Dawlish News

A PATIENT at a Dawlish mental hospital has admitted starting a fire at his former flat in Exeter which left terrified neighbours trapped in their homes. Davis is due to be sentenced next week and is likely to receive a hospital order which will result in him remaining at Langdon indefinitely.

Money Mail today exposes how some pushy equity release salesmen are getting rich by draining the property wealth built up over decades by elderly homeowners. The Prooms took equity release on their four- bedroom home in Dawlish, Devon, that had been in the family for 44 years.

“Officers remained at the scene on Monday and inquiries are ongoing to ascertain how the remains came to be at the location.” An investigation has been launched by police after human remains were found during railway work near Dawlish.

Here is the latest list of planning applications validated across Devon Demolition plans for the Clifton Hill sports centre, a new sea wall to protect the Dawlish railway line.

The elderly pair who have a "brother and sister relationship" have organised a Skype call everyday throughout lockdown Two elderly best friends from Devon have been forced to cancel their joint birthday party for the first time in 80 years. The pair had been planning their joint 90th birthday ...

The most exclusive might be beyond the average person's reach - but you can still find a bargain in Devon! Beautiful Salcombe in the South Hams has an average house price of just over £600,000 - almost three times the national average. Just along the coast lies Dawlish, population about 17,000 ...

The footbridge, which connects Marine Parade to Coryton Cove, will be closed from Monday, June 15 until Friday, July 17 to allow workers to safely construct the enhanced sea wall at the Boat Cove end of the site.

Parts of Devon had the highest number of assaults on staff Among those who have shared their stories of being assaulted while on duty in a bid to raise awareness of the problem, and to remind people of the consequences is emergency care assistant Mark Walker. He and a police officer were spat at ...

A family in Brixham are appealing for help in finding a man who went missing after he saw them more than three days ago. Police are asking the public to report any sightings to them and to look out for him. They say he could potentially be anywhere in the Brixham, Torquay, and Paignton and Dawlish ...

COMMUNITY transport providers have not been immune to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, but they have continued to play a crucial role to ensure people can access vital services. The service has also been one of 12 organisations that has been supporting the community under the ‘Helping ...

The England and Wales police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who died in custody in Devon. So far the cause of death has not been established and further tests are being carried out. Francis was jailed in 2017 for 20 months for stealing a car. He had previously lived in the south ...

The equivalent of around 500 wheelie bins full of discarded litter were removed from the district’s beaches and open spaces after the weekend Glass bottles and cans, disposable barbecue trays and even human faeces on a plastic picnic blanket at Dawlish Warren were left on Teignbridge’s beaches and ...

A man has been jailed after he spat at police and ambulance crews who were called to reports of a woman being attacked. Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Police were called to The Strand, Dawlish at just after midnight on Monday May 25 with a report that a man was being violent towards a woman

Officers from the British Transport Police (BTP) were called to the tracks at Starcross station near Teignbridge in South Devon around 12.30pm today. "Officers are now working to identify the person and inform their family. "The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be ...

An effort to raise money for waterfowl in Dawlish has been set up following the unexplained death of black swan cygnet. Neil Salter, founder of Dawlish Beach Cams, said: "Sadly we do not know how he died as he was missing for over a week and was under a bridge for some time."

Work is nearing completion on the first section of the new sea wall at Marine Parade, but Network Rail has now confirmed plans for the second phase of the £80m project to protect the railway, passengers and pedestrians. Reconstruction of the timber seaward platform at Dawlish station will also ...

Jeremy Britton dropped the red handled knife when he saw the police but officers found it and a second weapon when they searched the area. Britton, aged 46, of Barton Villas, Dawlish, admitted two counts of having a knife in public and one of personal possession of heroin.

A leading doctor has said the decision to ease lockdown restrictions without proper testing was "terrifying". Rosie Toom is a self-employed foot practitioner from Dawlish in Devon who was first tested on 3 May after developing symptoms. More than 10 days later she's still waiting for the ...

A man was pronounced dead on the railway tracks between Exeter and Dawlish last night, British Transport Police has confirmed. This morning, a BTP spokesperson said; "Officers were called to Starcross station shortly before 7pm last night following reports of a casualty on the tracks.

Almost nine out of 10 older people say their social contact has reduced significantly during the pandemic, with one lady telling Sky News that Boris Johnson’s latest address to the nation was “like a guillotine coming down”. Jennifer, 70, from Dawlish in South Devon, says she has felt ...

