Dawlish News

A drunken grandson has been jailed for a 'vicious' and barbaric' attack on his grandparents in which they thought he was going to kill them. Margrie, aged 26, of Brunswick Place, Dawlish, and formerly of Tweenaways, Buckfastleigh, admitted causing grievous bodily harm to Mr Shannan and actual bodily ...

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A rescue operation is currently ongoing after a dolphin was found washed up on Dawlish Warren beach this morning.

Brian Downie, aged 69, faced a judge over a video link from a secure psychiatric unit accused of killing the 81-year-old. Downie, wearing a smart shirt and jumper and trousers, spoke only to confirm he could hear what was going on over the link from Langdon Hospital in Dawlish.

A man who is accused of carrying out a fatal stabbing attack in Barnstaple has been declared as unfit to plead due to mental illness. Doctors who are treating him at the Langdon Hospital in Dawlish told a judge that his mental state was such that he was not capable of entering a plea or taking part ...

Dawlish has woken up to a huge blanket of white sea foam that made the town look like a white Christmas had come early today. See more...

A spokesman said: "Owing to forecast heavy storms that can cause waves to over-top the exposed sea wall at Dawlish, CrossCountry services will not operate between Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids between the start of service and approximately 12.30 on Thursday 13 December.

Some trains between Exeter and Plymouth have been cancelled because of high tides at Dawlish.

It was a busy night in South Devon for police, with several incidents taking place in Teignmouth, Dawlish and Totnes. In Dawlish, a drunk man was spotted running in and out of the road and chasing cars. Officers caught up with him and RDO Lisa Burnett said they gave “strong words of advice and sent ...

Black swans, which originally come from Australia, have been raised so successfully in Dawlish that they have now become the town’s most recognisable feature and a major tourist attraction. John Nash, who emigrated from Dawlish to New Zealand, paid frequent visits home to the town and decided that ...

The chopper has been to call-outs in Exeter, Newton Abbot, Dawlish, Torquay and Kingsbridge

Passengers were TRAPPED on a train at Plymouth this morning because salt water had apparently caused the doors to break. One passenger said they were stuck on the train for 10 minutes at the station, and the driver told them they did a 'CTRL ALT DELETE reset' on the train doors. Another person on ...

Teignmouth Hospital would be sold off when a new £8m health and wellbeing hub is built in the town as part of the Brunswick Street redevelopment. Community clinics would also be provided from the Brunswick Street site, but the specialist outpatients service and the theatre service would be ...

The trainline at Dawlish has been closed to services being run by Crosscountry because of the weather. A spokesman for Network Rail said: "Forecasted severe weather at Dawlish is causing disruption to CrossCountry services between Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids.

A drug dealer has been found guilty of murdering an addict who he stabbed with an ornamental carving fork during an argument about money. He attacked and killed drug buyer Matthew Jackson, who had gone to Ablett's squalid bedsit in Teignmouth to purchase £30 worth of heroin. Ablett was well known as ...

All CrossCountry services that use the main railway at Dawlish line have been suspended between 4.30pm and 9pm today (Friday, November 23). The services will not operate due to forecast high winds, which can cause waves to go over the exposed sea wall at Dawlish.

A spokesman said: "In winter, this includes all our car parks in coastal resorts (Teignmouth, Dawlish, Dawlish Warren and Shaldon). So it costs people nothing to park in our car parks on Sundays throughout the festive period and beyond.

Shocking footage shows a group of children dodging huge waves in Dawlish. The video was captured by a photographer earlier this week, in which five schoolchildren run along the seafront wall, getting soaked in the process.

12) Dawlish With the lights on taking place November 30 and the Christmas market on December 1 and 2, Dawlish will be feeling wonderfully festive in 2018. After browsing the large selection of stalls, settle in with a warm drink to enjoy some fantastic street entertainment. See more...

The re-routing of the Dawlish rail line closer to the sea will NOT see a popular beach lost to the public. The causeway option would see the line rebuild from the tunnel at Smugglers’ Lane in Holcombe, out on to the beach past Spray Point, and then would curve back in land towards Teignmouth. The ...

A 62-year-old man has been jailed for five and a half years for running a drug supply operation in Exeter and Dawlish. The judge sentencing him at Exeter Crown Court said he had been shown leeway and understanding by people willing to help him in the past due to his mental health and living problems ...

