Dawlish News

Scruffy was found abandoned in the Luscombe Hill area of Dawlish. He was dumped from a white panelled van late afternoon on the 12th April. He was in a very poor state with sores on his back and sides, he is healing nicely now with the care of the RSPCA. Anyone with any information please ...

A convicted murderer attacked a nurse with a rock after being moved from jail to a mental hospital and allowed to go on a shopping trip. Steven Wills became angry after nurse Millie Davis ordered him back to the hospital at Dawlish because he had broken the rules and walked away on his own. He ...

TWO South Devon county councillors have been given new roles in a reshuffle. Devon County Council leader Cllr John Hart has completed a mini cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of schools and learning chief Christine Channon. Devon County Council deputy leader and Dawlish councillor, ...

The first neighbourhood plan is due to be submitted for independent examination later this month. The Dawlish Parish Neighbourhood Plan will be examined by an inspector on 23rd and 24th April. The Plan has been drawn up by a steering group of local representatives and aims to set out the local ...

Shane Hobbs, of Dawlish Warren, Devon, was jailed for 16 months after admitting sexual assault on one woman and common assault on a second during the incident in February, this year. Hobbs, 26, was captured on CCTV laughing as he walked away from his shocked victim after thrusting his fist down ...

Dawlish was cordoned off for several hours yesterday (Sunday 1st April) after a black briefcase was left outside of the Natwest Bank, Brookdale Terrace. Traffic was prevented from coming in and out of Dawlish and trains were delayed after the bomb disposal squad was called in from Devonport. A ...

The alleged sexual assault happened on Tuesday March 20th between about 1pm and 2pm near the bird sanctuary area of Dawlish Warren beach. Police are keen to speak to or identify four men all dressed in black and may have been in the company of a teenage girl. 1) A white man about 5ft 8ins in ...

A NEW local plan for Dawlish could take an important step forward next month as the locally prepared Neighbourhood Plan for the town goes to an independent public examination. The town is one of the first in the country to pioneer the Neighbourhood Planning system, which enables a Steering Group ...

Dawlish could be set to get more funds for town centre improvements as Teignbridge District Council bids for money from the Government’s £1million Portas fund. The fund was established following a review of high street health by retail guru Mary Portas, and will offer 12 communities a share of the ...

A worker at a holiday park suffered serious injuries when an "inadequate" trench he was working in collapsed on top of him. The park's operators have been ordered to pay more than £7,000 after Grzegorz Waluszkowski suffered multiple injuries in July 2010. he 40-year-old was helping to lay a ...

Teignbridge District Council (TDC) estimates 14,800 new properties need to be built over 20 years to cope with the growth in population. But protesters, who signed a petition, said figures had been over-estimated and would create a "concrete jungle". The petition was handed to the council as ...

A railway tunnel should be built under a hill near Exeter to divert the main line away from a vulnerable coastline route, a Devon MP has said. The line at Dawlish, which goes along the town's sea wall, can be hit by high waves. Plymouth Moor View Labour MP Alison Seabeck said a tunnel under ...

From the young couple looking to take their first step onto the housing ladder to the growing family needing more bedrooms and space – Bovis Homes will have something for everyone at their new developments currently being built across Devon. The national housebuilder has a proud history of ...

Three Devon hospitals have been criticised by the health watchdog, following unannounced inspections. Whipton Hospital in Exeter, Langdon Hospital in Dawlish and Penhayes House Hospital in Kenton care for patients with learning disabilities. Following the inspections late last year, the Care ...

Meet the man who has one of Britain's most unusual job combinations – piano tuner to the stars and fearless firefighter. Robert Porch is a professional piano tuner who is regularly being called on for top musicians such as Elton John, Matt Bellamy of rockers Muse, Shirley Bassey and Chris de ...

Dawlish-based Teignmouth Maritime Services Ltd will attempt to recover one of Teignmouth's best-known trawlers after she ran aground and capsized in waters off her home port. A rescue operation is continuing to refloat the Girl Rona which overturned after hitting a sandbank at the mouth of the ...

Police have issued an urgent appeal for help in tracing a man who may have information about alleged incidents of deception thefts. South Devon detectives want to speak to a man after two pensioners fell victim to a doorstep conman. Police are probing two incidents where a man convinced elderly ...

Five Exmouth Harriers took part in the Dawlish Coasters’ organised ‘Oh my obelisk!’ race, writes Dev Eveleigh. The event follows a tough, hilly and off-road 11 mile course that takes runners up out of Dawlish to the obelisk that can usually be picked out at the left hand end of Haldon Forest when ...

Colaton Raleigh were edged out by the odd goal in five at Dawlish United In a game dominated by the windy conditions, Raleigh trailed 3-0 at half-time. It was a very different story after the break with Raleigh having the benefit of the elements. Goals from Adrian Parr and Jake Boyland set ...

A dog owner was rescued by a passer-by after jumping into the sea to save his pet. The man leapt into the sea at Dawlish, Devon, at about 12:30 GMT to save his springer spaniel. But he was soon struggling in the rough water and was pulled out by a passer-by who had thrown him a life ring. The dog ...

