Dawlish News

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 beach.

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 mainstream ...

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...

The finishing touches have been made to the first section of the Dawlish sea wall project. The aim is to allow people walking the 360-metre promenade to be able to do so both in the day and darker evenings, using 14 concrete benches and seating dotted along the promenade.

On Tuesday 12th October student officers from Devon and Cornwall Police will be in Dawlish on a training day! This means you will see many officers around Dawlish town centre participating in role plays to test their knowledge and skills...Good luck to all student officers!

The name Devon was first used as a personal name when slave-owners bestowed it on enslaved men These men and women were from other parts of the UK or migrated from the colonies. It is noticeable how peripatetic their lifestyles were: some rapidly moved around England to live for short periods in ...

Environmental charity Surfers' Against Sewage has issued alerts around the county 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 beach. See more...

Following devastating storms in 2014, which caused significant disruption to the railway connecting Devon and Cornwall to the rest of the UK, Network Rail established the South West Rail Resilience Programme (SWRRP) to protect Dawlish’s rail infrastructure from future extreme weather.

Paige Kimberley said the group had messages containing vile images and sexist attitudes towards women Now former Detective Superintendent Paige Kimberley, from Dawlish, is set to be compensated after a tribunal ruled that she did tell her civilian former line manager Tatiana Southon about the images ...

Flocks of birds have arrived on the Exe Estuary in Devon and after a long-haul migration from Siberia - they need to rest and feed “The Exmouth Wildlife Refuge at Exmouth Duck Pond is active until December 31 to protect the feeding grounds of birds such as Brent geese. The Dawlish Warren wildlife ...

The demand for HGV drivers has increased to help distribute the shortage of food and fuel Some jobs are paying up to £54,000 per annum along with bonuses and benefits for those who are successful.

The nearest mass vaccination sites for people in Dawlish are the Riviera Centre in Torquay and Newton Abbot Racecourse. The jabs will also be offered at pharmacies and GP practices, and there will be pop-up vaccine clinics, as with the initial vaccination programme.

SERVING and retired police officers shared "sexual and derogatory images" on an online work forum up to 20 times a day, a former senior officer has claimed. Ms Kimberly, from Dawlish, Devon, who also wrote to Met assistant commissioner Helen Ball, said: "Every avenue I have tried to raise ...

Those on board will get to enjoy a three-night stay in Cornwall (although hotel accommodation isn't part of the price) and two full days in Cornwall to visit the area's heritage railways and attractions, as well as the unique experience of going over Brunel's Dawlish Sea Wall powered by the same ...

TEIGNBRIDGE Dogs are permitted on all beaches in Teignbridge between October and March 31, except past groyne 9 at Dawlish Warren, where dogs are banned all year round. The beaches include: • River Beach, Teignmouth • Ness Cove Shaldon. • Holcombe Beach, Teignmouth • Teignmouth Beach • Shaldon Beach ...

It is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the UK High levels of an invisible gas which can cause lung cancer have been identified in parts of Devon by health officials.

Residents immediately responded to their gentle presence Margot Whittaker, the Director of Nursing at the Southern Healthcare group, runs a miniature horse stud and has been taking some of the cute creatures on tour – starting with the Old Rectory in Exeter. She said: “It was the first visit to that ...

The remaining sites are St John’s Lane and Mary Street in Bovey Tracey, Brunswick Place in Dawlish, Newton Road in Kingsteignton and Court Street Moretonhampstead. See more...

The charge for an additional residual waste bin is set to be increase from April 1 During a meeting on Monday (September 13), Teignbridge District Council’s overview and scrutiny committee heard that while staff had dealt with the “amazing increases” of recycling and black bag waste during the ...

The tasty walnut topping jammed in Bella McMunnagill’s throat, blocking her airway. PC Kim Webber (29) was having a haircut when Bella’s assistant burst into the Dawlish salon next door for help.

Helen Scott, Director at Cofton Holidays, Dawlish Warren: We’ve certainly experienced our busiest summer season ever at Cofton Holidays

An elderly man has been taken to hospital after coming off his mobility scooter after a collision with a van. Police and ambulance crews were called to Commercial Road in Dawlish at around 2pm on Friday.