Dawlish News

A commitment to build a new railway line is to be postponed by decades, leaving no immediate replacement to the storm-battered line at Dawlish. Prime Minister David Cameron paid a number of visits and declared ambitious rail plans must be made for the region. But two years later and apart from ...

BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, which will take place at Powderham Castle, is traditionally a free ticketed event with a one-pair-per-person rule. Full ticket details will be announced on March 21.

The 13-year-old Dawlish-based Exeter City academy footballer has already won both the Exeter and Devon Schools' junior boys' titles this winter, in addition to the South West clubs' title at Bicton College before Christmas.

This beautiful part of the Devon coast attracted visitors from Charles Dickens to Jane Austen, especially after the Great Western Railway made it accessible to all. Indeed, many of us have admired its dramatic red-brown cliffs, as we travel on the line from Penzance to London.

The worst-affected areas were the Thames Valley in the south east, and Cornwall, Dorset, Devon and Somerset in the south west. In Dawlish (Devon), the sea wall under the railway line collapsed, leaving the track suspended in mid-air. In its report on the 2014 winter storms, The met office wrote ...

Ross Norman did not enter a plea and spoke only to confirm his name when he appeared at the preliminary hearing.

During a debate on Thursday morning into the future of the storm-battered line which passes through Dawlish, a government spokesman pledged that the line would be maintained and that any other routes would be considered as additional and not replacements.

The council have applied for planning permission to Teignbridge Council to place a defibrillator on the wall of the external porch of the town hall along with signs signalling how to use it.

Parents of children at a Devon primary school have been warned to be vigilant after a man was reportedly taking pictures of pupils. A male was seen at Hazeldown Primary School on Friday, January 22, suspected of taking pictures of children,” Teignmouth and Dawlish Neighbourhood Police posted on ...

DAWLISH-BASED award winning holiday park, Cofton Country Holidays, is celebrating the opening of its new fitness studio by running a 'bootcamp' to help members 'go lean in 2016'.

Flooding is possible for Exposed east facing coastal locations including Hallsands, Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Blackpool Sands, Brixham, Broadsands, Goodrington, Paignton, Hollicombe, Torquay, Oddicombe, Teignmouth Promenade and Dawlish during the high tide on Monday morning. See more...

The teenagers were reported missing to the police earlier today and are believed to be in the Teignmouth or Dawlish area.

New research has revealed that South Devon is among the nation's most romantic destination for lovers, with more than one in three citing its romantic appeal as their top reason for visiting and staying in the area. Top 10 romantic places in South Devon Read on...

William Power, 38, began taking donations for his bid but found it hard going - until a friend suggested he try something a little more daring. So William, from Dawlish, Devon, decided to start training in a mankini and soon the donations started rolling in, including from former Big Brother host ...

Flooding is possible for exposed east facing coastal locations including Hallsands, Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Blackpool Sands, Brixham, Broadsands, Goodrington, Paignton, Hollicombe, Torquay, Oddicombe, Teignmouth Promenade and Dawlish.

Emergency repair work is being carried out to a Devon seaside town's sea defences after a 6ft deep hole appeared during the stormy weather. Waves continued to lash the seafront on Saturday as work began repairing the 15ft long by 6ft wide hole, which was deep enough for a man to stand in. ...

THE best friends of Dawlish murder victim Sophie McDonald are organising a charity ball to raise money for her three children she has left behind. To help provide a better future for Sophie's children, aged 13, nine and five, her three closest friends – Erica Power, from Dawlish, Nicola Ironside, ...

Chair of the task force officers group, Bruce Thompson, said the Westcountry must make a “powerful” case to the Government to ensure local projects are prioritised ahead of other parts of the country. And his call was echoed by MPs and councillors, who warned Devon and Cornwall cannot afford another ...

On Tuesday evening an elderly woman was called by a person claiming to be from the Metropolitan Police Fraud Squad.

Sea-level rise impacts on transport infrastructure: The notorious case of the coastal railway line at Dawlish, England says that the costs of maintaining tracks and sea defences could also soar as predicted sea level rises, coastal storms and floods “pose major challenges for rail operators and ...

