Dawlish News

Network Rail has announced plans to move a mile-long stretch of the main railway away from crumbling cliffs. The proposals have been part of a broader series of plans by Network Rail to safeguard the line

Cllr Martin Wrigley spent a day seeing what goes on inside the local Citizens Advice office Citizens Advice’s mission is to provide free, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities.  They aim to help people find a way forward, whatever the problems they ...

Police are appealing for help to find 13yr Rhys Rice reported to police as missing from Dawlish and last seen at around 07:15hrs today Tuesday 08 October.

The South Devon hospitals dealing with casualties from this morning's double decker bus crash have asked the public not to attend their A&E department unless it is a "real emergency". Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust have issued the statement on social media. It says: "We are ...

A man will buy a drink for the person who brings his bag from Bristol Temple Meads station's lost property store to London. The 44-year-old received a call from Great Western Railway yesterday morning (October 3) saying his property has been found and is being held in Bristol. Mr Kingston was ...

The Devon Children and Young People’s Plan brings together all the local agencies responsible for helping children, young people and their families. More than 22,000 children in Devon are living in poverty – that’s one in seven. A third of children in Barnstaple are in poverty, the plan reveals, ...

The project follows Devon County Council securing a grant of £817,712 from the European Regional Development Fund. The charge points will be installed in key carparks in Devon’s largest communities. These include Exeter, Barnstaple, Sidmouth, Exmouth, Honiton, Seaton, South Molton, Ilfracombe, ...

Tucker, aged 48, of Second Avenue, Dawlish, admitted causing grievous bodily harm and was jailed for two years by Judge David Evans at Exeter Crown Court.

Heavy rain means sewage and other run-off may have contaminated bathing waters Dawlish Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, close to the town and cliffs. There are five storm overflows covered by the Safer Seas Service within 650m off the ...

• dogs are permitted along the seashore from the slipway adjacent to the Railway Station until 230 metres before Red Rock at Dawlish Warren • dogs are not permitted along the seashore from the slipway to Coryton Cove from 1 May to 30 September • See more...

A man has been seriously injured in a stabbing near Dawlish seafront today. Police say the incident happened in the vicinity of the Teignmouth Inn pub, Teignmouth Hill, just after midnight (Saturday September 28).

Some residents at The Copse in Dawlish have vowed to never buy a Redrow home again, after those who paid a premium for the houses backing on to the meadow watched with dismay as it was turned into a dumping ground for building materials on the new-build estate.

A mentally ill robber who held up a string of men in the street at knifepoint has been recommended for detention in a psychiatric unit. Michael Green, for Cabanga, said he had been assessed as suitable for treatment by one psychiatrist for a Hospital Order under the Mental Health Act. He is ...

COSTS for the reinstatement of a railway from Tavistock to Bere Alston have ballooned to £93-million, councillors have been told. As part of the Devon Metro proposals, the re-opening of this section of line was due to provide a new, sustainable link between Tavistock and Plymouth for commuter ...

Eyewitnesses say the helicopter landed at the bottom of Pidgley Road at around 11.30am on Wednesday.

The full list is as follows: Barnstaple Bristol Brixham Bude Cinderford Dawlish Exeter Exmouth Falmouth Hayle Helston Ivybridge Lydney Newton Abbot Paignton Penzance Plymouth Plympton...

Worldwide, more than 200 million people and counting live along coastlines that are less than five metres above sea level. In 2014, the global sea level was 66 millimetres above the 1993 average, and continues to rise at a rate of about 3mm a year, driven not only by the melting ice caps, but ...

Derrick May, 60, was on Monday (September 16) brought to Truro Crown Court from Langdon Mental Hospital in Dawlish where he was flanked in the dock by a number of medical staff who had travelled with him.

A litter of seven puppies has been stolen from a farm in Dawlish. Six, five-week-old Springer Spaniels and a four-month-old puppy disappeared from the farm on Monday night, leaving the mum and owner devastated.

Police have been called to Starcross Train Station this evening following reports of an incident on the railway track.

