Dawlish News

New student flats, cinemas, thousands of new homes, river restoration works, health centres, new roads, hotels, Dawlish railway line works, and town centre regeneration are all among the schemes

The Climate Central map shows the areas at risk of flooding without measures to hold back the waters The Met Office has predicted an increase in sea levels by as much as 80cm by the end of the century. Devon has already seen the devastating effect of storms, with the coastal railway link breached at ...

Monday 21 - Sunday 27 June is Rail Safety Week, aiming to raise awareness of the importance of rail safety and ultimately prevent accidents and deaths in and around the rail infrastructure. While we are carrying out our work, part of the sea wall path between Dawlish and Dawlish Warren is closed. ...

The Snooky Trust helps people aged 18-40 who live in Dawlish and the wider area. Last week they took the tough decision to cancel their major fundraising event, the Snooky Fest, for the second year in a row, blaming difficulties in staging the event with ongoing uncertainty over regulations.

The contractor on the Dawlish sea wall reconstruction project in south Devon reckons to be saving 1,130 tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere by using ground granulated blast furnace slag as a cement substitute.

Singh, aged 49, now of Exeter Road, Dawlish, admitted arson and was conditionally discharged by Judge David Evans at Exeter Crown Court. He said it was ‘not expedient’ to punish him because he is currently being treated at Langdon mental hospital, where doctors will manage his release back into the ...

HMS Prince of Wales has been spotted off the Torbay coast and two Chinooks have been spotted soaring across a perfect blue sky The £3.3billion combat vessel was first seen a few miles off the coast yesterday (June 14) where it sailed past Berry Head. Now, this morning two chinooks have also been ...

They are back again…out of force door to door salesman. Unfortunately they are not so nice and seem to get a little upset if you say no so please be aware and stay safe. They might state that they are a young offender who have just got out of prison selling cleaning goods. They state they have to ...

Justin Gelsthorpe, 38, lost his temper and dragged his girlfriend from the car in Exeter He started 'driving like a maniac' around Countess Wear after she suggested they could not afford the takeaway at Dawlish.

Please remember that fires and barbecues are not permitted anywhere at Dawlish Warren. There is no access for fire engines without closing the railway line

This Carers Week Liberal Democrat parliamentary spokesperson for Newton Abbot and Councillor for Dawlish North East, Martin Wrigley, is calling on the Government to provide emergency funding to give carers a break from dramatically increased caring responsibilities during the Covid pandemic.

The 'Royal Train' has been spotted passing through Devon, with one keen photographer snapping a photo of the locomotive as it passed through Dawlish this evening.

Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris, who has been a ‘lockdown sceptic’, and who voted against the third lockdown, has urged the Government not to delay the planned lifting of restrictions on June 21.

Shaun Powney, 51, pleaded guilty at Exeter Crown Court to the manslaughter of Patrick Powney in Plymouth in February on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He was remanded to doctors' care in Langdon Hospital in Dawlish, and will be sentenced after psychiatric reports.

Following a dramatic increase in dog thefts, Devon & Cornwall Police are paving the way in the region by appointing Chief Inspector Rob Curtis to help tackle this rising crime.

Joshua Sanchez lashed out with a full pint glass in his hand after the two men jostled each other as they walked through the Lansdowne in Dawlish.

LIFEGUARDS will be back on Teignmouth and Dawlish beaches from May 29, reports Wendy Richards Wood, Volunteer Press Officer Teignmouth RNLI Fundraising Team

A SCHEME that has been in operation throughout the country for many years and which is as important today as it is ever been is Neighbourhood Watch (NHW).The executive committee, for many years under the chairmanship of Geoff Hughes who saw membership grow to more than 280 wardens at its height, ...

Emerging Trend ~ Catalytic Converter thefts on the rise Since April 2021 there has been an increase in the theft of catalytic converters across the force, in South Devon there have been over 40. 2 reports of catalytic converters thefts have been in the Teignmouth area in the last 5 days. Honda, ...

