Dawlish News

Cowboys quoted an elderly couple £170 for cutting down a tree in their garden, then quadrupled the price to £700 after the job was done. Reluctantly the wife called her regular taxi firm to take her to the bank to withdraw the extra cash, and driver Chris Smith quickly spotted something was wrong. ...

Paignton and Brixham MIUs will close permanently after the last clinics being held on Friday July 28. Both sites will continue to operate as Health and Wellbeing Centres, with Brixham also being a Clinical Hub. Alternative MIU facilities are available at Totnes, Newton Abbot and Dawlish Community ...

Peter Dodd, aged 42, who was living rough in Exeter at the time, admitted wounding at an earlier hearing at Exeter Crown Court. His sentence was adjourned by Judge Geoffrey Mercer, QC, after he was told that Dodd now has an address at Coronation Avenue, Dawlish, and has started work with the ...

The introduction of a crime crackdown zone in Dawlish last year has stopped anti-social behaviour in the town, the council's anti-social behaviour officer has stated. Last summer, Teignbridge Council approved the introduction of a public space protection order (PSPO) for the heart of Dawlish, which ...

Around the clock dredging and recharge works at Dawlish Warren has paid off – with the completion of the recharge of the western end of the beach a month ahead of schedule and as a result, the beach now boasts increased sand levels of up to 3 metres in places.

Now a Hero Award has been presented to Chris Smith, 37, the owner of Black Swan Taxis in Dawlish who came to the rescue when he realised what was happening and stepped in to quickly take action and protect them without a thought for his own safety.

Monitoring and forecasting the weather has become a reality at Langdon which provides secure care and treatment for people with mental health needs from Devon and the wider south west region. The weather station is the brainchild of Reverend Jez Brown, who is one of the Chaplains based at the site, ...

The 33-year-old man was injured with a sharp object after approaching a group of 15 teenagers gathered on The Green, The Strand, Dawlish at around 10pm on Saturday night.

A bomb maker who was found with a 'viable' device in a safe in his home has been sent to a psychiatric hospital indefinitely after a judge was told he is not a terrorist. The order means he will be treated at Langdon Hospital in Dawlish and cannot be released without the agreement of the ...

A section of Dawlish Warren beach has re-opened to the public. Over the last few months, work has been taken place on recharging the beach in Dawlish Warren as part of a £14million engineering project which is aimed at reducing the risk of flooding to over 2,900 properties around the River Exe and ...

Michael Lewis-Shermer was working for Southern Healthcare Wessex Ltd at Sefton Hall Nursing Home, in Dawlish, when he took £200 from a new resident in October last year.

Plans to demolish an historic beach kiosk on Dawlish seafront have been approved. The beach kiosk, on Station Road, next to the railway station, was used for the sale of refreshments, but has been vacant for a while.

A person has died after being hit by a train between Dawlish and Dawlish Warren. All lines between between Plymouth and Exeter St David's Station are blocked, and trains are expected to be cancelled, delayed or revised as a result of the incident.

He was last seen at 9:20am today, Wednesday 21 June 2017. He is known as Sol Mclean and is described as a white male, 15 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches in height, tanned complexion, dark eyes, dark coloured hair which is short on the sides and longer on top, last seen wearing a school uniform ...

Work on recharging the beach in Dawlish Warren as part of a £14million engineering project is a step closer to completion. The scheme is aimed at reducing the risk of flooding to over 2,900 properties around the River Exe and is predicted to bring economic benefits of £158milllion. The overall ...

From 2018 a new fleet of Class 802 Intercity Express Trains will connect London Paddington to Exeter, Plymouth, Penzance and many more communities. The train will now be made ready to begin testing in the coming weeks prior to entering passenger service from summer next year. Two further test ...

Jamie Stuart Rabin, 36, of Bank Street, Teignmouth, was ordered to pay a total of £6,594.25 in fines, costs, victim's surcharge and compensation at Plymouth Magistrates Court. Rabin, who changed his plea at the last minute, sold the Renault Trafic Van in 2016 from his dealership, Finnish Car Sales, ...

A grandfather yesterday told how he unearthed a stash of valuable black truffles in a client’s back garden - just a month after setting up a new gardening business. Yesterday he said he was keeping the location of his untapped source secret to avoid any opportunistic foragers descending on the ...

Controversial plans for new homes in a village near Dawlish have been resubmitted by developers. Leander Developments had proposed two separate developments of 20 and 15 homes on land at Little Leigh, Holcombe Road, Holcombe.

