Dawlish News

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 Monitoring ...

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 29 ...

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 down ...

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 inside. ...

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 to ...

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.

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 face. ...

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 currently ...

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 already ...

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.