Dawlish News

Police in Devon have arrested a 35-year-old man who was wanted for recall to prison. Damian Pearce, from Dawlish, was arrested in in Exeter yesterday, Thursday, October 17, for a motoring offence. He attended Exeter Magistrates Court this morning charged with motoring offences, possession of a ...

THE Late Mrs Early will be presented at the Shafesbury Theatre, Dawlish, by the town's rep group from October 22 to 26. The comedy is by Norman Robbins, one of this country's most-treasured and prolific authors of pantomimes and plays. Although he now lives in Devon, he was born and grew up in ...

MUSIC and activities at Dawlish Community College helped launch the Exe Estuary Academic Co-operative Trust. students from the college enjoyed showcasing their skills in many areas. The jazz band quickly had toes tapping, the choir gave several performances from their current repertoire and ...

Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris has told town councillors she has received complaints from constituents about drinking on Dawlish Lawn, specifically around the tourist information centre. Tourists and local residents have complained about alcohol being drunk on and around The Lawn, putting off ...

Princess Anne visited a convalescent home for retired railway workers in Dawlish as part of a whistle-stop tour of Devon and Cornwall. She toured Bridge House, the last remaining facility of a network created around the country more than a century ago, and officially opened a new set of rented ...

THE Dawlish Airshow will be featured on national television during a new series next week. The airshow, and the problems of dealing with its huge crowds, will be part of Thursday's episode of the series The Railway: First Great Western on Channel 5 at 8pm. Read more:

A DAWLISH footballer had to pull out of the squad after he was bitten by a venomous spider. Steve Harris (pictured) , 22, was forced to undergo an emergency operation at Torbay Hospital after being bitten by a false black widow, one of the most poisonous spiders in the country. He said: "When I ...

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has approved plans for up to 350 homes on farmland to the east of Dawlish in Devon after ruling that the local council could not demonstrate a five year housing land supply in line with national policy requirements. See more...

Dawlish Barca 2, Honiton Troopers 1 Honiton Troopers Under-9s were edged out in a close encounter, writes Dave Haysom. Troopers started strongly with Lewis Clyburn, Peter Osborne and Harvey Haysom working hard in midfield and creating chances for Louie Stevens. With some solid defending from ...

Fire crews were sent to Dawlish on Sunday after reports of a fire in Iddesleigh Terrace. The incident happened at 6.10pm. Read more:

On Saturday 28th September around 1945 5 youths were seen throwing nails onto the main road by Marine Garage and the turning down to Dawlish Warren. This is extremely dangerous and could easily cause an accident. Did anyone else see this? Any information regarding this please PM or call 101 Crime ...

It was a truly memorable end to the Triathlon Season at Dawlish on Sunday for the N1 Tri Club and all the emphasis was on teamwork. The race was in fact a duathlon comprising of a 4km run followed by a 21 km cycle and finally a 5.8 km run as the rough sea meant swimming was unsafe. The club ...

Please be aware of the adverse weather, the dip by The Smugglers is flooded and also other areas around Dawlish. These have been reported and hopefully should be getting sorted. Please drive at a sensible speed and increase your breaking distances.

An update on what's happening at Dawlish Community College. See more...

A DISHONEST maintenance man put the safety of tenants in Dawlish at risk by carrying out illegal gas safety checks. Adrian Hunt, 42, ran a property maintenance business, but carried out compulsory safety checks on rented domestic properties when he was not qualified to do so. He has been given a ...

Date: 16/09/2013 Time: 08:25 Location: Church Street, Dawlish Area: Western County: Devon The Fire Service received a call reporting a fire in a property at the above location.  One fire appliance from Dawlish and one fire appliance from Teignmouth attended. Fire crews confirmed a fire ...

District leaders were due yesterday to discuss plans to provide a new £2.5million country park in Dawlish. When EU protected wildlife sites such as Dawlish Warren are threatened by an increasing population, the law requires that steps are taken to reduce the impact. Because of the increase ...

Hosted by Karen Duxbury-Watkinson ( @KDWScience ), Nann Stimpson (@NannStimpson) and our compere for the evening Mr Pete Reeves Our first Teach Meet is happy to announce the fabulous Nina Jackson ( @musicmind ) as our keynote speaker. Who will help launch your teaching into space. If you would ...

The 113 bus from Tavistock to Dawlish in Devon takes passengers on a scenic route through Dartmoor, and runs just three times a year See more...

Fire appliances from Dawlish and Teignmouth were mobilised to a report of a fire in a first floor flat in High Street in Dawlish. Upon arrival crews crews gained entry and rescued two persons from the flat who were suffering from smoke inhalation from a fire involving an electrical cooker. They ...

