Dawlish News

Wednesday saw heavy rain and strong winds for many, which caused trees to fall on roads, flooding, and trains cancelled in Dawlish. Now, the Environment Agency has placed several flood alerts across the two counties.

In 2017, the EA replaced the hard rock defences with giant tubes filled with sand, known as a Geotube The EA has now installed temporary measures to protect the 460m (1,509ft) Geotube Warren Golf Club manager John Langmead said he wished the original defences had been left in. Martin Davies, ...

National Rail said: "A severe weather warning is in place at the Dawlish Sea Wall today. Consequently, from 08:30 until the end of the day, CrossCountry trains to and from Paignton / Penzance may be revised to start / terminate at Bristol Temple Meads or Exeter St Davids.

A driver has been banned from the road after his own dash cam filmed him mowing down an 82-year-old pedestrian. She was airlifted to hospital and spent three months in hospital with head injuries and multiple fractures after the crash which closed the Exeter to Dawlish road for six hours.

A burglar who failed to do community service work has told a judge that he could not do it because he was too busy working on flood defences in Dawlish. He received a nine month suspended sentence at Exeter Crown Court last year and was ordered to 125 hours of unpaid work. Another 24 hours was ...

The A379 Exeter Road in Dawlish is closed this afternoon because of a crash involving a pedestrian and a car. A police spokesperson said: "Police were called at 1pm today to Exeter Road, Dawlish following reports of a collision involving a car and a pedestrian.

Trains have been stopped after a person was hit by a train at Dawlish. A British Transport Police spokesperson said: "We were called at 12.13pm following a casualty on the tracks."

Alexander Lewis-Ranwell was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity by a jury at Exeter Crown Court and made subject of an indefinite hospital order by Judge Mrs Justice May. He went on a 'whirlwind of destruction' after being arrested twice in the space of three days in North Devon and ...

The find was made by the South Devon crime and proactive policing team in Dawlish on Thursday.

A judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of a mental health patient who assaulted two police officers who tried to help him as he was being ejected from a pub in Totnes. The 45-year-old is is already subject of an eight-month suspended sentence for setting light to a litter bin. He breached the ...

The sand was pumped on to the beach two years ago as part of a £14 million flood defence scheme, which raised parts of the beach by up to three metres. Enough sand to fill 100 Olympic swimming pools was pumped on to the beach in what Defra, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, ...

The Conservative Prime Minister was in the county on Thursday on the election campaign trail and took part in a whistle-stop tour of Devon. He then travelled down to Plymouth for the unveiling of the Nancy Astor statue, before Mr Johnson visited Darts Farm in Clyst St George where he met staff and ...

A pensioner has been sent to a secure ward after he attacked a terrified carer with an axe as she was visiting his home in Tiverton. She only escaped after taking the axe off him, getting away from the house and calling the police and her bosses for help. He will now be treated at a secure ward ...

Moment hoverboard explodes into flames while charging inside family‘s caravan as firefighters issue safety warning to parents The gadget was charging inside a caravan when it started to smoke, prompting the family to rush it outside.

Detectives have now released photographs of three men who they want to speak to in connection with their investigation into the burglary. It happened in Kingsdown Crescent in Dawlish between 12.30pm and 1pm on July 17.

A 28-year-old man bludgeoned to death three pensioners during a bloody killing spree in Exeter – but says he was insane at the time he did it. Their bodies were discovered by police in the days following the attacks. The full horror of the deaths shocked the city and sparked a major police ...

The wildfowl wardens who care for the famous Dawlish black swans fear that one of the two breeding males may be infertile. There had been growing excitement in the town at the sight of the six eggs. In recent years there have been two vicious dog attacks which depleted the number of mating pairs. ...

Fire survival advice was given over telephone to two women and a man who were trapped in a burning building in Dawlish this morning. A spokesperson said: "Fire control received a call reporting a fire in a property where the occupant could not get out.

A former public school boy from Croyde has denied the murder of three pensioners in Exeter on the same day in February this year. Lewis-Ranwell, of Croyde, and formerly of Broadwoodkelly near Okehampton, is charged with the murder of twins, Dick and Roger Carter, aged 84, and Anthony Payne aged 80 ...

The Titan Discovery vessel is mapping the seabed off the coast of Dawlish and Babbacombe - areas where millions of pounds is being spent to save the coastline from rising sea levels. The operation - in part funded by the Environment Agency - is being led by the South West Regional Coastal ...

