Sky field engineers from across Devon converged on Paignton Zoo to make some hefty treats for the larger animals.
The team of 18 engineers from Plymouth, Tavistock and Torbay made environmental enrichment devices for different species, including big balls for the rhinos and big cats.
As you can imagine, any toy that a rhino is going to play with needs to be tough. A rhino ball...
A 19-year-old motorcyclist who was killed in a road collision in Paignton at the weekend has been formally identified and has been named as Gregory Taylor. Known as Greg, he lived in Buckfastleigh.
A 37-year-old man who was arrested by police in connection with the incident has been released on police bail until 7 November 2013 while police investigators carry out further enquiries....
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.
Detectives investigating the death of a mother and son at Haytor will be returning to Dartmoor one week after the tragic event to appeal for the public’s help to establish the pair’s last movements.
Katherine Hooper, 24, and her five-year-old son Joshua died after falling from rocks last Friday (12 July). Police later discovered the body of her two-year-old son Sam at her home in...
Update 13 July: Devon and Cornwall Police investigating the tragic deaths of Katherine Hooper and her two sons Josh Patterson and Sam Patterson have confirmed that the family had been the subject of a Safeguarding Partnership intervention and a serious case review would be launched.
The Safeguarding Partnership, an alliance including the council, NHS and the police, is alerted if a...
Police have issued brief CCTV footage showing the last sighting of the missing Polish woman Magdalena Krawiec in Marine Drive near the Radcliffe Hotel in Paignton on Monday 13th May.
PCSO’s will be in this area over the weekend carrying out public engagement and providing posters with information.
The CCTV footage follows the picture released on Wednesday 22 May showing a...
Police have released a new CCTV image showing the last known sighting of Magdalena Krawiec, the missing 20-year-old Polish woman.
The picture shows a woman walking along Marine Drive near the Redcliffe Hotel in Paignton in the direction of Torquay on Monday 13 May at 8.17pm (it was previously reported that the last sighting had been on Tuesday 14 May). The woman in the photo has been...
Police are growing increasingly concerned for the safety of a missing 20-year-old Polish woman from Paignton.
They are appealing for the public’s help in tracing Magdalena Krawiec (pronounced Crab-ic) and have enlisted the help of Dartmoor Search and Rescue and the Coastguard in the search for the young woman.
Ms Krawiec is new to the area having only arrived in the UK on...
Police have confirmed that Christopher Mason who had been missing since last Thursday (2 May) has been located safe and well in the Paignton area.
Mr Mason, 28, is from Beacon Park and concerns were raised after he had been missing for several days with police calling for any information from the public.
