Dawlish News

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 home ...

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 by ...

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 plans ...

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, ...

Park Home residents are celebrating the Mobile Home Act 2013 which forbids owners of Parks from being able to prevent residents selling their Mobile Homes to whoever they want at a price the two parties agree. Unscrupulous operators have in the past intervened telling prospective buyers that the ...

Police in Devon are seeking a 35-year-old man who is wanted for recall to prison following a conviction for drugs offences in 2011. Damian Pearce from Dawlish (pictured) is currently sought by police for breaching his prison licence when he was released. Officers says they are proactively following ...

An incident along the Exeter Road has caused serious disruptions to the traffic flow through the town this afternoon. Problems have been compounded by the collapsed wall at the bottom of Teignmouth Hill, and by the Strand Hill being closed off. Making matters worse, a white works van broke down at ...

Two schools are celebrating after being crowned as the best of their kind in the Westcountry. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg named Dawlish Community College as the best secondary school in the region and Widey Court Primary School in Plymouth as the best primary school. Both schools received a ...

A "manipulative" paedophile, caged for the sickening sexual abuse of a boy while sleeping over at his home, has had his potentially lifelong sentence quashed. Jade Cook, 23, "duped" a 13-year-old boy into performing oral sex on him, having accepted his parents' hospitality and lied about his age ...

A man with a cow slurry fetish has admitted threatening to kill a family who live at a farm where he has repeatedly rolled naked in animal muck. David Truscott, 43, formerly of Pengegon Parc, Camborne, Cornwall, is currently a patient at Langdon Hospital, Dawlish, Devon. He also admitted threatening ...

DCC's scheme - piloted in Ilfracombe, Ivybridge and Tiverton - has proved so successful it is now being expanded to a further eight towns, including Dawlish and Teignmouth. The sessions offer those seeking work or claiming benefits up to two hours' free computer and internet access each Friday. The ...

All Year 11 students are expected to attend all lessons as normal up to and including THURSDAY 23rd MAY , when students will leave the College at the end of the English Literature exam, at approximately 3:30pm. Students are still required to attend normal classes/revision sessions after this date ...

The Transport Secretary is due to visit South Devon today. Patrick McLoughlin will have a chance to see the coastal railway line at Dawlish and discuss possible investment. The line was damaged in the recent floods and there are fears for its future in the face of erosion. He'll then visit ...

SOUTH Devon police raided a property in Elm Grove Road, Dawlish, and seized what's believed to be £1,400 of heroin. "It was another great result for us," said a police spokesman for the South Devon Proactive Unit, who led the raid. "It's another £1,400 of drugs off of our streets. We will keep going ...

The Fire Service received a call from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to a seagull trapped on a flat roof at the above location. One fire appliance from Teignmouth attended. Fire crews released one seagull from third floor flat roof using a ladder and small tools. The care ...

Data from every school in Devon shows that 94.9% of students at Dawlish Community College continued on into some form of learning after leaving our school compared to just 91.9% of students from other schools. In addition just 1.1% of our students did not go into further education, employment or ...

Motorists are being advised that the road through Dawlish Strand will be closed for around two weeks from Monday (29 April) as work on the £1.5million regeneration of the Strand continues. The road will be closed for reconstruction and resurfacing, which is expected to be completed by Friday 10 May. ...

A couple who re-painted their 17th Century Devon house a vivid shade of pink have been told the touch-up was illegal. Teignbridge District Council said any alterations made to a listed building must have "listed building consent". Owner Ann Kennedy said the cottage in Kennford has "always been this ...

A TRAIN travelling through South Devon had to be evacuated after a stone was thrown at one of its carriage windows. The missile shattered the window glass as the train was travelling through Dawlish on Saturday. "It is thought the stone was thrown at the train from the beach. Officers attended the ...

The 60- bed Dewnans Centre at Langdon Hospital on the outskirts of Dawlish was completed within its budget and on time. The hospital provides secure accommodation and treatment for people with a wide variety of mental health and learning disabilities. 60 beds in four wards along with a range of ...

Date: 23/04/2013 Time: 18:11 Location: A379 junction of Southdown Road, Dawlish, Devon. Area: Western County: Devon Request from ambulance to assist them with a road traffic collision on the A379 at the junction with Southdown Road, Dawlish. 1 fire appliance from Dawlish and 1 from Teignmouth ...