A church in Dawlish is on the move. The Dawlish Christian Fellowship has moved out of its home of more than 20 years in Old Town Street ahead of plans to build a new church community centre on the outskirts of the town.

Serious concerns about the possibility of the Dawlish railway line being cut off again for months were raised as plans for three new luxury homes have been refused. Teignbridge Council planners had been asked to approve plans to build three, two storey detached houses in the grounds of La Falaise, 9 ...

Police are asking for help to find a high-risk missing man in Devon. A large number of officers including the drone unit have been searching for Paul Whatley over night. Officers believe he is in the Dawlish area.

Work on recharging the scheme in Dawlish Warren as part of a £14million engineering project aimed at reducing the risk of flooding to over 2,900 properties around the River Exe has begun. The work is taking place after the Exe estuary flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy identified ...

Trains through Dawlish have been cancelled and motorists are being warned to beware as heavy rain is battering Devon. A flood alert has been issued for the South coast from Start Point to Dawlish Warren. Flooding is possible at exposed East facing coastal locations including Hallsands, Beesands, ...

The money, coming from £250bn of borrowing for infrastructure projects, will go towards improving the line at Dawlish and electrification of the network to provide "faster and more resilient journeys".

Police are appealing for witnesses after a spate of burglaries in the West Cliff Road area of Dawlish Twice in the last month the criminals succeeded in breaking into properties in the area and made off with items and cash.

Police are appealing for witnesses and information from members of the public after they received several reports of a group of people attempting to kick down gates in Dawlish.

The next phase of a beach management scheme that will bring economic benefits of £158milllion is set to get underway next week. Dawlish Warren is the focus of an innovative £14million engineering project aimed at reducing the risk of flooding to over 2,900 properties around the River Exe. The work ...

Judge Geoffrey Mercer, QC, adjourned his case until June 27 for a psychiatric report after hearing he had been moved from Exeter Prison to Langdon Hospital for mental treatment.

And this year Dawlish Town Council entered Dawlish Main Beach for the first time, and the beach was awarded a Seaside Award - the independently assessed seal of approval is awarded to beaches which achieve very high quality standards excellent cleanliness, safe access and appropriate signage.

A Devon man who was paralysed from the chest down as a result of a motorbike accident was found in his bed by his carer after he took his own life, an inquest has heard.

Police have appealed for witnesses following a burglary in Dawlish yesterday, Items, including computer equipment and a watch were stolen from a property on West Cliff Road between 8am and 4pm.

A robber has admitted spraying a noxious liquid into the face of a shop manager during a £5,000 cash snatch in a seaside town. Rikky Ward has already pleaded guilty to taking part in the raid on victim Neil Warner but has admitted being the man who sprayed the liquid in his eyes.

Exeter Crown Court heard how an employee of Steve Hoskin Construction Ltd (SHCL) was working at a construction site in Dawlish, Devon when he was crushed by a reversing telescopic material handler.

Carlos do Rosario faces deportation to Portugal after a judge told him he had caused psychological damage to the girl, who has a history of self harming. He had sex with the girl on two occasions at his home in Dawlish before the girl wrote a Facebook message to a schoolmate which revealed what ...

Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an attempted burglary in the Dawlish South area of the town. The incident, in which offenders gained entry to a property along West Cliff Road and smashed a number of large windows, happened at around 2:15pm on ...

Teignbridge Council planners had been asked to approve plans to build three, two storey detached houses in the grounds of La Falaise, 9 Old Teignmouth Road, The site, halfway between Dawlish and Teignmouth, is close to the South West Cliff Path, and also overhangs the Dawlish railway line. ...

A boat owner has said plans to ban small boats from areas of the Exe Estuary are an 'ill-considered sledge hammer to crack a nut'. The proposals would extend the existing Exmouth Voluntary Exclusion Zone to all users during low tide when the Brent Geese are feeding on the eelgrass (Sept-Dec) to ...

A tourist has admitted taking part in a robbery in which a Dawlish shop manager was allegedly sprayed with a noxious substance. Ward, aged 28, of Chatham Road, Sunderland, admitted robbery when he appeared at Exeter Crown Court. He continues to deny a second charge of causing grievous bodily harm ...

Carl Muff was caught with a small amount of the crack cocaine during a police operation in November last year, five days after he had been given a suspended jail sentence and told it was his last chance. Muff also broke a restraining order in March this year by returning to the home of the mother ...