A CCTV recording system has now been installed by Coastguard breakwater for the purposes of safety and the prevention of crime. Please do not trespass onto the railway line or worksite. You will be putting your life at risk by doing so.

Darryl Riches was given just a 20 per cent chance of survival and was left with life-changing injuries - now he wants to give back to those who helped save his life In May 2002, Darryl Riches from Dawlish was on his way to work when he was involved in a head-on collision with a lorry. The result was ...

Glen Squire, 29, told his victim she needed to be 'taught a lesson' for her choice of partner and subjected her to a terrifying ambush and beating at the Dawlish Sands Holiday Park.

DAWLISH WARREN and Teignmouth Town are among 14 beaches in Devon that have been awarded Blue Flag status for 2021. See more...

Network Rail has awarded Morgan Sindall Infrastructure a £28m contract to construct an extension of the existing rockfall shelter over the railway line between Dawlish and Holcombe in Devon.

Date: 12/05/2021 Time: 21:08 Location: Dawlish, Devon Area: Central County: Devon One fire engine from Dawlish, one from Teignmouth and a specialist rescue team from Exmouth were all sent to a report of a person in the brook next to the railway station. On arrival crews were initially unable to ...

A woman has been rescued from a house in Dawlish after her kitchen caught fire when food was left unattended on the cooker. Crews gained entry to the two-storey property and and found the woman suffering from smoke inhalation.

A volunteer with the Strand Community Centre, and the whole team behind the Open Daw Centre, have received Civic Awards from Dawlish Town Council. The individual award went to Marie Whitehead for her ‘outstanding service to the community as a volunteer for the Strand Community Centre’.

The club had applied for £1,000, but councillors agreed to give it double that amount, at the Finance and General Purposes committee meeting on Thursday, April 29.

Dolci discovered dead by RSPCA who visited house in Dawlish. The owner, Louise Cleave, 39, said she had left the dog in the toilet when it grew weak and was too scared to look if she was dead. She told inspectors she could not afford a vet and had suffered a mental health health breakdown due to ...

Teignbridge District Council has approved Network Rail’s plans to extend an existing rockfall shelter over the railway line between Dawlish and Holcombe in Devon. Parsons Tunnel was previously extended 100 years ago, and Network Rail will extend that further by providing a rockfall shelter in modern ...

Bosses at the German supermarket released a list of locations they are looking to either build a new store in or relocate in the area - and they are looking for land to do it on. Dawlish See more...

Dawlish’s new farm shop is still on course to open – but it’ll be slightly later than originally planned. Earlier this month Dawlish Nub News reported that Darren Lakin had taken over the old Ladbrokes premises on the Strand, to open a new branch of the Teignmouth Farm Shop which he and his brother ...

A proposal for eight new static lodges at Cofton Country Holiday Park is being supported by Dawlish town councillors.

PCSO Adrian Ovreiu. joining the team in the resort after several years working from Teignmouth Police Station.

Unfortunately there has been a fire at Coryton Cove destroying the bins, flagpole and damaging the floor, public rescue equipment and signs. We don't know if it is arson but it is a good reminder not to put hot ashes in a plastic bin

We are pleased to announce that our community information hub will be returning to Dawlish from Wednesday 28 April. The hub will now be located on Station Road, near the junction of Marine Parade next to the resort office. The new hub will be COVID controlled to ensure we keep you safe when you ...

‘We will hit the wall of collapse of society by 2074...’ – is the stark warning a Dawlish climate researcher and author has sent this week to the Prime Minister and the Government’s Chief Scientist

A proposed new campsite in Dawlish Warren will be discussed by town councillors this Friday. The application, which will be determined by Teignbridge District Council, has attracted three objections from local residents – two of whom say work has already started on the site.

Important Announcement (April 2021): To all Friends, Users and Supporters of Open Daw It is with great sadness and regret that we have to announce the winding up/closure of Open Daw. Read more,,,

Two black swans have been released in Dawlish to swell numbers after the famous herd was hit by bird flu The breeding pair has been brought in from Hull, which will widen the group's gene pool. The pen and cob spent a week in the town's aviary before being allowed out onto the brook.