The Sunburnt Arms the pub with the chequered past is to reopen under new ownership and will close at midnight. The new landlord said the pub is unlikely to open for several months as substantial work is being carried out including the inside being rebuilt. She said the aim is to create a family ...

Three drug warrants have been executed in the town in the last few weeks, all uncovered illegal drugs, including heroin. Officers are also looking into ways to crack down on anti-social behaviour. A public meeting in April which police are organising will mean residents can raise issues directly. ...

Fire crews were called to an address in Dawlish to test levels of carbon monoxide after reports of the dangerous gas in the air on Sunday morning. They attended a property in Churchill Avenue with a gas detector. A man at the address was reported to feel light headed. Read more:

Plans to to set up a site for travellers in Devon which is "the first of its kind" have been approved. The site at Haldon Hill, just off the A38 near Exeter, has been used by travellers illegally for 11 years. Teignbridge District Council planning committee has now approved a purpose-built site, ...

A man who threatened to shoot a bus driver with a fake gun has been jailed after breaking his suspended sentence. Mark Ellis, 37, from Henty Avenue, in Dawlish, in Devon, told passengers "maybe I should shoot the driver", Exeter Crown Court heard. The threat followed a dispute with the driver ...

DAWLISH and Teignmouth Camera Club hosted a friendly, but competitive, competition between four camera clubs in South Devon. A packed audience from all four clubs welcomed judge Brian Galbraith, president of the Western Counties Photographic Federation, which embraces over 100 clubs from across ...

A Devon woman was "absolutely horrified" to find two courier bags containing patients' medical records on a busy road. Jo Bell, from Dawlish, spotted the bags on the A379 near Powderham Castle, near Exeter, on Wednesday afternoon. She said they appeared to have been in transit from Torbay Hospital ...

Request from the RSPCA to assist them in the rescue of a bird which was trapped in netting in Mariners Court, Dawlish. 1 fire appliance from Teignmouth was mobilised to the incident. On arrival crews requested the assistance of the aerial ladder platform, this was sent on from Torquay. Crews ...

Call received from staff at the Langstone Cliff Hotel, Warren Road in Dawlish Warren, Devon to reports of a fire at the rear of the premises. 1 fire appliance from Dawlish and 1 from Teignmouth were mobilised to the incident. On arrival crews found a fire at the rear of the Hotel involving the plant ...

South West Water and the Environment Agency are working to improve Dawlish brook by clearing the silted up waterway which runs through the centre of the town to the sea. A computer-generated model of how the water flows from higher up outside the town all the way to the beach will be created. ...

Assurances by Prime Minister David Cameron that the vulnerable railway line at Dawlish will get investment to ensure it is protected in the future. MP Anne Marie Morris told Mr Cameron that traveller numbers on the coastal railway are growing fast and is also important to local tourism. Urgent ...

A TOUGH inspection has won unanimous praise for South Devon's ambulance crews. The rigorous Care Quality Commission independent inspection took place unannounced during four days this January. It found universal praise for staff from patients and fellow healthcare professionals across the South ...

Part of the cliff at Ness Cove collapsed and blocked a pedestrian tunnel leaving the women, one of whom is pregnant woman, unable to leave. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service told BBC News the two women, who had a dog with them, were not thought to be injured. Coastguards were alerted to the ...

Heavy rain in Devon overnight caused a 15m (49ft) long section of wall to collapse on to a main road in Dawlish. Devon County Council said it happened on the A379 at the bottom of Teignmouth Hill. Highways crews are at the scene investigating the damage.

Dawlish Leisure Centre is set to rock to the sounds of swing when one of the South West's biggest bands comes to town. The Teignbridge District Council-owned leisure centre is putting on a charity concert featuring AJ Big Band on Saturday 6 April from 7.30pm. The event – the first of its kind for ...

A SERIES of Flood Alerts was issued across South Devon on Thursday afternoon. The Environment Agency say flooding is possible for the Totnes, Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dartmouth and Torbay areas on Thursday and Friday. A Flood Alert has been issued for the South Devon Coast at Beesands, Torcross, ...

Business people, landlords, retailers and community group representatives joined a workshop with town centre manager Emma Kay and came up with 100 ideas for improving the town's fortunes. The main themes revolve around improved marketing, parking issues, ways to use empty shop units and starting an ...

HOSPITAL staff are appealing to families and friends wanting to visit patients in Paignton and Dawlish hospitals to stay away to help reduce the spread of the winter sickness bug Norovirus. Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust, which runs community hospitals in the area, has put ...