Dawlish News

Devon towns and villages are to get about £60,000 to prevent flooding. The county council has pinpointed weaknesses after storms led to widespread problems last summer. Plans include £8,000 on new debris grills at Purze Brook, Axminster, £10,000 to divert floods at Sandygate, Kingsteignton and ...

Two groups of youths aged between 16 and 18 were caught with the class B drug in broad daylight and in plublic areas. Eight youngsters were found with the drug when police were on routine patrol. Parents have been informed and advised to deal with the situation as they thought appropriate. One ...

A market inside Dawlish Leisure Centre is not what you would normally expect to see when you go for your weekly swim – but Teignbridge Council is doing just that. The Council is putting on a new indoor market inside its leisure centre as it looks to boost the offer for residents using the popular ...

A former firefighter who tried to set light to his home while suffering from the male equivalent of post-natal depression has been allowed to resume a normal life after completing almost two years of counselling. Jason Jerome was under stress from the change from being a fireman to a house husband ...

Hundreds of people descended on a sunny town to celebrate Valentine's Day on a brand new scale. Around 500 people flocked to Love Dawlish in the town centre. The event on Saturday was all about love and included performances, workshops and activities including a Passionometer to test the ...

Day trippers arriving by coach to Dawlish are dropped off in Piermont Place and the coaches then have to drive out of town to Sandy Lane. Barton car park has been suggested as a more suitable alternative for drivers to park while waiting to pick up visitors. It is hoped it can become a reality ...

A bogus dentist who swindled pensioners out of thousands of pounds for home made dentures may escape having to repay any money because he is seriously ill. Stephen Sickelmore had no formal qualifications but posed as a dentist and charged up to £1,400 for false teeth which were often ugly, ill ...

More than £35m is to be spent on flood defence schemes in Devon. New £23m flood defences in Exeter would protect more than 2,000 homes and businesses, the government said. A further £8.6m is to be spent on a beach management scheme for Dawlish Warren and Exmouth in a bid to reduce the flood risk ...

Outreach Service helps residents in Dawlish and surrounding areas apply for benefits,the service is likely to close at the end of March due to funding crisis. To keep the service going a minimum of £25,000 is needed.The service has helped more than 1,900 claim benefits in the last five years, with ...

A play park has been discussed at Dawlish Warren for several years but there has been little progress. Tourism leaders are keen to press ahead with a feasibility study looking into all aspects of a new park -including the cost which could be as much as £150,000. One idea would be for a natural, ...

Business leaders have warned residents in a South Devon town to "use us or lose us" as a regeneration project gets underway. The £1.5 million scheme to rejuvenate Dawlish Strand will start later this month in an attempt to reverse the decline in the town. The joint initiative between several ...

AS 2013 gets underway attention moves to a new home for the new year and Barratt is highlighting five powerful reasons why buyers should choose one of its homes. "The new year is traditionally a time to look forward and we're gearing up for a busy time at our developments in Torquay and Dawlish,'' ...

Cofton Country Holidays, Dawlish Warren, have asked planners to approve proposals to provide an area for pitching tents exclusively for use by visitors arriving by public transport. The proposal site would be an asset to the local area in creating a carbon neutral holiday destination this plugging ...

Fire appliances from Dawlish, Teignmouth and Torquay were mobilised to a report of a roof on fire in East Cliff Close in Dawlish. Upon arrival the incident commander requested a further two fire appliances as the roof well alight. Two appliances were subsequently mobilised from Teignmouth and ...

The £1.5m regeneration scheme for The Strand gets under way on January 21st. The scheme will include widening the pavement, new street furniture, lighting and parking along one side of the road only. The scheme is being jointly financed by Devon County Council, Teignbridge Council and Dawlish ...

A Plymouth-based train driver has won a European transport photography competition for his stunning photograph of a passenger train in Dawlish. Chris Hopkins of CrossCountry has won the Arriva Photo of the Year 2012 award for his dramatic image of a Voyager 220 at Coryton Cove. His image of the ...

New plastic Dawlish station footbridge opened and immediately listed! Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris has officially opened the UK’s first Grade II listed plastic footbridge at Dawlish Station. She cut a ribbon across the steps to the new footbridge off the main platform at the seaside station ...

£25 in cash was found in Marine Parade and handed in to the Police Office in Brunswick Place. Later the same day a wallet containing more than £130 cash was also  handed in. The wallet was found in the Strand by two Dawlish teenagers, despite the claims by two men stood nearby that they thought it ...

Two of Dawlish pubs the Lansdowne and the South Devon Inn will soon be offering a cool new drink endorsed by the police. It is hoped by offering water to drink between sessions will help to reduce the effects of over-indulging and its associated habits of anti-social behaviour, violent crime and ...

There aren't many places where homebuyers can combine proximity to coast, countryside and convenient transport links, but regional housebuilder Cavanna Homes is offering just that mix at Aspects, its new development of 118 homes in Dawlish in south Devon. The new development is situated less than ...

