Meet the co-owner of ‘the world’s best B&B’, The 25 in Torquay, who says four out of five is failure

Failure. That’s how Andy Banner-Price, the co-owner of The 25 Boutique B&B in Torquay, sees a four-star review on Tripadvisor, which earlier this year declared it the world’s best B&B for the second year running. To date it has over 800 reviews on the site – and every single one of them is an ‘excellent’ … Read more

Etiquette expert William Hanson reviews the Tripadvisor ‘best B&B in the world’ – The 25 in Torquay

With international leisure travel pretty much verboten this year, I was keen to rediscover what the UK has to offer its own in terms of luxury hospitality. Let’s face it, our country is no longer held up for its customer service, so I was unsure anywhere that wasn’t a heavily-financed London establishment on our sceptred … Read more

The 2020 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards: B&B in Torquay named the best in the world – AGAIN

It was no fluke, then. Torquay B&B ‘The 25′ has been crowned the best in the world in the Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards – again. The boutique adults-only inn achieved the coveted accolade in 2019. This year it stands as a winner alongside the likes of Viroth’s Hotel in Cambodia, named the 2020 top hotel … Read more

Boy, 17, is charged with alleged sexual offences against children at nursery in Torquay

Boy, 17, is charged with alleged sexual offences, including rape, against at least eight children at a nursery in Torquay Teenager alleged to have abused children at Jack and Jill Childcare in Torquay He is charged with rape and 13 counts of sexual touching against eight children The alleged incidents are said to have taken … Read more