This week we lead on a police report of youths throwing bottles left alongside recycling bins in Townstal across the car park and roads.

Our picture story shows children who successful negotiated the local heats in the Rotary Club’s Youth Speaks competition.

As ever, there is much more news inside, including the latest on the Costa planning application to open a coffee shop in Victoria Road, Dartmouth, and a report on how a pair of rowers narrowly avoided a collision with a tanker in the mid-Atlantic.