Work will go on during Christmas to stabilise cliffs along the railway line between Dawlish and Teignmouth. Rail bosses confirmed it will be done when trains are not running along the vulnerable stretch of the line and services will not be affected Protective fencing, installed ten years ago has ...

The unique charms of a Devon seaside town are set for a New Year revamp after close to £2 million in improvements were given the final go-ahead. Dawlish is famous for its stunning coastal railway and a majestic lawn, bisected by a bubbling brook which is home to a flock of rare black swans. But ...

Composite Advantage LLC’s FiberSPAN™ fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) bridge deck was selected for Boston’s largest pedestrian and cyclist bridge project to date. Steel footbridge replaced with composite at UK railway station The railway station in the English seaside town of Dawlish has seen a ...

A MAJOR planning application to develop up to 350 homes on green fields at Dawlish has been refused. Plans for land near Sainsbury's, south of Shutterton Lane, were refused by Teignbridge Planning Committee. After a two-and-a-half-hour debate, chairman Cllr Humphrey Clemens, said it was one of ...

A TRANSPORT expert is calling for work to start on Westcountry rail links that were scuppered by Hitler 73 years ago. After train services to London were twice cut in the past week, Neill Mitchell is urging the Government to look again at plans for a new railway line avoiding Dawlish, which were ...

Network Rail has announced that services to Plymouth and Cornwall resumed on Saturday after lines were reopened. This followed a landslip on the Teignmouth-Dawlish section on Thursday. Both tracks reopened at 5am today with a 20 mph speed restriction towards London and 50 mph from London. Up to ...

A POLICE community support officer has won a prestigious award. Debbie Sleeman, who patrols in Dawlish Warren, Starcross, Kenton and Mamhead, has received the commander's commendation from Supt Jim Nye at a ceremony at South Devon College. Her focus has been based on engaging with youngsters, ...

A fresh landslip has closed the railway line linking Plymouth and Exeter at Teignmouth. The line, which was reopened on Wednesday after weekend flooding triggered a landslip, was closed again in the evening. About 1,000 tonnes of mud lying against a fence is also threatening the line. The main ...

Rail services are being disrupted again due to a fresh landslip at Dawlish / Teignmouth covering both tracks. Bus services are running from Exeter to Newton Abbot. Pdf of various routes affected

Cofton Country Holidays was awarded a silver in the Holiday Park of the Year category at Visit Devon's annual tourism awards. The competition covers parks catering for holidaymakers in their own touring caravans or tents as well as caravan holiday homes. A new indoor swimming pool complex opened ...

We have a concern for welfare for a male last seen in the Kenton & Starcross area on Tuesday 27th November at 15.00. He is described as 57 years of medium build wearing black rimmed glasses with yellow lenses. He was last seen wearing a light blue long sleeved jumper, grey track suit bottoms and ...

Detectives are investigating a robbery that took place at a bookmakers in South Devon. Police say the crime took place during Sunday, when a man walked into the shop in Dawlish town centre on The Strand. Police say the robber threatened a staff member before making off with !a substantial amount" of ...

Delays between Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids until further notice Incident created 24/11/2012 21:23 Last updated 21:33 - 24/11/2012 Route affected Paignton, Torquay, Torre, Newton Abbot, Teignmouth, Dawlish, Dawlish Warren, Starcross, Exeter St Thomas and Exter St Davids; also Plymouth, ...

A WOMAN who smashed a wine glass into the face of a man who made unwanted advances to her in a pub has been ordered pay the victim £500 in compensation. Chelsea Reed, 19, had been drinking with friends in the Lansdowne Hotel in Dawlish when she followed Mark Bloxham down a corridor and furiously ...

Heavy rain and soaking roads caused problems for motorists in Devon today. This morning police warned drivers of wet leaves, standing water and driving rain. It comes after numerous crashes in the region today. At 6:10am a 125cc motorcycle crashed in Dawlish. Police and an ambulance were ...

One of the three surviving black swan cygnets has been found dead near the boating lake. The female cygnet is believed to have been killed by a dog. Anyone found guilty of not keeping their dog under control is liable to a fine of up to £5,000 and the dog can be seized. The police will be ...

Thousands of tonnes of sand could be moved from one east Devon town to another as part of a plan to shore up flood defences and restore a beach. Dawlish Warren had lost about 100,000 tonnes of sand over 15 years, with most of it ending up at Pole Sands, near Exmouth, the Environment Agency said. ...

TEIGNMOUTH and Dawlish traders are being put on the map with a new community initiative aimed at boosting the profile of each seaside town. New town centre maps which highlight the range of shops and businesses in both places have been produced by Teignbridge Council in partnership with Dawlish ...

A Devon film-maker has almost completed her work on an ambitious new movie. Diana Townsend, a Dawlish-based producer, has been working on a paranormal thriller set in South Devon. A crew of 25 members, including her husband and brother, have been working on Deadly Intent for the past few years. ...

FREE Sunday parking has been re-introduced in Teignmouth and Dawlish car parks for the winter - just in time for Remembrance Sunday. Both resorts have joined the successful scheme which sees all 35 of Teignbridge District Council’s car parks free of any charges on a Sunday. With numerous ...