Dawlish News

A FAKE Radio 1 Big Weekend Facebook page has been set up claiming to have free tickets to give away to the big event at Powderham Castle this summer.

POLICE in Dawlish will board up a 'drugs den' used by squatters where they found a collection of needles. Officers from the South Devon Tasking Team together with neighbourhood police made the discovery at an address on Thursday.

An elderly man was led to safety by firemen after a blaze at Dawlish. Fire crews from Dawlish and Teignmouth were called to Marine Parade just after 5am after reports of a fire in a kitchen. Read more..

Kerry Davies threatened police and shouted he would become 'the new Raul Moat' after he became angry and upset while visiting Dawlish in May last year.

There's the rattling, the shuddering, the bouncing and the occasional squealing. You don't have to be a trainspotter to know you're riding a Pacer.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said that a significant majority of show organisers have declined to co-operate with the new guidelines. The new regulations include stricter checks on pilots, better training for organisers and a sharp increase in CAA inspection fees. In some cases they will ...

One suspect was taken into custody yesterday evening, suspected of being related to burglary offences in the Dawlish region. Whilst burglaries are rare, there is often a trend in a spike of burglaries over a short period of time. The suspect was spotted by a vigilant Dawlish PCSO and swiftly raised ...

It is believed that further artists for Radio 1's Big Weekend at Powderham Castle in Exeter, will be announced by DJ Nick Grimshaw.

Well done to all who took part.

AN 82-year-old former policeman has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for sexually assaulting two girls. Colin Dearing, of Richmond Place in Dawlish, was convicted at a trial last year after pleading not guilty to five counts of indecent assault against two victims.

Dawlish Police have received a report of someone trying a door handle to a property in area of West Cliff Road in Dawlish. The front door was unlocked at the ti me. The caller states she saw a figure through the frosted glass who tried her door handle but when noticed that someone was home, then ran ...

A local woman walking her two King Charles Cavaliers at Elm Grove Road, Dawlish reported that she was followed by two men in large white van at half past midnight on Tuesday, February 16th.

The A30 is closed in both directions between the A377 (Alphington Junction) and Exminster due to a serious police incident. Emergency services are on the scene.

The court heard that the men were part of a gang who traded as Wimpey Construction Paving and Cleaning Services Ltd. Between August and November 2013, the gang attempted to carry out work at the homes of primarily elderly and vulnerable residents in Newton Abbot, Dawlish and Seaton

A daylight burglary on Wednesday has prompted Dawlish police to launch an appeal for help. The break in, which happened at a house in Plantation Terrace, took place between 12.30pm and 1pm.

CAUTION: We are still receiving the occasional report of a young male who is approaching members of the public and requesting money. His usual story is that he has had an argument with his girlfriend and requires money for a bus/train ticket. Please do NOT engage in conversation with this male and ...

This affects exposed East-facing coastal locations including Hallsands, Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Blackpool Sands, Brixham, Broadsands, Goodrington, Paignton, Hollicombe, Torquay, Oddicombe, Teignmouth Promenade and Dawlish. The severe weather this morning has also meant that CrossCountry trains ...

Police are appealing for information to identify two people in connection with the theft of a staff collection box from the Costcutters store in Queen Street, Dawlish. A staff collection box was stolen from the till area.

A Devon man has said he is struggling to get to work after his vehicle was targeted by vandals. The Silver Peugeot 206 had its roof badly dented, with footprints and scuffs at the top whilst parked on Lower Driver, Dawlish on January 31. The cars wing mirror was also damaged.

IF you go down to the River Exe today you’ll probably bf washed away - but on the bright side you probably won’t meet the Devil. The full list of areas the Devil was supposed to have visited that night were listed as: Exmouth, Withycombe Raleigh, East Budleigh, Bicton, Woodbury, Clyst St George, ...

The Teignmouth and Dawlish Neighbourhood Police Team reported the incident that happened on Newton Road, Bishopsteignton on Saturday at 3.20pm. Police were traveling along a road in the area when the gazebo came flying through the air and hit the car.

Will Power, whose wife Erica was one of Sophie’s best friends, has already raised more than £3,500 which has included a generous donation from TV presenter Davina McCall.

The leaders of Teignbridge and Exeter City Council have written to Ministers expressing their dismay at the Government's unwillingness to fund rail in the South West. They have also criticised the apparent decision of Network Rail not to carry out further work to the Dawlish sea wall until after ...

WARNING: There has just been an attempted car theft in Bishopsteignton at approximately 1200 hrs today. A male and a female were stopped on the side of the road with a ‘baby’ in a car seat and appeared to be having a domestic incident. A caller stopped to check if everything was OK and noted that ...

TWO years after the train line, sea wall, platforms and coastal path were destroyed, we look back at photos of the storm damage which cut off the Westcountry on February 4, 2014.

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.