Shadow transport secretary Lilian Greenwood said ministers appeared to have rejected the idea last year, following the publication of a report which deemed it "poor value for money". However, Labour suggests this measure has come too late, after Westcountry commuters saw season tickets surge by ...

The owner left the scooter after it became faulty on Exeter Road, at the junction near East Cliff Road in Dawlish on Saturday January 2.

Last week's battering from Storm Frank forced the closure of the town's seafront Esplanade to traffic because the strong winds and sea spray made the stretch of road too treacherous for motorists. Alongside Dawlish Warren, Exmouth was originally part of a Government Environmental Agency plan to ...

Officials from great Western Railway said traffic was still running through Dawlish on South Devon but all CrossCountry services have had to switch to FGW services and smaller trains.

IT looked like a massive foam party at Dawlish last night – after stormy seas caused large amounts of 'spume' on the sea front. Experts say sea foam, or spume, is caused by rough seas. Seawater contains dissolved salts, proteins, fats, dead algae, and other bits of organic matter. If you shake ...

THEFT OF CHARITY BOXES IN DAWLISH! At 1530 today (31/12/15) a male and a female walked into a shop on The Strand Dawlish and stole two charity boxes one belonging to Barnardo’s and one Marie Curie. Please look out for the following people one female with dark hair approx 5’9 wearing a grey glittery ...

Fiona Fry, 50, who lives in Dawlish, has worked at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust since 1993, and has been in her current hepatology nurse specialist role since 2001. The citation highlights the way she has ensured access to care for local patients in "easy to forget" sections of ...

The fallen trees have affected roads near Exeter and Dawlish and they are being treated as medium incidents.

A message from Teignmouth and Dawlish Neighbourhood Police. Please be careful when out and about today driving and walking. The wind is impacting on cars needing greater concentration when driving. There have been a couple of recycle boxes that have been blown across the road and black bins down ...

Mr Dean said: “At the moment it’s a question of actually redesigning the railway and building a piece of brand new infrastructure through that area. He said the damage amounts to around twice as much as the Dawlish incident in early 2014.

William Power, 38, lives just 300 yards from what was Sophie's house, at Elmswood Crescent, Dawlish. He, along with his wife Erica, 37, were close friends with Sophie and she was a Bridesmaid at their wedding.

SOUTH Devon's train services have been disrupted this morning because of bad weather at Dawlish.

A379 just passed the Smugglers Inn Holcombe

Flooding is possible for exposed east-facing coastal locations including Hallsands, Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Blackpool Sands, Brixham, Broadsands, Goodrington, Paignton, Hollicombe, Torquay, Oddicombe, Teignmouth Promenade and Dawlish for Saturday morning's high tide.

The report focuses on the impact of sea level rises on the Dawlish to Teignmouth line which connects Cornwall and Devon to the rest of the UK. In January, the prime minister backed a new Okehampton railway route as the "most resilient" alternative to the vulnerable Dawlish line .

A WOMAN from Dawlish has lost over seven stone in one year after being horrified by a festive photograph of herself where she 'felt as fat as the Christmas Turkey' that she was holding.

Thomas Maughan and Thomas Mahon both operated out of the same caravan site at Farringdon, near Exeter, but targeted victims in Newton Abbot, Dawlish and Seaton. Road more...

Police searched the resort after a 30-year-old man suffered head injuries in collision with a car in Northumberland Place. Police confirmed a 23-year-old man from the Dawlish area was arrested about 3am in the Landscore Road area of Teignnmouth. He was detained and taken to Torquay Police ...

The new South Devon Highway officially opened for business at 3.30 this morning, just in time for Christmas! In the wee small hours of this morning a convoy of cars with highways maintenance, police and engineers opened the road to its first traffic, with lucky drivers heading towards Newton Abbot ...

Sewage floods have affected properties in Devon more than 50 times in the past three years, according to residents. South West Water said it was working to resolve the issues "urgently".