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Gary Taylor

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I see the spirit of goodwill is alive and well in the Bassett virtual household this Christmas! The principle of building at the Little Leigh site is not at issue, Fred. 35 homes are allocated in the local plan for Holcombe, the question is why the developer would wish to shoot themselves in the foot and upset almost the entire village by presenting plans this poor (it was likened to the ...

christhebarker ‏ @ christhebarker 6h 6 hours ago So here it is. Merry Christmas everybody 2016. #evensantadied #lemmydiedin2015 5 replies 19 retweets 15 likes Rep More

Thanks for the petition link Lynne. Obviously the more that sign the petition better - and as with all these things it will be good to see what sort of response this will generate.

30 Nov 2016

Isn't that what this cherry-picking exercise is really all about?

30 Nov 2016

From BBC Spotlight's Facebook page: South West MPs fighting to stop changes to rail services say they've made little headway today but have vowed to carry on. They met with rail bosses to try to stop plans by the rail company Crosscountry to cut services from the Midlands and the North into South Devon. It's proposed that from next year all but one of the long distance services to-and-from ...

12 Nov 2016

This mail distributed by GWR on Wednesday: You may have seen that the Minister for Rail Paul Maynard has today confirmed that Network Rail will be deferring four parts of the Great Western electrification programme. This does not affect services in your area. Schemes affected include the Thames Valley Branch lines (Henley and Windsor), Didcot to Oxford, Bath to Bristol Temple ...

You're right Leatash - but  although the Woodland Avenue area has a TQ postcode, it is (until the controversial Boundary Commission changes take effect) within the parish of Dawlish. One way or the other, these houses would appear to be among those affected if the second option is chosen. Let's hope the £500 million can be found to fund the first option instead.

14 Oct 2016

I doubt it - but the redundant part of the line might help bring the cycle link between Dawlish and Teignmouth one step closer...

14 Oct 2016

Spotlight ‏ @ BBCSpotlight 22m 22 minutes ago Railway protection work 'to defend #Dawlish line for next 100 years'. More here: http:// bbc.in/2enBwkJ via @BBCNews

14 Oct 2016

Martyn Oates ‏ @ bbcmartynoates 8h 8 hours ago SW rail APPG chair @olivercolvile says "extraordinary" that @transportgovuk apparently asked @networkrail to delay Dawlish rail report.