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SOUTH West Water bosses have responded to tonight’s Channel 4 docudrama which features the death of a child after contracting E-coli following a holiday in Dawlish Warren. Eight-year-old Heather Preen died in 1999 following the family’s visit to the Warren where days earlier a nearby storm pipe had discharged sewage into the sea.
Vagrancy Act 1824 remains in force in England and Wales, making it a criminal offence to sleep rough (under Section 4) and beg (under Section 3), subject to certain conditions. Despite long-standing calls for repeal, the law has not yet been fully removed from the statute books. The Act was originally passed in 1824 to address homelessness following the Napoleonic Wars and the Industrial ...
A CAMPAIGNER from Teigbridge is calling for better water quality testing as a new Channel 4 drama features the true story of a child who died from an infection after holidaying in Dawlish Warren.
A NEW SPECIALIST unit at Langdon Hospital in Dawlish has won a prestigious award. The Brook, a 10 flat block for patients with learning disabilities and autism, won the Best Specialist Care Design category at this year's Healthcare Design Awards.
POLICE will be holding a surgery at a Bishopsteignton pub this week. Members of the Teignmouth and Dawlish Rural Neighbourhood Policing Team will be at Old Commercial Inn in Bishopsteignton on Thursday, February 26.
POLICE will be holding a community surgery in Ideford this week. Members of the Teignmouth and Dawlish Policing Team will be at Ideford Village Hall on Friday, February 27. Officers will be on hand from 10.30am until 11.30am.
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Residents in Dawlish are being advised that essential cliff stabilisation works will begin behind Great Cliff on Marine Parade from Monday 2 March 2026. Improving Safety After Previous Cliff Falls.