Dawlish News

Dawlish Community Transport, Dawlish Gardens Trust and the Friends of Dawlish Hospital are holding the event on May 26.

The A379 Exeter Road near Dawlish is currently blocked due to a multi-vehicle crash. According to roads traffic and monitoring service, Inrix, the road is partially blocked both ways due to the incident near the car wash.

A POPULAR Dawlish seafront cafe has been targeted by vandals for the second time in two weeks.

DAWLISH and Cockwood as among the six Devon communities that would most benefit from lower traffic speeds and have been chosen for new 20mph schemes.

THE iconic Smugglers Inn at Holcombe Rogus, Dawlish, has been sold off a guide price of £200,000 for the leasehold interest. Having achieved a loyal following with many years of successful trading, the Smugglers Inn is well known for its carvery offering, with booking well advised via a fully ...

"Police are concerned for the whereabouts and welfare of 30-year-old Ed Appiah. Ed was last seen in the Dawlish area of Devon at around 5.15pm on Tuesday, May 9, 2023.

A Devon mobile pizza company that launched during the Covid pandemic is now hoping for national recognition by competing this weekend in the British Street Food Awards. Soul Pizza Truck, based in Dawlish, began back in February 2021, when Sam Connett found himself searching for a new job in the ...

Daniel Doran, aged 18, of Grove Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon; and Felix Rooney, aged 31, of Leicester Road, Market Harborough, both pleaded not guilty to stealing the expensive car exhaust components at Dawlish Warren on March 13 this year.

Benjamin Adam Myers, aged 31, of Old Town Street, had been served with a domestic violence protection notice by a police officer on April 30.

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The route includes travelling along the internationally famous sea wall at Dawlish, crossing Brunel’s famous Saltash Bridge into Cornwall, and some of the most varied and exciting scenery in the country. Passengers can choose to spend time in Plymouth or travel on to Par, where buses are provided ...

A missing woman was located in Dawlish Warren after multiple emergency services were called out. Police were called just after 10pm on Thursday, April 27, after concerns for the welfare of a woman who was missing in the Dawlish area.

A police spokesman confirmed officers were in the area of Warren Road answering reports of a possible ‘breach of the peace on private land’.

Anne Marie Morris talks Network Rail funding and hosepipe bans in her latest column

An inquest was recently opened at Plymouth Coroner's court into the death of 53-year-old Dr Dinan by assistant coroner Philip Spinney. At the brief hearing, held on April 14, he noted how Claire was born in Plymouth and resided in Dawlish.

Lidl has unveiled plans to open hundreds of new stores across the UK - including multiple branches in Devon. The inexpensive supermarket, which already has more than 900 locations in the country, has published a list of all the locations it would like to open new stores. See more...

Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris has sounded the alarm after hearing that funding for vital work to protect the exposed coastal railway line through her constituency is at risk. She says it is “wholly unacceptable” that huge sums of money are being spent on the controversial HS2 line to the north ...

• Aleasha Sullivan, 32 and Joshua Sandercock, 30, were found dead at her home • Mr Sandercock had been arrested for assaulting her and banned from contact • An inquest found Ms Sullivan died from natural causes, blood clots on the lungs •

This could cover situations like recent flooding in Mid Devon in January 2023, coastal storm damage from Storm Eunice in February 2022, or the extremely high waves that struck Dawlish and the South Devon coastline in February 2014.

FOUR Dawlish runners are preparing to tackle the gruelling London Marathon this weekend. Laura Fuller is finally able to run in the marathon after disappointment in 2020 when the event was cancelled due to Covid.

Dawlish coastguards are now able to carry out rescues from mud and water using specialist equipment.

A former mental patient is to undergo an assessment into his mental health after he admitted carrying out a sexual assault. Miss Evie Dean, defending, said there is background of psychiatric illness which has led to in patient treatment at Langdon Hospital, Dawlish in the past.

A DEALER who exploited children in care by luring them into a County Lines drug gang has been jailed for eight years and three months. The 16-strong gang’s main bases were Exeter and Torbay but Curtis extended the geographic spread to Mid and North Devon, Exmouth and Dawlish.

Dawlish's Waterfowl Wardens, alongside staff from Teignbridge District Council, discovered the vehicle in the early hours on Saturday, April 15.

The Cafe at Coryton Cove was targeted by thieves who vandalised the site and stole goods, equipment and cash.

A psychotic Barnstaple man who stabbed to death a stranger outside Tesco in 2018 was suffering from a mental illness so severe that he did not have full control of his actions at the time the killing. Kevin Gale , also known as Kit Kat, was hearing voices and exhibiting bizarre behaviour before ...

A team of intrepid teachers, teaching assistants and site support staff are taking the leap to help college PE teacher Dan Osbourne raise money for his family’s charity Jay’s Aim.

POLICE in Teignmouth and Dawlish have warned there has been an increase in moped thefts.

TWO men have appeared at Exeter Crown Court accused of dangerous driving in Exminster and conspiracy to steal catalytic converters in Dawlish Warren.

A grandad who took his daughter and granddaughter out to enjoy the Bank Holiday by watching the varied waterfowl at Dawlish Water got more wildlife than he bargained for yesterday (April 10).

The first sections of the new accessible footbridge for Dawlish station were lifted in by crane overnight this weekend. They are made of pre-cast concrete and will be installed gradually over the coming weeks on Saturday nights, as the work can only be safely carried out when trains aren’t running. ...

POLICE in Teignmouth and Dawlish have thanked local people for providing them with teddy bears for their patrol vehicles. They are used to help calm adults and children that have faced traumatic experiences. I am aware that one was used for a three-year-old who was being taken into care because ...

The girl, who is possibly around 6-years old, knocked on a door claiming she was 'lost' before running away Police also confirmed that a police helicopter was involved in the search for the girl. It was seen circling the Dawlish coast and Exmouth earlier today.

A 43-year-old man who 'viciously' assaulted his photographer boyfriend after getting annoyed that he was not paying him enough attention at a wedding has been ordered to pay £1,500 in fines and costs. At that time the two men lived in the Berkeley area of Gloucestershire but since the assault Harse ...

A paedophile who twice groped a teenage girl in her home has been handed a 12-month sentence. Pope, from Stonelands Park, Dawlish, Devon, had pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault on dates unknown between December 5, 2018 and May 1, 2021.

WORK has been ongoing to remove vegetation from cliffs between Dawlish and Holcombe. The work is aimed at stabilisation of the cliffs between Dawlish and Teignmouth.

DAWLISH grandad-to-be Allan Pyne has stepped in to take on the Three Peaks Challenge in aid of a children’s charity.

A new emergency alert system will take place in the early evening of Sunday 23 April. The new system will be used when lives are in danger and in the event of emergencies, such as severe flooding. People will receive a test message on their mobile phones within an area of risk. If you get an ...

The community hospital on Mill Lane, the first to be built by the NHS in 1954, is due to close, with services moving to Dawlish Hospital and a new £8 million health centre in Teignmouth town centre.

The Environment Agency has told people to get ready for flooding around coastal areas of the county Alerts have also been put in place for South Devon estuaries, the coast between Start Point and Dawlish Warren, and the coastline from Start Point to Plymouth. Within the higher-level warnings, the ...