Dawlish News

Teignmouth and Dawlish Neighbourhood Police said a number of potential victims had reported the scam email to Action Fraud on Thursday morning. In reality the website has been set up to look authentic but the form steals victim's bank details, giving the fraudsters the chance to steal the victim's ...

Dawlish rail line was devastated a few years ago during winter storms. Has the Government done enough to prevent it happening again? See more...

AN ECCENTRIC pensioner was found dead in his Dawlish home ’swaddled’ in bed linen and numerous home-made dresses with his face covered in a number of stockings with eye holes, an inquest heard this morning.

HOMEOWNERS are being urged to lock their doors after a car was stolen from Dawlish. Thieves are believed to have entered the home through an unlocked front door – taking only the keys to a blue BMW 318 Coupe. Read more..

"The Committee is to meet shortly and commence working up the necessary arrangements that includes sponsorship, planning and booking events. "There are ongoing discussions with Dawlish Air Show Committee about working closer together, although any decision is a matter for their Committee.

TORQUAY Academy has for the first time been listed among the top five schools in the West Country for the outstanding achievements of its pupils. In comparison Torquay Academy 'scored' 0.59 well above average, followed by Torquay Girls' Grammar School at 0.45, Torquay Boys' Grammar 0.33 and ...

COASTAL regions are on flood alert amid warnings a massive sea surge triggered by Hurricane Nicole is about to smash into Britain. Resulting waves, which are much bigger and more powerful than those generated by seasonal winds, have previously devastated coastal regions with tonnes of water being ...

The road will be closed from 9.15am on Tuesday, October 25, until 6am the following morning to carry out the work, which is part of the ongoing restoration and refurbishment of the structure.

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 over the high tides from Sunday Morning through until Monday ...

A judge has ordered a psychiatric report on an man who used a crossbow to cause serious injury to a farm worker at a smallholding in Dawlish.

You may have heard about or seen on social media the new 'craze' of people dressing as scary clowns and approaching people in order to frighten and intimidate them. When visiting one of the local primary schools, it was raised as a concern by the staff that children are afraid and concerned about ...

A man from Dawlish has suffered a broken leg after a serious crash on a road between Dawlish and Teignmouth.

The Brunel Camping Carriages site at Dawlish Warren in Devon is being sold with a freehold guide price of £125,000 to £175,000. The holiday park has eight locomotive carriages. All are named individually after UK cities. Each includes a kitchen, living area, bedroom and bathroom to sleep six to ...

Coastguards are currently at the scene where the badly decomposed remains of the sea mammal has come to rest. See more...

The small committee which had run the event for the last few years have confirmed they will no longer be running a carnival in the town. In a statement, Dawlish Carnival and Entertainment Community Interest Company said that, with new road closure fees, signs and cone charges, they feel councils are ...

Dawlish town council’s Waterfowl Warden discovered that one of the pair of cygnets was dead when he was doing his rounds on Thursday morning. Read more..

The necessary repair work is currently taking place to weir 8 along Dawlish Brook and should take around two weeks to be completed.

A COMBINATION of strong winds and a high tide is causing travel disruption in South Devon this morning. Waves crashing over the seawall at Dawlish have caused CrossCountry to suspend some of their train services through South Devon.

Police are investigating after burglars struck at a flat on Queen Street, Dawlish, while the victims were at home. The bag contained a pair of Specsavers glasses in a black case, a body fragrance, a red and white bandana and miscellaneous paperwork.

A public exhibition on proposals to extend the Teign Estuary Trail to Dawlish will be held later this month. The exhibition will be held at the Community Centre on Dawlish Strand, from 12noon to 7pm, on Friday 15 July.

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 on the evening tide on Tuesday October 4 at 9.30pm and the ...

Due to open in 2017, the countryside park will provide a natural recreational area for local people to enjoy as part of a £2.9m project called Suitable Alternative Natural Green Space (SANGS) across Teignbridge. Dawlish Town Council unanimously backed the plan at their planning committee meeting.

