Dawlish News

STAFF at Gatehouse Primary Academy, Dawlish, have thanked the community effort that has gone into home learning for its pupils.

In the past few days, Sergeant Dan Brenchley - who operates a police 'covid car' has checked out addresses in Exeter and Dawlish. Some turn out to be false alarms, others are more concerning.

As part of a divorce settlement in 2016, he agreed to pay his ex-wife £6.4m plus millions more after the sale of their former home, but a delay sparked a bitter court fight Jayne Richardson Derhalli, 57, and Kerim Derhalli, 58, enjoyed the spoils of his stellar finance career during their 27-year ...

The Mayor of Dawlish, Alison Foden spoke about how she became involved in the life of the community soon after she moved to the town Alison is a well-known figure in the Dawlish community, and even more so at present as she continues in her term of office for a second year.

Police officers are investigating reports that a male was set upon by a group of people in Bank Street, Teignmouth at around 4pm. It is alleged the victim, aged in his 30s, was initially hit with a car and then assaulted by the occupants of the vehicle. He sustained a head injury and superficial ...

How many of these do you know? How black swans travelled across the world to make Dawlish famous Black swans, originally come from Australia and have been raised so successfully in Dawlish that they have become the town’s most recognisable feature and a major tourist attraction.

Staff at Sefton Hall Nursing and Residential Home in Dawlish staged a mock graduation ceremony for one of their colleagues.

Dawlish Swimming Club has been saved from going under – thanks to an army of crowdfunding supporters. Today, the Crowdfunder page is displaying a total of £20,798, meaning the club will definitely get a grant of £8,000 from Sport England.

The headteacher of Orchard Manor School, a residential school in Dawlish that caters for 183 students aged three to 19 years old with communication and interaction difficulties, autistic spectrum conditions and learning needs, has informed parents on Wednesday, January 13, of its third case since ...

The youth repeatedly breached a civil injunction after attacking innocent people and using threatening and abusive behaviour on a regular basis A spokesperson for Teignmouth and Dawlish Police, said: "Further to our original post regarding the granting of civil injunctions, we can now report that ...

The Devon holiday park — which caters for touring vehicles and tent campers, as well as providing lodges, holiday cottages and apartments — has invested £60,000 in the 16 EV charging points, which is more than any other business in the South West.

A violent organised crime gang who spread fear and misery in Dawlish and Teignmouth have been jailed for a combined total of 105 years. Its leader James Lee Brooks - known as ‘Geordie Lee’ – boasted he was the ‘King of Dawlish’ and said of his band of criminals, ‘We run this town’ and, ‘Cash is ...

Plans had been made to bring all pupils back for two days next week Orchard Manor School, a residential school in Dawlish that caters for 183 students aged three to 19 years old with communication and interaction difficulties, autistic spectrum conditions and learning needs, has written to parents ...

A total of 16 vaccination centres are now up and running across Devon. This includes the Riviera Centre and Dawlish Community Hospital in Torquay. They are now serving multiple patients from over 100 GP practices.

The beautiful bird is now in the hands of the vet Police officers in Teignmouth and Dawlish have proved they are about more than just cuffing offenders by coming to the aid of a stricken bird.

From new train stations, to huge housing plans and to new leisure centres Major improvements to an historic Brunel railway station have begun to be made after councillors backed the second phase of the £80m scheme to protect the railway line at Dawlish.

Jamie Wisbey, aged 54, and 38-year-old Fay Miles were arrested after yacht ran aground with eight passengers on board Eight adult passengers, believed to be Albanians, were taken into police custody.

The latest centres to start appointments bring the total number to 14, with more due to open soon to ensure everyone eligible can receive a vaccine. Dawlish Community Hospital, Dawlish, Devon

Public Health England has said the risk to the public from the virus is “very low”, and food standards agencies have said it does not affect the consumption of poultry products More than 8,000 birds on a breeding centre near the village of Attleborough were culled in a bid to stop the spread of the ...

Network Rail is investigating a problem with a section of the new £80million Dawlish sea wall , less than three months after the structure was unveiled. Richard Ward, from the Save Holcombe and Teignmouth Beach group, said: "This material is used for wetsuits and sports clothing. I can't understand ...

