Brixham, England News

AMERICAN Carl Rogers was, in my opinion, an interesting bloke. He was one of the pioneers of modern counselling but his research has a much wider application.

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.

Brixham is a jolly place in the holiday season and there was no doubt that the Westcountry's great visitor boom-time had begun in earnest in the port one sunny day last week.

AHOY THERE ME hearties! Shiver me timbers, we were setting sail to Brixham for the annual Pirate Festival, held for the fifth year in a row on the first May Bank Holiday The Brixham Pirate Festival has become an annual tradition in the town, celebrating Brixham's heritage.

Lifeboat spokesman Colin Bower said: "With the summer season coming up, this may be an opportunity to warn people about the dangers of incoming tides.

SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has asked Torbay Council not to have to pay 285,000 towards community improvements as part of its 20million development in the port.

Officers say they seized a substantial amount of cocaine in the raid on a house in the Milton Street area of Higher Brixham at 6pm last Friday after executing a search warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

KEVIN SQUIRE believes new joint head coaches Tom Skelding and Steve Perry will be given the support they need to stabilise Barnstaple in National Three south west.

CUTBACKS to Torbay's library services disguise the fact that in the last few years both Paignton and Brixham have gained brand new ones.

AHOY THERE ME hearties! Shiver me timbers, we were setting sail for Brixham and its annual Pirate Festival, held for the fifth year in a row on the first May Bank Holiday As we rounded the difficult waters of Newton Abbot's Penn Inn roundabout and headed into Torquay Road's tedious tailback, a number of worries flashed through my mind Having never ... (more)

THREE men from South Devon have been convicted of fiddling 25,000 out of insurers by staging car crashes and then claiming the repair bills from one of their own car workshops.

THREE men from South Devon have been convicted of fiddling 25,000 out of insurers by staging car crashes and then claiming the repair bills from one of their own car workshops.

They defeated St Mary's Old Boys won 15-0 with tries from Corey Dowden, Reece Lowe and Owen Fowley.

That's the fear from a head teacher and safety campaigners who have been calling for action from Torbay Council outside Brixham College and Brixham Church of England Primary School for eight years.

Anthony Peter MARTIN, Chapple Cleeve, Minehead. Age: 33. On 23/03/2013 at Newton Abbot in a public place, namely Newton Abbot railway station, were guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour.

I JUST wondered how long it would take him.... a name from the not too-distant past is hoping to make a political comeback.

FORMER Torbay's Got Talent winner Stephanie Blackler is being backed by one of the biggest names in the music business.

Higher Ranscombe Road, Brixham TQ5 9HF Teaching Assistant 9,031- 10,276 per annum Brixham College is an 11-16 mixed comprehensive school, with an excellent record of success in educational, sporting and community fields.

If you're a local musician trying your hand at song writing, don't get discouraged.

Torbay Council has proposed moving the primary places at Torbay School to the Chestnut Drive site in Brixham, leaving the school to focus its resources on secondary aged children from September.