A tame jackdaw who disappeared from his home in Axminster has been surprising strangers by landing on their shoulders in search of a snack. His adoptive parents, Jaime and Adrian Lee, feared they might never see again. In fact, it seems Jake has been conducting a tour of Devon with potential ...

Police are appealing for witnesses of the incident, which happened between Teignmouth and Dawlish around Tuesday lunchtime and left Dolan, 20, with collarbone and shoulder injuries.

Devon has performed well in the annual bathing water quality ratings for England with 37 beaches in the county rated as Excellent. The ratings for every bathing beach in Devon: • Dawlish Coryton Cove, Teignbridge • Dawlish Warren, Teignbridge • See more...

Last month it was announced that after years of local lobbying by councils and teachers for more cash, the Government has announced the south west will get a five per cent increase in per pupil funding in the next financial year. Westcliff Primary Academy, Dawlish The school has been cut by an ...

Tracie Atkin, 54, of Dawlish, Devon, left her profession and turned down the offer of a new role earning £35,000 a year in order to work at charity Cats Protection. Tracie said: 'I am in a position where I can afford a salary cut and to do something that I really enjoy. Money isn't the be-all and ...

Teignbridge Council says dog walkers have reported a person "pretending" to be a dog warden in the Dawlish Warren and Kingkerswell areas. They say the person has been threatening people with fines. "We can assure you our wardens will never ask for cash payment of fixed penalty notices & all our ...

Alex Hynes, the managing director of Scotland’s railway, said more investment would be needed to future-proof the railway against rising temperatures. Much of its most recent climate change adaptation plan was written in the aftermath of extensive flooding in 2015, including the closure of the ...

We have found the towns, villages and cities which have pulled out all the stops to turn Christmas shopping into a fabulous fun event. Whatever you're looking for here are all the times, dates and details you will need to join the fun this winter... The lights switch-on in Dawlish is on November ...

The black swans were spotted in a canal in Bude on Monday morning by passerby Neale Smith who regularly walks around the popular seaside town snapping pictures of the wildlife. The black swans of Dawlish, in Devon, however have been a draw for tourists for decades and the emblematic birds even ...

Large tree down A379 Teignmouth Road from Shaldon up to Maidencombe on to Torquay, awaiting Devon Highways to clear. Please find an alternative route. Police are receiving a high level of calls this morning across Teignbridge with trees down including standing water. Please drive with care.

CrossCountry says disruption expected until 9.30am and Torquay seafront has been closed CrossCountry Voyager trains are unable to operate on the Dawlish line during bad weather because they suffer electrical problems and may short circuit if they get wet, causing onboard safety systems to shut ...

A drunken woman kicked a policeman on the bottom after downing a bottle of wine in one at the culmination of a three day drinking binge. Police intercepted her and she kicked Pc Michael Elliott on the shins as she was being taken back to the car and jabbed a heel into his bottom once she was ...

Roads  in Torbay and Falmouth have been shut due to flooding, as has the rail branch line bewteen Looe and Liskeard - and CrossCountry Trains are once again running a reduced service on the mainline due to conditions at Dawlish.

In Devon, both the north and south coasts are covered by the alert, which covers everywhere from Hartland Point to Lynmouth in the north and from Start Point to Dawlish Warren in the south.

Requirements are listed as being prominent sites in town, district, edge of centre or out of town locations and ideally with main road frontage with easy access and strong pedestrian or traffic flow.

Network Rail is inviting schoolchildren in Dawlish, Devon, to take part in an art competition that will brighten up hoardings around the new sea wall works close to Dawlish station. There will be four different age categories for the art competition including under fives, ages five to eight, nine ...

Area County District This year Last year Dawlish Devon Teignbridge 520 471 Dawlish Rural Devon Teignbridge 336 309

An occupant of a car has been arrested after the vehicle crashed and overturned, completely blocking the main road through Dawlish Warren. "No one injured but one occupant of the car has been arrested in connection with the crash. Road to remain blocked for some time."

There are urgent calls for people to start feeding bread to ducks, swans and geese again - because the birds are dying of starvation.

A man who stalked a stranger he became fixated with breached a restraining order but a judge was told he’s made good progress while in hospital. Smale was brought to Truor Crown Court from Langdon mental hospital in Dawlish, Devon, and flanked in the dock by two experts.