Network Rail have shared pictures of the severe weather that resulted in waves crashing over the Dawlish railway wall – saying it shows why the new sea wall is so vital. But at the other end of Dawlish at Marine Parade, where the first phase of new sea wall has been completed, the railway remained ...

Teignbridge council says the measures have not been taken lightly, but are necessary to ensure public safety and to reduce further damage to the exposed flood defences. A popular footpath through the dunes at Dawlish Warren has been closed ‘for the foreseeable future’ as a result of storm damage.

Lady’s Mile Holiday Park has been recognised in the 2020 British Travel Awards Popular Dawlish holiday park Lady’s Mile has been announced as the winner of ‘silver’ in the Best UK Parks & Lodges Holiday Company category in the prestigious 2020 British Travel Awards.

Eight people were onboard the vessel that grounded between Teignmouth and Dawlish Two people have been arrested on suspicion of people smuggling offences after a boat ran aground in Devon yesterday (December 14).

Under Tier 2 restrictions hospitality venues must shut unless they serve food, and people can only buy alcohol if they are also consuming a 'substantial meal.' Last orders must be called at 10 pm, and customers have to leave the premises at 11 pm. Known as 'the friendly pub by the brook' the ...

As a result, the Devon CCG is recommended to approve the changes to healthcare provision, with one change resulting from the consultation, that being that specialist orthopaedic clinics are to be sited at the Health and Wellbeing Centre instead of Dawlish Community Hospital.

The government commitment to spending on infrastructure and levelling up across the South West has been welcomed by Peninsula Transport at its Board meeting last Friday. Clear commitments to the South West and Peninsula include: Work and plans are progressing on several other schemes not mentioned ...

The Minor Injury Units at Totnes, Dawlish and Ilfracombe have been closed since March, and there is  restricted opening at Lydford.

The government's promised spending on infrastructure in the south west has been welcomed by Peninsula Transport, a group put together by local authorities to address transport issues. Work and plans are progressing on several other schemes not mentioned by name, including the upgrade of the rail ...

The “vast, vast, vast majority” of eligible people will only be vaccinated in spring 2021, but care home residents are a priority Devon care home providers say they are unable to say when their residents will start being vaccinated, as they are yet to receive any official guidance. Hoping to receive ...

A new list reveals that living in an idyllic seaside location isn't everybody's cup of tea "Dawlish Warren is marketed by the tourist board as a traditional seaside resort for family, fun holidays. They haven’t visited in the past 20 years evidently, and failed to notice it is really Royston Vasey ...

The communities of South Devon who have grown to love the sight of cruise ships during the Covid pandemic are sending parcels to the six ships which will remain stranded over Christmas. Now collection points have been set up from Brixham to Dawlish

He was banned from any contact with children after his release by a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) but flouted it by grooming the boy. Graham, aged 40, preciously of Newlands, Dawlish, but now of no fixed address, admitted breach of a SOPO and was jailed for two years, eight months by Judge ...

Devon has been placed under Tier 2 restrictions , which will mean several changes will be made See more...

The avian flu which killed six of Dawlish's famous black swans is being blamed for bizarre symptoms among infected birds which include bleeding from the nostrils and swimming around in circles.

Crews from Dawlish and Teignmouth were called to a location near the golf club in the town at around 11pm - and had to take their fire engines 'over the railway tracks' to get to the isolated scene.

The avian flu which killed six of Dawlish's famous black swans is being blamed for bizarre symptoms among infected birds which include bleeding from the nostrils and swimming around in circles.

So, it’s Tier Two for Dawlish along with the rest of Devon – what does that mean?

Jason Waite, now a patient at Langdon Hospital, Dawlish, was suffering from paranoid delusions which made him want to kill his mother when he attacked her without warning at their home in Plymouth.

A retired Devon postmaster who was jailed for fraud while running Starcross Post Office passed away at home alone and wasn’t found until weeks later. A concern for welfare was reported to police on July 26, 2020, after concerns were raised to the landlord of Western House, Gatehouse Hill, Dawlish, ...