Traders in Brixham are set for a £45,000 DIY boost for their town centre – that’s if the town’s BID plan goes ahead.
Businnesses are being told to back the town’s bid to develop a business improvement district in the town.
The scheme has already been implemented in Torquay where it has been up and running for 12 months.
If the plan goes ahead the scheme will see businesses within the district pay more rates – but have a say where their money is spent.
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A Teignbridge councillor has claimed that Devon County council have unfairly divided a £3.6 million pounds grant for highway repairs – and called it “an appalling abuse of power.”
Gordon Hook believes that most of the grant went to Conservative wards instead of Labour and Lib dem wards in Teignbridge and Newton Abbot.
Devon County Council defended the decisions, claiming ‘the areas with the most need were granted money for road repairs.’
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An American themed cafe-bar is set to grace Torquay town centre.
Coyote’s Torbay limited have taken over the Hog’s Head in Union Street Torquay.
And a company spokesman confirmed the business plans included expansion on the upper floors, with plans for a ten-pin bowling alley and up to 25 employees.
Coyote’s Cafe Bar is set to reopen by the end of September following weeks of work.
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Proposed plans to improve Tweenaway Cross junction at the heart of Torbay’s road network are set to get underway today.
The scheme proposes improvements to increase capacity to both approach and exit lanes, remove central junction obstacles, improve pedestrian/cycle crossings and improve turning lane segregation.
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Official files have revealed that Torbay based war heroine Eileen Nearne had her pension cut off by the government.
The 89 year old died of a heart-attack in her Torquay home last month.
She was originally set to have a basic council funeral until it was revealed she worked as a member of the UK’s special operations executive under the codename ‘Rose’.
Well-wishers have now come forward to ensure she has a fitting ceremony.
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An 87 year old woman was plucked to safety at the weekend after hanging above a 40 foot quarry for nearly an hour.
Gwen Harwill was saved from plunging into the quarry by the thorny brambles at the end of her Kingsbridge garden.
She was taken to Kingsbridge hospital where she was shaken but otherwise unharmed after her escape.
A police spokesman described the escape as “very lucky.”
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Onto sport, and Torquay United earned themselves another valuable point on Saturday after drawing 0-0 with Stevenage at the Lamex Stadium.
Chris Robertson, Danny Stevens and Kevin Nicholson all hit the woodwork as United pressed for a winner, but in the end, they had to settle for a point.
The 0-0 draw saw United register their fifth clean sheet in seven games as they dropped to 4th in the table.
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Finally, here’s the weather, and it should be a fine day, with good sunny spells developing after a fairly cloudy start. Temperatures are set to reach 18 degrees.
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