Work gets under way this month to repair and protect the fragile Dawlish rail line. Four breakwaters at Boat Cove, Coastguards Point, Colonnade Underpass and Langstone Rock will be repaired and improved over the next six months.

Inconsiderate and irresponsible dog owners in Teignbridge will face £100 fines if they do not pick up after their pooch – and even if they do not have a doggy bag with them. SEASONAL DOG EXCLUSION AREAS (BEACHES) - an offence for a person in charge of a dog, between May 1 and September 30, or April ...

Controversial plans to add two Teignbridge beaches to the list that dogs are banned from during summer months will be re-examined by councillors. Included in the order would be starting the beach dog ban start on April 1, rather than May 1, bringing all beaches into line with Dawlish Warren.

'Severe weather' including howling winds of up to 70mph have forced CrossCountry to cancel all services from Exeter to Newton Abbot between 4.30pm and 9.30pm this evening. It is likely that CrossCountry services will also be cancelled during Friday afternoon and evening. The train operator said it ...

Network Rail Western Route Managing Director Mark Langman said: “Safety is our priority and owing to expected extreme weather tomorrow no services will be able to run through Dawlish and Teignmouth in the morning. “Strong winds and high tides are expected and once the poor weather has passed our ...

A farmer responsible for the death of a 20-year-old killed by dangerous machinery has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Neil Carpenter, 45, from Dawlish, oversaw 'appalling' safety standards at Springfield Farm which led to the death of Lauren Scott.

The body of a young woman has washed up on Dawlish Warren's windswept beach. Police have been working hard to recover the woman, aged in her late 20s to early 30s, in today's blustery weather.

A dangerous rapist has been detained in hospital for treatment after a shocking series of attacks on women - including a violent assault on a 72-year-old in her home. After raping her he laughed and stole a precious piece of jewellery containing her late husband's ashes. The defendant, a paranoid ...

At a recent full council meeting, Cllr Gordon Hook, leader of the Liberal Democrat Group, called for the free parking to be extended to Saturday’s afternoons to help boost trade in the town, saying that the town is ‘currently deserted on a Saturday afternoon’. Cllr Christophers said: “Car parking ...

Some 1.2 million homes will be among the buildings at risk of coastal flooding, while 100,000 properties will be threatened by eroding coastlines, a report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said. And places such as Dawlish in Devon, and Hemsby and Happisburgh in Norfolk are already being ...

Police are looking for a missing Devon man who has not been seen by friends and family for almost two weeks. Craig Ford disappeared in Dawlish on Tuesday, October 2.

The enormous fire at the Victorian carriage and repair shed near Newton Abbot train station was so big it could be seen from miles around - from Dartmoor to the north and Torquay to the south. Fire crews from Newton Abbot and Torquay were called to the derelict building and quickly requested ...

Fortunately no one was hurt in these incidents apart from a few bruised egos

Figures released today on the Devon and Cornwall Police website show there were 105,455 recorded crimes in the force area between October 1, 2017, and September 30, 2018, up 10.4 per cent on the previous year. DROP IN CRIME The Isles of Scilly saw the biggest drop in crime, down 27.2 per cent, ...

Just before 11am today whilst parked on The Lawns in Dawlish a marked Police van has been damaged. Officers were on foot patrol around the town when they were alerted by members of the public that the Police vehicle had been targeted.

The main railway line through Devon is closed for repair after being damaged by storm Callum. This sinkhole in the line at Teignmouth is causing issues between Exeter and Newton Abbot with engineers having to wait until high tide before they can start repairs.

British Transport Police has warned Devon rail users. It said: "Due to forecasted severe weather affecting the sea wall at Dawlish, no Cross Country services will be able to run between Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids until 10am tomorrow.

Final approval on a plan to boost the economy in Teignbridge, which includes free public Wi-Fi in town centres, establishing a ‘business incubator’ for regenerating town centres, turned into yet another debate on Brexit and whether it is a 'disruptive force'. The plans include free public Wi-Fi in ...

The South West must thrash out a time frame to future-proof the Dawlish Railway Line, the former chief of Network Rail has said. Sir John, speaking at a round table conference at the Met Office super-computer building in Exeter on Wednesday, said: “To find the solution to Dawlish, the South West and ...