Unprecedented is not a useful way to describe the current situation. It is merely unfamiliar to us because we are the first generation in England which has no memory of suffering a pandemic. Previous generations lived with this lottery of death whereas we have come to expect modern medicine to ...

Work to rebuild and improve the sea wall at Dawlish has resulted in £3 million being spent locally in south Devon between June 2019 and May 2020 by Network Rail and its contractors. Network Rail’s Western route director Mike Gallop said: “I am delighted that we’ve spent nearly £5m with local ...

The size and scale of the new Dawlish sea wall can be seen as the recurve panels have begun to be the installed. The £30m scheme along Marine Parade aims to protect the railway for the next 100 years aims to improve the long-term resilience of the railway linking Devon and Cornwall to the rest of ...

TEIGNBRIDGE is among the councils across Devon that have warned the £33 million extra from Government still isn’t close enough to plug their funding gaps with ‘a huge black hole of debt emerging and we are plunging headfirst into it.

Allan, 55, finished the £15,000 project during lockdown — 18 years after he started. A winch at the top of the 109ft track hauls a wagon carrying him and wife Rachel, 50, from the road to their three-bed bungalow in seven minutes. He dug out 150 tons of soil by hand and built retaining walls in ...

It has long been rumoured that Adolf Hitler had a mansion with 1,600 acres of land earmarked in the county as a potential British HQ, had he won the war. The luxurious mansion boasted a galleried hall, four reception rooms, 10 bed and dressing rooms, four bathrooms and a spacious ballroom with a ...

The owners of Geralds supermarkets in Dawlish have recorded their video diaries as they help the community during Covid-19 A Very British Lockdown: Diaries From the Frontline will be shown at ITV at 8pm today (Tuesday). Customers open the front door in tears to the Geralds' delivery vans.

£1.75 million mansion loses 80ft garden in landslip Prior to this, previous owner Nick Skilton who built the property also lost 80ft of land at the bottom of the garden when it fell into the sea in 2007.

People have called from all areas of Teignmouth, Dawlish and beyond, and we even had a call from Scotland from a daughter worried about her mother in Teignmouth.

Park-and-ride stations, new cycling and walking routes, and road improvements are all included in the plan setting out 110 different planned investments in transport infrastructure across Devon by 2030. TEIGNBRIDGE: Dawlish Link Road - New £4.2m road linking A379 to Secmaton Lane

Assistant Chief Constable Glen Mayhew said: ‘As we look to the bank holiday weekend I wish to be clear with our message which is stay at home and do not undertake travel that isn’t essential. My officers will continue to be visible in our towns and cities, and we will police the roads.

Cllr Alan Connett is concerned about the ‘plan to spoil this beautiful country road with its amazing views across Kenton and Starcross and the Exe Estuary’. The road from the estuary village of Starcross rises up through the woodland of Mamhead and leads to the Haldon Hills, but has seen increased ...

The service says its current operations would leave pilots exposed as they cannot wear personal protective equipment while operating the aircraft. However, its critical care paramedics will still be able to respond to patients by road with their specialist skills and equipment.

Daniel Force, barkeeper at the Brunswick Arms in Dawlish, said they had been closed for six weeks for a refurbishment. We even had a police officer come in to enforce the closure and make sure we close our doors at midnight."

The Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust have closed the Dawlish and Totnes MIUs and are now referring anyone with a minor injury to the MIU at Newton Abbot Community Hospital.

Restaurants, nightclubs, theatres, and gyms have also been told to close as soon as they reasonably can Prime Minister Boris Johnson says anyone planning a drink on Friday should not to be tempted as the country makes a collective effort to 'push down further' down the curve of the virus.

The new rules cover Torbay Hospital and community hospitals at Brixham, Newton Abbot, Dawlish and Totnes. They include only one visitor at a time per bed and no children.

Barry Parkin moved into its new homes development in Dawlish in September 2017, and claims that when he bought his property, he was assured by Redrow that as soon as all the houses were built the roads and pavements on the estate would be addressed. After being approached by Devon Live, Redrow ...

Those in contention to win £1000 from the RGB Building Supplies’ Well Built Fund have been announced. In North Devon, The Ilfracombe Academy and Bideford-based nursing home The Warren have been selected. In Tiverton, Wilcombe Primary School has been nominated. DYS Space in Dawlish, Kingsbridge & ...

Darren Chamberlain, managing director of Dawlish-based Garage Doors South West Ltd and an Exeter Chiefs season ticket holder, has made the gracious offer following the controversy during the Chiefs' win over Bath at the weekend.