Dawlish News

POLICE have promised to look into vandalism caused to Dawlish’s newest park equipment and to keep tabs on anti-social drivers.

A 73-year-old man has been jailed for subjecting a child to despicable sexual abuse more than half a century ago. Michael Redgrave was a student living in Dawlish when he committed multiple serious sexual offences against a girl who was aged just eight.

AN INDEPENDENT Dawlish councillor has taken legal advice after his photo, taken four years ago, was featured in a Liberal Democrat newsletter.

A DAWLISH woman has been fined a total of £1,246 for attacking two males in Teignmouth.

Latest images show the work that has taken place on a new rockfall shelter on the Dawlish railway line that will protect the cliffs for generations to come by curbing eroding and stop them collapsing onto the tracks.

A MAN from Dawlish is to stand trial at Exeter Crown Court accused of attacking a woman on Boxing Day.

TEIGNMOUTH and Dawlish Police have issued a new warning that break-ins and thefts of tools from vans are on the rise

HOPES are high for the new generation of Dawlish Black Swans. The breeding pair are taking it in turns to care for the estimated eight eggs which have been laid.

The future of Women’s Walking Football in Devon is bright after Devon FA announced the creation of the first Devon FA Women’s Walking Football League starting in September 2023. The newly appointed League committee consists of members from each of the founding teams Exeter Strollers, Mid Devon, ...

Raymond Goody was found with a large number of still images and a few movies when police raided his home in Dawlish in October 2021 and checks showed he had been accessing abuse websites.

A VIOLENT patient has been jailed for attacking a nurse so savagely that her own colleagues could not recognise her.

DAWLISH Hospital’s minor injuries unit is expected to reopen soon, almost three years after it was closed.

Coastguards from Dawlish were called to the River Teign at Teignmouth, in Devon, at about 20:30 GMT after reports a cargo ship had broken away from its moorings

NO MORE new housing is to be recommended in Dawlish and Teignmouth before 2040, according to details in a submission to update the Local Plan.

A GOOD number of new houses will be going up in Dawlish town centre next spring, but for once it’s doubtful there’ll be any objections.

Aaron Sullivan, aged 26, of Celtic Fields, Dawlish North, admitted driving without due care at Polly Steps Car Park in Teignmouth. As well as the fine, Sullivan must pay £85 prosecution costs and £34 to fund victim services.

An on-call fire and co-responder station, it logged 129 fire engine incidents as follows:

Louie Stephen Winfield, aged 39, of Second Avenue, South Dawlish, admitted assaulting Caelib Hampton, causing him actual bodily harm.

Raymond Goody, aged 54, of Albert Street, Dawlish South, appeared before South and West Devon Magistrates' Court.

A CAR dealer who abused three boys after taking them on days out in Exmouth and Dawlish has been jailed for 18 years.

Jayson Ross is already serving a two and a half year sentence for smashing his way into his ex’s home in Dawlish and holding an 11 inch bread knife to her throat.

NETWORK Rail’s proposals for the next phase of the work along the railway line from Dawlish to Teignmouth have been welcomed by county councillors.

Just after midday officers arrived following reports of a man acting aggressively and making threats to Royal Mail staff.

A police helicopter has been seen circling a holiday park in Devon following a serious incident. A 'mass fight' was reported overnight which has forced families to leave the site on Christmas Day.

Dawlish town and district councillor Alison Foden fears the contents of the report from the commissioner could signal the demise of bus service provision outside of cities.

NEW pollution alerts were issued along Teignbridge’s coastline today, after raw sewage was discharged into the sea at Holcombe Beach, Coryton Cove and Dawlish Town Beach. The sewage discharges were a result of the recent stormy weather.

Devon County Council are putting a full vehicle closure on Shaldon Bridge through out the night from 6:30 pm to 7am from 17th December to Christmas eve. I am requesting the works. if they are necessary, should be carried out after the New Year.

THE national campaign against gender violence has come to Dawlish and Holcombe.

Kevin Gale had 'just about the most severe mental illness you can have' when he stabbed Lee Turner. Gale, 54, has been receiving treatment under the Mental Health Act at Langdon Hospital in Dawlish since a court hearing in 2019 found he was responsible for the killing. At the time he was deemed ...

SIGNIFICANT disruption to rail services during December and January lies ahead, warns Great Western Railway but they expect trains in the week before Christmas will continue to operate.

The money will tackle rural challenges, mainly targeting communities and businesses outside of Newton Abbot, Kingsteignton, Dawlish and Teignmouth.

Former soldier Spear was living in Teignmouth and Dawlish when he carried out the sexual assaults which progressed from touching the girl when she was six to having full sex with her when she was nine.

The zone includes journeys across Exeter and within the boundaries of Ottery St Mary, Cullompton, Bickleigh, Crediton, Okehampton, Whitestone, Longdown, Kennford, Teignmouth, Exton, Woodbury, Woodbury Salterton, Nine Oaks Cross and Exmouth, excluding Sandy Bay. See more...

A newly-formed speedwatch group has been in action along the A379 on the outskirts of the town checking vehicles were not breaking the 30mph speed limit.

A dozen households in Teignbridge were threatened with homelessness by landlords using "no-fault" eviction powers over three months this year, figures show.

A DAWLISH woman received a conditional discharge after she admitted being drunk in charge of a child.

Photographs show the progress being made with the bridge which will link the two sections of accessible, public promenade.

A DAWLISH man will stand trial in the new year on two motoring charges he denies.

A YELLOW Warning of very strong winds on Monday causing disruption to travel and utilities has been issued by the Met Office. See more...

RESIDENTS and community groups in Dawlish are being asked if they would like to get involved in keeping the town clean.