Police are appealing for witnesses of the crash which occurred on Bridge Road, Exeter, on Friday. The 32-year-old man from Dawlish was taking to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital with serious, life threatening injuries.

The Government has been accused of failing to deliver on its pledge to protect the region's vulnerable rail links, after ministers admitted the issue is on their "to-do list". The comments come almost three years after the region's only rail connection to the rest of the UK was washed away by severe ...

They said that in just seven days, two people have been arrested for drink driving in the Teignmouth and Dawlish areas, one of the drivers also had no insurance or MOT and was disqualified from driving at the time.

Evi Kneebone, 34, was recorded by the train camera jumping down from the sea wall and on to the railway tracks just as the Paignton-bound locomotive was pulling into Dawlish Railway Station. He was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and had a history of self-harm. On the day he died in October ...

Mitzi Stapleton from Dawlish Warren, was one of the passengers on a Flybe flight from Palma Mallorca, who taught the brace position after fears over the ability of the plane to land when it suffered problems with the brakes. After the incident, Mitzi said she read about the other recent at incident ...

A meeting was held at Crediton Train Station last week to discuss a new passenger rail service from Exeter to Okehampton. Currently there is just one rail route in to South Devon, Plymouth and Cornwall which runs south of Exeter through Dawlish, Teignmouth and Newton Abbot. Read more,,

This is the moment Devon's 'cruelest father of the bride' pranks his own daughter by droppin her wedding cake - which is actually a fake. In the footage Andy is heard saying as he picks up the cake: "I'd just like to say - has anyone looked at this cake, because it is absolutely fantastic." Andy ...

Police have issued a warning to cyclist seen on Dawlish Sea Wall - Don't do it. Roller-blading, skateboards and scooters are also prohibited.

A memory street has been created inside a Dawlish care home complete with a pub, bank, shops, bus stop and well-known local landmarks. It is part of developing dementia care programme at the home, and is believed to be the only one of its kind in the South West.

Robert Dobbin, 27, of The Mews, Dawlish, and Anthony Lower, 30, of Lower Kingsdown Road, Teignmouth, walked behind the man along Bank Street before launching the ferocious attack in front of his frightened wife and shocked witnesses. One eyewitness described them as 'going hell for leather' kicking ...

POLICE say that early indications suggest that the newly imposed Public Space Protection Order in Dawlish has had a positive effect in the town. It was imposed at the end of the August and it bans anti-social behaviour such as drinking and rough sleeping, drug taking and littering, with failure to ...

COUNCILLORS have approved plans to build 21 houses on the site of a former entertainment facility in Dawlish Warren. In the design and access statement, Darrell Willcocks architects said the proposed re-development of the site is a great opportunity to improve the visual appearance of the site and ...

POLICE will have the power to act against public drinking and anti-social behaviour in the heart of Dawlish. Signs listing the prohibitions have gone up and the Public Space Protection Order for Dawlish became legislation on Friday. It bans anti-social behaviour such as drinking and rough sleeping, ...

Police have been lambasted for allegedly taking three weeks to respond to a sexual assault - after they scrambed the force helicopter over a noise complaint. Among the critics was Danielle Williams who said she was ignored by the same police force for several weeks when she tried to report two ...

TWO POLICE officers spent 10 hours dealing with complaints about the level of noise of music coming from a private party at a house in woods near Dawlish Warren on Friday night Complaints about the level of noise emanating from the event were raised and two police officers were dispatched to the ...

THE EXE Estuary trail will be extended through Dawlish Warren to Dawlish town centre. Work is set to begin immediately on the scheme that is scheduled to be completed in January

BRITAIN'S largest running steam train will be powering through South Devon in a day of double delight for train buffs. The train is bound to turn many heads as she steams down the iconic Dawlish and River Teign section of the line this afternoon before hauling the train back to London Victoria on ...

WORK has started on preparations to create a night-time landing site for Devon Air Ambulance at Dawlish United Football Club. The airborne medical service begins night flights up to midnight next month but needs suitable ‘community helipad’ sites with access to lighting to land. Source: