Dawlish News

Jill Diprose BEM - Dawlish - For services to families of children with special needs. Giving the families of children with special needs the chance to spend quality time together has been the mission for Jill Diprose of Dawlish, who receives a British Empire Medal today. Readd more...

Care workers across Devon are set to benefit from a winter cash injection of over £5 million. The one-off package, funded by the government and NHS Devon, is to help ease the pressure on hospitals and encourage residential and nursing care firms to recruit and retain care staff.

IF you’re travelling by train this Christmas? You need to know when will trains be busiest and where is engineering work taking place?

For many years Coryton Cove, Dawlish, has provided an accessible platform for wheelchair residents and visitors.

Renowned local photographer, David Clapp, was warmly welcomed by Dawlish & Teignmouth Camera Club members for his talk on Images with Impact.

Planned engineering work is set to affect some train services in the Exeter area at weekends in January and February 2022. There will be replacement buses between Tiverton Parkway and Plymouth (non-stop), Exeter St Davids and Plymouth (calling at Newton Abbot, Totnes, Ivybridge and Plymouth), ...

A Dawlish woman who lived an isolated life alone is believed to have died two months before she was finally discovered passed away at her home. Access was gained into the property by a police community support officer and Cynthia Buttle was found to have been dead for some time.

Prince Charles visited Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, which holds a very dear place in his heart, as part of a trip to Devon The sighting of the Royal Train has been described as 'very rare' on Britain's Railways, after it was photographed by Thomas Mills coming out of Kennaway Tunnel ...

A DAWLISH patient has admitted starting a fire which caused neighbouring homes to be evacuated on a housing estate in Exeter

THE longest serving driver with Dawlish Community Transport has retired after nearly 30 years of service. Eric began volunteering in 1993 as a driver, having taken a work break and has been on board ever since.

Stagecoach has installed the technology on 30 buses, including those on the 12 route connecting Newton Abbot with Torquay , Paignton and Brixham , and the 22 between Dawlish Warren and South Devon College.

Trains between Exeter and Plymouth have been cancelled due to bad weather. Train operator CrossCountry said that due to 'adverse weather conditions in the Dawlish area

Emma has worked in veterinary clinic in Dawlish for 2 years, managing to raise a family on her small salary.Appearing on the 'This Morning' show, Emma Davis expressed her gratitude and thanked Bitcoin Up creators for dramatically changing her life and financial situation.

Ian Brown, a marine chemist from Dawlish, was among the 38 researchers who took the trip to Earth’s most Northern region for the Synoptic Arctic Survey 2021.

A painting by a 10-year-old girl from Dartmoor depicting a vista of Meldon Hill and a mixed-media artwork by a 17-year-old from Dawlish portraying a South Devon seascape have won first prize in the two age categories of Devon CPRE’s inaugural Best Young Landscape Artist Competition.

The approved extension helps fill the gap between the inn and Dawlish, where the path already connects to the Exe Estuary Trail linking Exeter to Exmouth.

Among the premises taking part in the offer of the free drink are: Ye Olde Cidre Barn, Newton Abbot; The Railway Brewhouse, Newton Abbot; The Star Inn, Liverton; The Carpenter’s Arms, Ilsington; The Church House Inn, Stokeinteignhead; The Devon Arms, Teignmouth; The Roundel Club, Teignmouth; The ...

We’re sorry to announce that the two black swans in the waterfowl aviary have passed away a short time between each other, after a brief illness. At this time the cause is unknown and we are awaiting testing to confirm reasons. Further updates will be given when more is known.

A DAWLISH plumbing supplier’s ‘cheeky’ calendar has gone on sale to help mental health charity Devon Mind.

THE man whose company owns most of Britain’s railway stations has thrown doubt on ambitious plans to restore a main line across Dartmoor. That feeling intensified when a massive storm in 2014 destroyed part of the London-Plymouth main line and a sizeable section of the seawall at Dawlish, cutting ...

A painting by a ten-year-old girl from Dartmoor depicting a vista of Meldon Hill and a mixed-media artwork by a seventeen-year-old from Dawlish portraying a South Devon seascape won first prize in the two age categories of the competition. Matilda Baker and Christopher Moore each won £100 and the ...

DURING her time in office as mayor of Dawlish, Cllr Val Mawhood has chosen to support several charities who work with local youngsters.

Sefton Hall care home in Dawlish is in the running for a second national award this year.

To mark the milestone, The Smugglers Inn in Dawlish is offering its customers the chance to buy some unique tongue-in-cheek merchandise, including an anniversary face mask, mug and t-shirt. Having a good sense of humour is what has helped Nick Stentiford and his partner Donna Cassella turn the pub ...

Calls to extend a 30mph speed limit along a ‘death trap’ road in Newton Abbot have been rejected, but other safety improvements will be made.

Under the plans, services would move from Teignmouth Community Hospital to Dawlish Hospital.

A man and a woman were found discovered dead at a property last week Officers descended on the property in the village which lies between Teignmouth and Dawlish at 10.45am on Thursday, October 21, following reports of concern for welfare.

LAST year’s lockdown Poppy Wall in Dawlish to mark Remembrance Day has returned to the town

The National Police Air Service (NPAS) has shared incredible footage showing the moment police discovered a person in the sea near Dawlish.

The new figures reveal that, for the first time, the average second home buyer from London has spent over half a million pounds in 2021 According to data received by MyLondon from estate agents Hamptons, Teignbridge - a district which includes Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot, Buckfastleigh and ...

We have had our defibrillator stolen from the box out side of the ground . Strange the box hasn’t been damaged and it hasn’t been recorded as being used . This machine is a life saving machine . Please any information contact us . Disgusting this is any information anyone that knows anything about ...

Flooding could change the coastline forever by 2050 Key flood defence schemes include a completed £32million scheme alongside the River Exe at Exeter, and plans for a flood wall along the seafront at Paignton and Preston on the south Devon coast. The effect of storms has already been widely seen, ...

A walker and his elderly dog were rescued after the pet became trapped in dense undergrowth near Mamhead Obelisk. As darkness fell one of the men went looking for the dog. An hour later neither the man nor the dog had returned and the remaining concerned dog walker called 999.

Emergency services are currently on the tracks near Dawlish All train lines between Exeter St. Davids and Newton Abbot are currently closed as emergency services are dealing with an 'incident' on the track.

A TOTAL of up to 26 custom or self-build homes could be built at Dawlish and near Newton Abbot. The Orchard Lane site at Dawlish was highlighted in our recent local plan sites option consultation and so any building would be subject to the outcome of that consultation, member consideration and ...

Sewage has been emptied into the water at over a dozen popular swimming spots along the Devon coastline. Dawlish Coryton Cove Storm sewage has been discharged from a sewer overflow in this location within the past 48 hours. A sewer overflow discharges over the rocks at the southern end of the ...

A road in Dawlish is closed due to a two vehicle crash. The incident happened on Teignmouth Road where one of the vehicles overturned as a result.

It is the only purely early intervention service in Devon so pupils travel from all over the county to attend While some may refer to it as the 'naughty school', staff prefer to describe it as a 'half-way house' for secondary school students who, for a range of reasons, are struggling in ...

The signal engineer started digging at his Dawlish home in 2002 Engineer Allan Pyne, 56, has spent his life working on the railways - and for the last two decades he has also spent his time off digging with pick axe and shovel to create the narrow gauge, funicular railway, which pulls up to seven ...

"Out of all of Devon's larger towns and cities, Torquay is the most dangerous," CrimeRate summarised. "The next most dangerous is Plymouth, and Exeter comes in as third most dangerous. The Crime Rate where you live out of Devon's Population Centres Dawlish 636 42 23% safer See more...