Dawlish News

Two railway station staff have been hailed as heroes after they saved the life of a holidaymaker who suffered a near fatal heart attack on board a train. Mike Evans had just boarded at train at Plymouth railway station to head back to Dawlish where he was staying with his ex-wife, Jackie after the ...

Oaklands Park and Ratcliffe School will become one special school which could accommodate 190 children with 35 weekly residential places Read more..

The controversial plans to raise car parking charges and scrap free Sunday parking at the Dawlish Warren car park are set to be axed.

Millions of pounds of road and footpath developments are being invested into Devon. In Exeter £3.7million will be spent for the delivery and on-going management of two Suitable Alternative Natural Green Space (SANGS) countryside parks - Dawlish SANGS and Exeter SANGS. This will unlock more than ...

It’s almost exactly four years to the day that devastating overnight storms on February 4, 2014 swept the main rail route into the Westcountry into the sea at Dawlish.

Police have launched an investigation following allegations of a rape in Dawlish. Police say the suspect is described as a white man aged between 35-45, 5ft 8ins in height and of stocky build.

'Seek out a survivor if you can, and if they will speak to you, listen' More than 100 Kindertransport children grew up during the war years at hostels at Exmouth, Dawlish, and elsewhere in South Devon.

Graham Price stepped down in December from his Dawlish Central & North East Ward seat in December for personal reasons, while Doug Hellier Laing resigned from his Chudleigh ward seat shortly before he was sentenced to three years in prison after he admitted attacking his wife with a mallet.

An urgent new scam warning has been issued after a Devon man fell victim to one of a series of phone calls threatening the owners with being taken to court by the taxman.

Some of the towns that attracted the most attention in 2017 were Teignmouth, Salcombe, Dawlish and Exmouth, and 75 per cent of visits to the website in 2017 were by new visitors. See more...

There are more than 2,400 empty homes across Devon – and 117 of them have been vacant for five years, research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. Councillor Humphrey Clemens, Teignbridge District Council’s Executive Portfolio Holder for Housing and Planning, said: “Bringing empty homes back ...

Fire crews were still at the scene more than seven hours of a suspected arson attack at a manor house in Dawlish.

A LONG-LOST big game gun specially made for renowned Victorian explorer Sir Samuel Baker from Newton Abbot has been bagged at a bargain price by a collector originally from Dawlish.

Teignmouth, Newton Abbot, Bovey Tracey, Torquay, Clyst St George, and Dawlish firefighters were scrambled to the scene in Dawlish, at about 2.30am on New Year's Day.

Two 26-year-old men have walked free from court for having underage sexual activity with two 14-year-old girls during a drink and drug fuelled encounter at a flat in Dawlish.

A £12 million flood defence scheme will protect 2,800 homes and businesses around the Exe estuary, Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, declared.

Jonathan Grant was desperate for money after moving out of the landlady’s home into his own flat in Dawlish that he went back to raid it. Grant, aged 34, of West Cliff, Dawlish, admitted burglary and was jailed for eight months, suspended for two years, ordered to pay £1,500 compensation, do 100 ...

Toby, who lives with his wife Lisa and family in Dawlish, South Devon, said: “You can keep your non-drop, I like a needle in my sock at Christmas, that is all part of the charm for me.”

Plans for a revamped 12-hole safari-themed mini golf course in Dawlish are set to draw the backing of planners after councillors visited the site. Following the site visit, a report to councillors says that the revised plans have reduced the number of outside tables to six with 24 covers, and ...

Devon rail lines closed during the notorious Beeching cuts of the 1960s could be reopened, the Transport Secretary has announced. The route from Okehampton to Exeter has been included in the proposal. The route could provide a vital alternative to the Dawlish line - which closes during storms and ...

A former chairman of Teignbridge District Council has resigned from the council. Mr Price has lived and worked in Dawlish for more than 30 years and was a shopkeeper and a retained firefighter.

Shock proposals to end free Sunday parking and to provide a steep hike in winter parking charges at the Dawlish Warren car park might not be legally permissible, a report has revealed. Read more:

Panto season is upon us. Oh yes it is! Time to take your seats and prepare for sly digs, saucy jokes, slapstick routines and, most important of all, to join in with the show. Exeter’s Northcott Theatre – now thriving and celebrating its 50 anniversary after teetering on the brink of closure seven ...

A woman has been airlifted to Derriford hospital with serious head injuries - and a driver is in police custody - following collision which has closed a major Devon road. The A379, the main road to Dawlish, has been shut between Starcross and the Swans Nest roundabout since 10.40am this morning. ...

A combination of a high tide and strong winds will make it unsafe for trains to travel along the sea wall at Dawlish today from 9:30 until 11am. Source:

Teignbridge Council is being told it should to end its winter policy of 'free on Sundays' and cheaper winter parking at Dawlish Warren, and instead impose seven day a week charges at the much higher summer rates.

The border collie ran off from Cockwood, near Dawlish, on October 17.

A plea has gone out for the region's crumbling infrastructure ahead of the budget on Wednesday

Dawlish Warren’s outer car park is now home to the Exe Valley Cycle Hire and Veloshack Café while along the coast in Dawlish Salty Dog Kiosks has been set up on Smugglers Lane. Jon Sell and Nick Beer converted the loos at Dawlish Warren into new cycle hire and café facilities while Stephen Rowe ...

'If I hadn't gone to the Wave Project I don't think life would be so good at the moment'

They are alleged to have defrauded cash from an elderly Dawlish man.

A judge has ordered a further psychiatric report on a man who is accused of threatening staff at a community centre in Exeter with an air pistol. Armour, who is currently being treated at Langdon Hospital, Dawlish, admitted a second charge of having a bladed article at the hostel in King William ...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 21-year-old woman was victim to a robbery Tuesday 14November 2017. The incident occurred at around 8.20pm in Secmaton Lane in Dawlish. A man approached the victim, who was alone at the time of the incident, and took her bank card before making off ...