Station Square in Paignton is set to re-open as normal to help visitors find their way around as restrictions ease over the coming weeks.

Toilets on Babbacombe Downs are the latest units to benefit from a £1.7 million modernisation programme.

Torbay Council’s Employment Committee met yesterday (Thursday 25 March) as the final part of the recruitment process for the Council’s new Chief Executive.

A new partnership project between us and Devon Air Ambulance is set to establish six additional ‘community landing sites’ across Torbay.

Work to improve three key sites - Upton Park, Princess Gardens and Royal Terrace Gardens - in Torquay continues this week as work starts on the Sunken Gardens at Princess Gardens.

This Easter break we are holding free Healthy Holiday activity clubs for children aged 5 to 16.

We have launched a first stage of consultation into updating the Torbay Local Plan, and are seeking views on a range of housing related matters.

Graduates and career changers to child and family social work will be given hands-on training to become the next generation of social workers.

Community groups can apply for a ‘Pollinator Patch Kit’ to help create a patchwork of flowerbeds, planters, pots and plots in community spaces, to provide nectar rich flowers for pollinators such as bees.

A new home for a local multinational manufacturing company at Claylands in Paignton is on target to complete this summer.

We want to hear your thoughts and ideas on what designs could be placed on the new sea defence wall that will run along Paignton and Preston seafronts.

The recent Transport consultation, which closed on Sunday 14 March, was responded to by more than 800 residents via a public survey, written responses and many public meetings.

Keeping children safe is everyone’s responsibility.

Next Wednesday, 23 March 2021 will mark one year since the first COVID-19 national lockdown and we pay tribute to the immense hard work of people and organisations across the Bay, over the past year.

As businesses prepare for the reopening of the high streets on 12 April, retailers in Torbay are joining a High Street Live Guide.

Supported by TDA, we are working with leaseholder Marina Developments Ltd (MDL) to come up with a scheme to bring the Pavilion back to life.

Plans to work towards making us and Torbay carbon neutral by 2030 are expected to be agreed next week.

Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s leading leisure facilities operators, has won the contract to manage the Riviera International Conference Centre (RICC) in Torquay, South Devon.

TorVista Homes has been awarded Registered Provider status for housing by the Regulator for Social Housing.

Hundreds of residents in Torbay will have the chance to get a free tree as part of a partnership with Torbay Council and Devon Wildlife Trust.

This Thursday (18 March) is National Child Exploitation Awareness Day which aims to highlight the issues surrounding child exploitation and wider exploitation.

In last week’s Budget, changes to grants for businesses to help mitigate the effects of the pandemic were announced: Rate paying businesses in retail, hospitality, accommodation, leisure and personal care will benefit from the new Restart Grant scheme as the economy reopens.

As part of our ongoing drive to increase recycling rates and reduce our carbon footprint, three new Recycling Support Coordinators have been appointed.

You’ve probably heard of foster care where someone looks after a child for a period of time because they cannot stay with their birth parents

This week our local children and young people successfully return to schools and further education settings across the Bay.

We have secured £1.9m in grant funding via the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) for Torbay Leisure Centre

New state of the art lighting has been unveiled and work has started as part of a £750,000 programme of projects to revamp key sites in Torquay.

Following the government’s roadmap announcement, we welcome the news that schools can begin to reopen from Monday 8 March.

We have approved our new Resource and Waste Strategy following consultation with local residents, though there are some changes from our original proposals following feedback.

The children looked after Celebration Awards recognise the achievements of Torbay’s children and young people for whom we are their corporate parents.

Torbay Council unanimously confirmed a £210,000 investment to address child food poverty in the upcoming Easter school holidays.

Torbay Council is supporting LGBT+ Fostering and Adoption Week (1-7 March 2021)

A new independent Strategic Housing Board for Torbay will meet for the first time today (1March 2020) to set out its agenda for improved coordination and collaboration in delivering our Housing Strategy for Torbay.