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SEVEN police officers have been praised for saving the life of a woman from the sea at Dawlish.

ENGINEERS with a head for heights are carrying on with work to stabilise the cliffs above Dawlish railway line.

We have an upcoming surgery in Dawlish on the 1st of March, this will be by appointment only. If you would like to book a surgery appointment or raise a specific issue, please call my office on 01626 368277 or email annemarie.morris.mp@parliament.uk to arrange an appointment.

A TRIAL traffic light scheme in Starcross was abandoned before it began, it is understood. The experiment was aimed at improve conditions for all road users through the historic pinch point at the 18th Century Courtenay Arms Mews in Starcross.

Landlords in Teignbridge filed dozens of repossession claims last year, new figures show.

The section between Coastguard’s and Red Rock, Langstone, has now reopened this week engineering teams replaced of repairs 32 coping stones – the large stones along the edge of the wall – which weigh around 2.5 tonnes each.

The award-winning Amelia’s restaurant at Cofton Holidays in Starcross has welcomed an exciting new Executive Chef who promises to bring his experience working at Michelin-starred restaurants and with Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall to this hidden gem loved by foodies.

DEVON County Council’s trial scheme for traffic lights on the A379 in Starcros begins today. The trial will run from Monday, February 12, until Thursday, March 28.

FORCES veterans will be able to meet and chat over a cuppa thanks to a Dawlish couple.

Newton Abbot and Dawlish councils have agreed their budget for the coming financial year and the amount its residents will have to pay to finance its services.

TWO town councillors came to the rescue when a cygnet was in danger of being washed away in Dawlish.

The home in Dawlish, Devon, is set to have a soft launch later this month (24 February), when local people will be invited to have a look around the 71-bed property, which will offer residential, dementia and nursing car

A Ukranian mother living in Devon is campaigning for handrails to be installed along the Dawlish sea wall after her daughter fell to her death.

A FOOTPATH along the Brook in Dawlish has been cordoned off as the town’s iconic Black Swans have begun laying again.

AIMS special needs group in Dawlish has also been given £400 for a new sensory tent and other activities and £500 was given to the local group of FORCE for cancer support which is also facing a growing need for its services.

OPENING new banking hubs needs to be speeded up, according to MP Anne Marie Morris So far, while two sites are under consideration in Dawlish, nowhere in Teignmouth has been found to be suitable.

£165m investment is better protecting iconic coastal railway In February 2014, a devastating storm battered the south Devon coastline at Dawlish, cutting off the only railway line to the south west for eight weeks.

FOOTPATHS on a Dawlish cliffside will have to remain closed for another two months, Network Rail has announced.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly, supportive and welcoming team at Oakwood Specialist College in Dawlish

A pervert from Dawlish was jailed for amassing a huge collection of child abuse images and videos downloaded from the dark web. Paul Powell, 56, also set up a spy camera to secretly film a woman in a bathroom. See more... Live - Daily ...

All happened when the schools were empty, and some resulted in cash and electronic devices being stolen. A 28-year-old man from Dawlish has been arrested on suspicion of burglary, police said.

From Devon and Cornwall Police: Officers have arrested a man in connection with a number of burglaries at several schools in the Teignbridge area. Local police have been investigating eight reports of incidents which have occurred between October 2023 and January 2024. The incidents all ...

DEVELOPERS building the latest tranche of new housing on the outskirts of Dawlish say the development will provide ‘significant financial contributions to benefit the local area’

CALLS are being made for a dangerous footbridge in Dawlish to be removed. Now there are calls for action as people have been seen jumping over it despite the safety warnings.

The line at Dawlish in Devon in March 2018 which was closed after the sea wall was breached Massive waves crash into the seafront at Dawlish in December 2021 as Storm Barra hit Britain See more...

AN estranged husband from Dawlish has admitted assaulting his wife after bundling her into a car in Dartmouth and driving her to Stokenham.

Numerous sewage alerts have been issued at beaches across the Westcountry after Storm Isha. Surfers Against Sewage has mapped 20 beaches across the county where sewage discharge has been released from a storm overflow sometime over the weekend. Dawlish Town See more...

TRAFFIC lights are to be installed on the main road in Starcross as an experiment to try to tackle congestion.

A Devon farm shop has closed after the company which ran it went bust leaving debts of £150,000. The family-run Dawlish Farmshop closed recently after The Devon Fruit Company Ltd went into liquidation. Live - Daily ...

The land at Gatehouse Farm was allocated by Teignbridge District Council within its Local Plan as a ‘high-quality landmark development’ for 860 new homes, which subsequently received outline planning permission for around 409 new homes in July 2020.

WALKERS in Dawlish are up in arms as part of the sea wall is closed at the same time as an adjacent footpath. But at the same time, a footpath along Lady’s Mile, which could be used as an alternative route to the sea wall, is also being closed by Devon County Council.

A Devon village primary school has been forced to close for the day after being burgled. Starcross Primary School was targeted by thieves at some point over the weekend. It has not been confirmed what was stolen but it is believed to be electrical equipment. Over the Christmas holiday break, ...

THE owner of Signature Hair and Beauty in Dawlish, Chrissy Marks, has raised £1,000 for a pair of Cyprus-based animal rescue charities.

The false accusations against Peter Huxhall saw him sent to jail, destroyed his marriage, drove a split through his family and left him destitute and friendless before he died in suspected suicide “It was an unpleasant encounter,” he recalls sadly. “But he was saying things about mum that we knew ...

Dawlish in the sunshine One person on ILiveHere wrote: “The locals are generally horrible and keep to their limited gene pool so they hate anyone who has dared to move in from civilisation, and they particularly loathe anyone with a University degree or a job that pays more than minimum wage. ...

A pervert from Dawlish has been jailed for amassing a huge collection of child abuse images and videos downloaded from the dark web. Paul Powell, 56, also set up a spy camera to secretly film a woman in a bathroom.

A DAWLISH woman says each day is a struggle and she feels ‘like Edward Scissorhands’ after a rare tumour left her with a prominent scar on her hand.

The death of a 14-year-old schoolgirl who fell from a sea wall at Dawlish could have been prevented according to a local man who saw his teenage friend die at the same spot three decades ago. The shocking death of Brendon Burnage in 1992 at the age of just 17 years old, prompted a campaign for the ...