Torquay

UK's large touring outdoor cinema will return next summer with an Elvis Open-Air Cinema Tour

Following its most successful summer yet, which saw its Mamma Mia tour sell-out, Adventure Cinema will bring more musical joy to the big screen with the new Elvis film starring Tom Hanks and Austin Butler.

A celebration of the notorious ‘King of Rock & Roll’, the tour will stop off at some of the UK’s most scenic spaces to screen Baz Lurhmann’s box office hit Elvis, with 38...

Barton Cricket Club and Torquay Academy help establish a night landing site for Devon Air Ambulance

At a recent gathering at Barton Cricket Club in Torquay, a group of young cricketers and their coaches learnt about the new night landing site for Devon Air Ambulance at their ground and how it can be used to help local people.

The surveyed floodlit night landing site at Cricketfield Road playing field enables Devon Air Ambulance to land in Torquay during the ‘hours of darkness’...

Agatha Christie Festival is back on centenary of travel adventure that shaped best known stories

Popular authors including Lucy Worsley and Kate Mosse will be part of the International Agatha Christie Festival, 10 - 17 September 2022, celebrating the centenary of the world travels that inspired some of Agatha Christie’s greatest stories.

The Festival offers a week of suspense, surprise and sun on the beautiful English Riviera in and around Torquay with over 40 events including...

Early diagnosis saves Lauren from life in a wheelchair

A 29-YEAR-OLD from Torquay has praised Specsavers after an emergency eye test led to her being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Lauren Percival had been suffering with debilitating headaches for months, before she woke up one day with double vision and being sick.

She contacted the Specsavers Torquay store and was given an emergency appointment. Optometrist Simon Simmonds...

Free demonstration breakfast morning at RGB Torquay

The Torquay branch of RGB Building Supplies is holding a free supplier morning on Friday 1st July when tradespeople and DIY enthusiasts will be able to see demonstrations and talk to experts about some of the leading products on the market.

From 7.30am, visitors can speak to suppliers from premium wooden door manufacturer XL Joinery, building product supplier Timco, adhesive supplier...

The Devonshire Hotel in Torquay wins 2022 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award

The Devonshire Hotel in Torquay has been awarded a TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award for 2022.

The Devonshire Hotel, overlooking Tor Bay, is part of the family-owned and operated coach holiday group Daish’s Holidays and has been acknowledged for consistently delivering positive experiences to travellers.

The Traveller’s Choice Awards recognise travellers’ favourite...

Torquay cat rescue charity voted as a Surprise Supplies winner

Hector’s House, a Torquay-based cat rescue and rehoming charity, has been voted as a winner of RGB Building Supplies’ Surprise Supplies initiative and now has £1,000 to spend on materials at RGB’s Torquay branch.

RGB invited charities from across the region to get in touch and explain how a donation of materials would help to complete a project. Alongside Hector’s House, West Cornwall...

David Suchet comes to Devon

David Suchet comes to the Princess Theatre, Torquay on Tuesday 23 November for a strictly limited engagement.

Sir David Suchet makes his eagerly awaited return to UK stages in POIROT AND MORE, A RETROSPECTIVE this autumn, following a successful tour of Australia and New Zealand in early 2020. David will retrace his steps as a young actor, visiting more than 20 theatres across the UK...

Torquay Barber launches campaign to support mens mental health as hairdressers reopen

Torquay Barber launches campaign to support mens mental health as hairdressers reopen

Barbers across the UK have today joined forces to inspire men to open up about mental health issues. As hairdressers in England finally reopen their doors to eager customers, barbers from Torquay to Tynemouth and beyond are launching the #OurDoorIsOpen campaign in a bid to ensure those whose mental health has been badly affected by lockdown get the support they need.

This is the...

Plans for Devon Air Ambulance community landing sites take off in Torbay

Plans for Devon Air Ambulance community landing sites take off in Torbay

A new partnership project between Devon Air Ambulance and Torbay Council is set to establish six additional ‘community landing sites’ across Torbay which will help patients facing life-changing or life-threatening injuries and illnesses.

These surveyed floodlit sites will enable Devon Air Ambulance to land in the heart of Torbay’s communities during the ‘hours of darkness’ where...

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