AQUARIUS DEVON UNDER 13 BOYS CUP First Round (to be played on or before September 15): St Martins Youth v Tiverton Town Youth; Roselands Youth v Waldon Athletic Youth; Okehampton Argyle Youth v Eastside Youth; Kingskerswell Colts v West Hill Juniors; Dawlish United Youth v Bovey Tracey Youth; ...

Police say two men from the Teignbridge area are on their 'most wanted' list and warned the public not to approach them. Drugs dealer Damien Pearce 36 is known to have been living in the Dawlish area and has had class A dealing connections in Teignmouth. Another man Aaron Elliott-Smith, sought ...

The Princess Royal met staff, patients, architects and construction workers on a 45-minute tour of the Dewnans Centre. The Princess opened the state-of-the-art medium secure unit at Langdon Hospital, Dawlish which cost £27million. Source: Dawlish Post

Date: 05/08/2013 Time: 09:52 Location: B3381, Black Forest Lodge, Mamhead nr Exeter Area: Central County: Devon Our Co-Responders from Dawlish, together with a fire appliance from Teignmouth, were mobilised following a request from Ambulance for our assistance to a one vehicle RTC, no persons ...

Next month children's entertainment and live music will be laid on in Dawlish and Teignmouth in an aim to lure shoppers into the towns. Teignmouth's will be on a Wednesday, Tuesday's are being set aside for Dawlish, except for carnival week. The activities for Dawlish will be at Red Rock. On ...

Unless cash can be found quickly Dawlish Museum could be forced to close. The museum which is home to  the late Bill Millin's famous D-Day bagpipes made a loss of £5,000 last year, bad weather was to blame also the increase of utility and insurance bills. The heating bill for the start of this ...

A man with a cow slurry fetish who threatened to kill a farmer who banned him from his land is to undergo a new psychiatric assessment, a judge ruled. David Truscott, 43, was remanded to Langdon Hospital in Dawlish, Devon, in May after admitting threatening to kill the Cornish family on whose farm ...

Teignbridge Council will not give permission for the carnival procession nor the pram race to take place without the training of 45 marshals ahead of the events. No volunteers have come forward despite repeated requests from the organisers. This year the route of the procession has been changed ...

AN INVESTIGATION is under way after a 47-year-old construction worker from Liskeard was crushed by a forklift truck. John Small died from injuries he sustained during the incident at a construction site in Dawlish, Devon, on Friday, June 28. A rapid response team, ambulance and air ambulance ...

An elderly woman has been taken to hospital with “serious injuries” after a being hit by an out-of-control car outside her home. Emergency services were called to the cul-de-sac at Gatehouse Close in Dawlish just before 12noon today. The air ambulance was called for and the victim, who is in her ...

An accident involving a 9 year-old girl and a car has occurred adjacent to the Tourist Information Office. The Air Ambulance is in attendance. Drivers are advised to avoid the town centre.

Date: 09/07/2013 Time: 11:53 Location: Gatehouse Close, Dawlish Area: Western County: Devon One appliance from Dawlish was mobilised to reports fo an RTC at the above location. On arrival an RTC was discovered involving one car that had gone into the side of a house. All persons were free and ...

Dawlish carnival organisers are appealing for more sponsors to come forward to support the annual event. Last year the carnival still lost £8,000 despite cutting cost to try to reduce the losses. The committee's efforts to keep the carnival in the black are not helped by red tape. The disco ...

A fire at baily's Chip Shop, several Fire Appliances in attendance.

The Fire Service were called to reports of a road traffic collision.  Two appliances from Dawlish and Teighmouth were mobilised to this incident. Upon arrival crews confirmed no persons trapped and made the vehicle safe. See more...

Two fire appliances from Dawlish and Teignmouth attended a building fire in Dawlish, a further appliance from Danes Castle was mobilised for the use of Compressed Air Foam (CAFS). Crews on scene also requested an aerial platform attend to assist with fire fighting capabilities, this was mobilised ...

Elderly care home patients are having to pay up to £40 for private taxis to hospital appointments in Devon because of a change in policy. South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust trust said eligibility for transport services had been reviewed. Nigel Morris, manager of the Palm Court nursing ...

According to an Ofsted report Gatehouse Primary School needs to make futher improvements to become a good school. Inspectors said there had been too little good teaching in the school and students had not made the progress they should and there had been a high staff turnover. A more recent visit ...

A £30MILLION-plus commitment to protecting the main seafront rail line into South Devon has been made by Network Rail. Patrick Hallgate, western route managing director for Network Rail, revealed the commitment at a meeting of Torbay Business Forum when he gave details of the company's current ...

Transmitter and relay stations are having frequencies adjusted on Tuesday and Wednesday. It is part of work to increase 4G mobile phone coverage. Satellite and cable viewers would not be affected, transmission officials said. In east Devon and west Dorset, areas affected include Beaminster, ...