Dawlish News

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 the ...

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 was ...

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. Speaking ...

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 of ...

Police are investigating an arson attack which totally destroyed a large commercial storage container behind the Costcutter on Dawlish High Street overnight.

A Devon-based fashion designer, who has designed frocks for the likes of Kate Middleton, Katy Perry and Pixie Lott, has released a brand new luxury range from her home in Dawlish.

A man in his 60s has died suddenly in Starcross, near Exeter. A spokesperson for the Force said: "Police have been called to an address in Starcross by South West Ambulance Service. The incident involves the sudden death of a man in his 60s.

An unregistered plumber from Dawlish has been fined after leaving gas work in a dangerous state.

The incident happened around 6.30pm at the Dawlish Integrated Youth Centre, Red Rock on Sandy Lane. A trespasser entered one of the classrooms and took a laptop belonging to the centre.

A train passenger allegedly groped a 15-year-old girl's leg by sliding his hand down the side of her chair as he sat behind. Whitehead, aged 39, of Barton Crescent, Dawlish, denies sexual assault.

A Dawlish teenager has landed her dream job that combines her love of the military and animals. Nineteen-year-old Helen Fewings from Dawlish has just landed a job as an Army dog handler.

A village near Dawlish will get 20 new homes after a planning inspector allowed an appeal by developers. Leander Developments had proposed two separate developments of 20 and 15 homes on land at Little Leigh, Holcombe Road, Holcombe.

Paul Rowntree, 36, and Ricky Ward, 28, both denied charges of robbery and causing grievous bodily harm with intent when they stood before a judge at Exeter Crown Court earlier this month. Now a third man, Ross Alan Morton, aged 29, from Gatehouse Close, Dawlish, has been charged with two counts of ...

The water company allowed potentially dangerous sewage to flow down Dawlish beach in the height of the summer tourist season in one incident and caused a fish kill in the other.

Calls for a second major rail line through Devon have been renewed following last week's closure of the main route - the latest in a series of events which have seen the county's rail network cut off.

Due to a person having been hit by a train in the Starcross area journeys between Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids are being disrupted. This is expected to continue until at least 10:00. Trains are currently unable to run. Buses will operate between Plymouth / Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids. ...

The Environment Agency scheme aims to reduce the flood risk to nearly 3,000 homes in Dawlish Warren and Starcross, as well as in Lympstone and Exmouth, and would reduce the flood risk for the main rail line through Dawlish to ensure that scenes such as the devastation caused in the 2014 storms would ...

The card is pink and has been launched by the retailer with the message: 'To My Lovely Mums' There are Sainsbury's branches across Devon including Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Newton Abbot, Ottery St Mary and Dawlish.

Dawlish's famous black swan brood has increased. Following on from last year's record-breaking three broods of black swan cygnets in the town, three more cygnets have hatched. The flock are synonymous with the town, with 14 swans currently in the brook.

Heroin user William Chambers moved to Dawlish in an attempt to start a new life without drugs but was shocked to find they were more readily available than in London.

Lewis Stewart carried out three raids in Newton Abbot and Dawlish which left the victims shaking with fear. The first two robberies happened within 40 minutes of each other on Newton Abbot quay and the third was a day later on the Strand in Dawlish, where he attacked a cleaner who was walking home ...

The train put on by OkeRail left Okehampton just before 8am today and was supposed to be the first direct train to the capital in decades - using the line across the top of Dartmoor instead of the coastal route via Dawlish. But the train slipped down the rails as it left Dawlish, leaving it with 'a ...