A fake dentist who conned elderly patients into paying up to £1,400 for wonky sets of false teeth has been condemned as a charlatan by a judge. Stephen Sickelmore, 52, posed as a qualified professional when he visited patients all over Devon and Cornwall and took impressions of their mouths. But ...

Upottery slipped to a 3-0 defeat at Division Three leaders Dawlish United. Villagers boss Dan Prettejohn was clear as to why his side had produced a below–par performance. He said: “It was out first game since late November and that’s almost like starting the season again after such along lay-off! ...

One of the widest reaching consultations in Teignbridge District Council history reaches its next stage this week as the council seeks public views on the latest version of its 20 year plan for the area. The existing plan is now 15 years old and needs urgent updating if local communities are to ...

A watchdog committee set up by Teignbridge Council has recommended that the Leisure Centre at Sandy Lane could benefit from a rethink about how its internal spaces are used. Cllr Alan Connett said "There is an opportunity to improve and encourage more users to the centre" If it gets the go ahead ...

The Gollywhoppers, from Dawlish, will be appearing in a special concert to celebrate one of most enduring combination of instruments the fiddle and the banjo on Friday, January 20th 2012. It will feature a great triple bill of Stompin’ Dave & Edward Bennett, Kate Lisauer and The Gollywhoppers. ...

More than £400,000 is being spent on repairing flood defences which protect homes along a Devon estuary. A 200m stretch of defences is being repaired at Dawlish Warren by the Environment Agency. Rock-filled baskets along the sand dunes act as the "backbone" to protect the warren from the sea, a ...

22 year-old Jordon Clark who subjected his partner to a sadistic attack has been jailed for three years. Clark, of Piermont Place, Dawlish pushed his way into mother-of-three Carla Ryding's home at 4am and subjected her to a terrifying ordeal. He punched her in the face, headbutted her, broke her ...

Mother-of-two Charlotte O'Brien from Second Avenue, Dawlish has been spared jail and sent home for Christmas with her children. O'Brien made a full confession to cocaine dealing and revealed how she had done it to pay off debts run up from her own addiction to amphetamines. Halfway through a ...

THE Military Wives are set to march to the top of the Christmas charts this weekend — and their single has been flying off the shelves of South Devon. The song features reluctant star Michelle Van Crugton. Her husband, Lee, was born in Dawlish and her family still live there, as well as in Newton ...

The body of a man in his 40's has been found by a member of the public in a car at Dawlish Warren. Police Officers arrived at the scene and the man was confirmed dead. The body is understood to be that of a man who has been reported missing from Wales. The death is not been treated as suspicious. ...

In a £17,000 burglary at a detached house in Mamhead, near Dawlish, more than 40 items of jewellery were taken, including sentimental inherited pieces. A window was forced and the burglars made a very untidy search of all the rooms, including the nursery which was ransacked. Other items stolen ...

A Dawlish man appearing at Exeter Crown Court today for carrying out illegal dentistry practices has been warned he could face a possible prison sentence. Following an investigation by Devon County Council’s Trading Standards Service, Mr Stephen Sickelmore, 52, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing ...

PLANS are under way to make Teignbridge a premier cycling destination. Major players got together in an innovative new cycling forum aimed at promoting the district as the place to be for cyclists. The forum, led by Teignbridge Council, has been declared a success and more discussions are set to ...

Bank United were edged out by the odd goal in three by Black Swan, Dawlish in an eventful Sunday League game. Bank made the perfect start when a move begun by James Armstrong saw Phil Sanders set off on a mazy ruin that ended with him crossing for Dan Jones to fire his side ahead. The home side ...

A DRAFT plan for the future of Teignbridge looks set to be published for public consultation in January following approval by Teignbridge District Council’s Executive. Known as the ‘Preferred Options Core Strategy’, the draft plan shows where new jobs, green spaces and other improvements could be ...

Gould, 28, of Parkham Road, Brixham, admitted affray and attempted wounding and was made subject to a hospital order by Judge Phillip Wassall. The judge told him: "It was a truly murderous and sustained attack. You were intent on stabbing him. It was a frenzied attack which was only unsuccessful ...

SHE was labelled the mother-in-law from hell after a vitriolic email she wrote about her son's "uncouth and ill-mannered" bride was sent around the world and became an internet sensation. But yesterday the couple went ahead and tied the knot without upper-crust Carolyn Bourne, who had castigated ...

£2million will be invested in Lady's Mile Holiday Park. A planning application has been submitted to Teignbridge Council to erect 200 solar panels at the park. 45 luxury lodges and a new childrens splash park will also be added. The first of 45 new lodges are due for delivery in January. Tesco ...

A DOG was rescued after a large team of firefighters were called to West Cliff, Dawlish last night. The incident, in which the dog fell six feet down the cliff, happened at 7.10pm. Read More:

Police are appealing for information about an assault that took place on Saturday, October 22 at around 9.15pm in the Dawlish Delights takeaway in the resort's Brunswick Place. During what police described as an unprovoked assault, a 27-year-old local man suffered a suspected broken nose after he ...