A shocking report also stated there were safeguarding failures, dog poo left in the garden and a "mass walkout" by staff In May this year Gatehouse Farm Childcare in Dawlish was deemed "inadequate" by Ofsted inspectors who found holes in children protection procedures, inadequate recruitment ...

A resident was left fuming after a Dawlish Town Council employee GLUED a parking warning onto her car's windscreen. Danielle Robberts, a 28 year old mother and part-time cleaner, parked her Renault Clio Dynamique overnight at the Manor House on Tuesday evening.

12) Dawlish (Below dates may not be correct and will be updated soon) With the lights switch on taking place November 30 and the Christmas Market on December 1 and 2, Dawlish will be feeling wonderfully festive in 2018. See more...

Incident on board train between Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot halts services

Work resumes on Monday on the £30m scheme that will see a new sea wall built at Dawlish. The plans will raise the wall from its current height of 5m to 7.5m, widen the walkway to 4m from its current 3.1m width, and include a barrier between the pedestrians and the edge of the to stop people falling ...

(Last Updated On: September 5, 2019) Network Rail is set to restart work on a new bigger sea wall at Dawlish on 9th September which will provide greater protection to the railway and town from rising sea levels and extreme weather for generations to come.

Katie Worsley, 30, who has lived in Dawlish for the past year said in the space of two days her two sons, Harry, six and Ronnie, 11, made their lucky discovery.

Guy Hamer, 18, from Dawlish, barely knows Craig Dennis, 25, who was lucky to be alive after a horrible accident in North Tawton left him paralysed in June. Guy Hamer will set off on his journey from Penzance tomorrow (Monday, September 2) and aims to do the 253 mile journey across two counties in ...

It is understood the man drifted from Sandy Bay and was close to Dawlish Warren by the time he was rescued. Kelly Flook, a PE teacher from Exeter, witnessed the drama unfold. She said the man was in the water for at least 40 minutes - and he was lucky to be pulled out alive.

As peak season patrols on some lifeguarded beaches will be coming to an end in early September, the RNLI is encouraging those heading to the coast to make sure that the beach they plan on visiting is lifeguarded. In Devon - Sandy Bay, Exmouth, Dawlish Warren, Teignmouth Hope Cove, Blackpool Sands, ...

The Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service is currently consulting on a range of proposals that could see eight rural fire stations close, with the mothballing a number of engines and converting fully-manned stations into part-time operations also outlined. THE BELOW STATIONS WILL REMAIN OPEN ...

Just off the A379 at Cockwood, it's a perfect starting point to explore the glorious, winding coastal walk through Dawlish, Teignmouth and on to Torquay in one direction, and the Exe Estuary walk to Exeter, teeming with wildlife, the other.

David Moore, aged 71, was living at the Palm Court nursing home in Dawlish when he passed away on January 1 this year. A post mortem revealed Mr Moore, a retired airport manager, died as a result of choking, with dementia being a contributory factor.

The project had been delayed after changes to design standards saw costs spiral, and a bid to the Department for Transport was unsuccessful. Councillor Yvonne Atkinson, who represents Alphington and Cowick, said: “A new station will mean commuters from Dawlish and Newton Abbot can get the train to ...

The A379 Teignmouth Road is currently closed both ways between Teignmouth and Dawlish due to a collision.

The Chi in Kenton, formally the Devon Arms, describe themselves on its website as one of Exeter and Devon’s finest oriental restaurant, that provides the dishes you want but can never find in the South West. However, Cllr Chris Thompson, chairman of Kenton Parish Council, said that the village ...

Part of Plymouth's Ocean City Blues ‘n’ Jazz Festival has been cancelled after the Met Office issued two severe weather warnings for the whole of Devon and Cornwall. Friday is set to see torrential rain and winds of around 50mph while winds will top 60mph on Saturday. Dawlish Carnival, which ...

Network Rail has announced that throughout the summer, staff will be undertaking regular beach cleans along the Dawlish sea front in Devon to help keep the beach clean and free from rubbish.

Opening hours at Dawlish and Totnes Minor Injuries Units (MIUs) have been temporarily reduced due to short term staff shortages – but the units are still open when most patients use them.

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