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William Michael Reynolds has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and will sign the sex offenders register.

Torbay coastguard tasked to reports of a stranded dolphin on Meadfoot Beach confirmed it was a seal and revived it with fresh fish

A hospital in South Devon was put on major alert this evening. Police were called to the site in response to "a threat to the hospital".

It's lucky 14 for Torquay cinematographer Roger Deakins who has won an Academy Award after being nominated 14 times

68-year-old Roger Deakins, who's from Torquay, has won the British Academy film award for his work on the Sci-fi sequel Blade Runner 2049

The head of a homeless charity in Torquay has expressed her horror at calls for rough sleepers to be cleared from the town centre.

Crews rescued a pet Bearded Dragon, like the one pictured here. Credit: Zaruba Ondrej/ PA

Firefighters have rescued a pet Bearded Dragon after being called to a house fire in Devon.

Crews were mobilised to a house in Torquay, where they found heavy smoke coming from a ground floor bedroom.

They confirmed there had been a small fire in a vivarium - and rescued a pet Bearded Dragon.

The cause of the fire was accidental.

A litter of puppies abandoned and put out with rubbish in Torquay are about to be rehomed after being hand-reared at an animal rescue centre

Zoo keepers were amused as the marine mammals enthusiastically played a little game of water polo with their pumpkins after a fish dinner.

A couple from Brixham have been spared deportation from the UK back to South Africa after an appeal against a Home Office ruling.