pauline, told how the tragic accident happened as he was fishing on the rocks beyond Meadfoot's beach huts with...

• 'Sorry, we've sent the wrong permits... again'

  By n_holt

  We live in the same permit zone as Mr Shaw and think that whole thing so far has been a waste of...

            

   

  By Herald Express at 07:00 on 06/06/13

  

  A NEWTON Abbot pensioner says he is 'cheesed off' after being sent six wrong sets of parking permits. Harold Shaw, 85, who lives in Hillmans Road, first applied for visitor parking passes more than a month ago, but was left bewildered after he discovered they were for a different area of the town. Harold said: "I live in zone F and the ones they sent were for zone E. "I spent hours trying to contact a number on top of the...

• Arson-attack family is critical of police response

  By Andyrands

  we could live on the land with our rottweilers x 4 to protect the place if he could contact us we...

            

   

  By Western Morning News at 08:17 on 06/03/12

  

  A Devon family whose farm has been repeatedly targeted in arson attacks say they feel let down by the police. The Johnson family said thousands of ducks and chicks and a number of pigs had been killed in fires at Beech Tree Paddocks Farm in Newton Abbot. A caravan, restrooms and a number of stables were also destroyed, they said. The family said they had been the victim of five arson incidents in the last couple of years. Ian...

• Walk to raise cash in memory of fire victim Andy Gunn

  By lucytorquay

  Please drop used stamps and ink cartridges into any miller or Fulfords office in Paignton or Torquay...

            

   

  By Herald Express at 07:30 on 09/05/13

  

  THE family and friends of 18-year-old Andy Gunn, who died in a house fire along with his girlfriend and her little brother, are organising a 'Walk for Andy' in his memory. Andy's mother Wendy works for Miller Countrywide Estate Agents in Paignton, and her work colleagues are planning the five-hour sponsored walk around Torbay to raise funds for Devon Air Ambulance. Andy, from Bishopsteignton, was known as 'a ray of sunshine' because...

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