Dawlish News

Tory Tessa Lawson resigned her position just hours after signing her Declaration of Acceptance of Office. It is believed personal circumstances led to her decision. Dawlish Town Council clerk John Winchester confirmed an election had been declared following Mra Lawson's resignation. If 10 ...

Police are urging drivers not to leave anything inside their vehicles after a significant spike in auto-crime. Insp Chris Shaw said "The problem has been exacerbrated by members of the plubic leaving vehicles unlocked and leaving valuable items on display in their vehicles overnight" He went on to ...

A retired heating engineer from Dawlish died after eating a gel sachet used in urin bottles. The 88 year-old was admitted to Dawlish hospital from his home in Holman Close. He ingested the sachet while in Dawlish hospital. He was treated immediately and then transferred to Torbay hospital where he ...

Supermarket giant Tesco's inquiry into it's store at the Exeter Road, Dawlish site will resume on Tuesday May 17th at 10am in Teignbridge Council Offices, Forde House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot. The inquiry initially opened in October but was adjourned after it overran. It was re scheduled for ...

Dawlish is among 17 areas to be given more power over what can be built and where. It's part of a pilot scheme to test the goverment's proposed radical shake-up of the planning system.

Up to 20 firefighters tackled a fire at a detached property called Saint Omer at The Humpy, Badlake Hill, Dawlish.The fire which started in the bathroom cracked windows and melted the shower. Two crews from Dawlish, Teignmouth and Newton Abbot dealt with the blaze. Neighbours heard the fire alarm ...

16 new affordable homes at the Sandpipers devolopment in Dawlish Warren has been acquired by Cornerstone. It's the second devolopment for Cornerstone in Dawlish. The homes will be rented out to people with local connection to Dawlish and the shared ownership houses are restricted to people living ...

Only two cygnets have been born and 12 eggs have disappeared. Staff at the Dawish town's aviary say they have never known a year like it and believe seagulls are to blame. Dawlish waterfowl warden Derek Porter said if the swans leave their nest the seagulls are there straight away, the eggs are ...

A 53 year-old youth leader from Kingskerswell has been arrested and released on police bail in connection with allegation of sexual abuse. Mike Stevens was arrested following an allegation of indecently assulting a boy under the age of 16. Mr Stevens championed the Red Rock youth and skills centre ...

Jason Jerome who lives in Dawlish with his girlfriend and her two children admitted arson at Exeter crown court and was given a two-year community order. Jerome became suicidal after given up his job as a fireman to become a house husband. His girlfriend restrained him after he doused himself in ...

A 18-year-old student studying Law stole a book valued at £230. Philip Smith lives with his grandmother in Dawlish and works as a barman at the Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish Warren. He had previously been reprimanded for burglary and theft after going to a former school and taking money from a ...

A man from Exeter has been banned from Dawlish as part of his bail conditions. Thomas Harding from Exeter pleaded guilty to assaulting two men occasioning them both actual bodily harm. The violent attack happened at the South Devon Inn, Strand Hill, Dawlish, last July. Harding is already ...

More than 100 people in Dawlish are waiting for allotments to become available. There are just 27 plots up for grabs. The lease on the Browns Brook site is due to expire in 2012. The town council will be giving an update at next month's meeting and warns new agreements could increase the current ...

Residents of Clovelly Rise, Dawlish have sent letters and photos to Dawlish Town Council complaining about trees which were felled to improve coastal views. The matter will be discussed at the council meeting tomorrow to find out who carried out the work and whether permission was sought.

A fire at a home in Dawlish left a total of 13 residents homeless. The fire broke out in a ground floor flat of the four-storey property in West Cliff. Firefighters rescued a married couple from a first floor balcony of the Victorian listed building. Paramedics treated five residents at the scene, ...

The council-owned Park Road building will end up costing electors £250,000 despite it lying unused for the last 12 months. Furious residents say they want an opology and have designed a placard bearing the image of a white elephant and handed it over to the council's finance and general purposes ...

A couple who bought the property 18 months ago for £1.7million are facing life on the edge after their garden crashed into the sea. The house in Dawlish, Devon was built by Nick Skilton, managering directon of Wessex Products. He was granted planning permission in 2005 for a four bedroom house ...

Network Rail has invested more than £8.5m over the last 10 years to protect the railway line along the Dawlish and Teignmouth coast line. Climate change experts have warned that sea levels could rise making the line more difficult to protect. An alternative line would cost about £100m and would ...

Spending cuts of £54 million by Devon County Council will affect every home in the country. Dawlish recycling centre will close in March as part of the £2.1 million cut on waste disposal. The nearest recycling centre will be Exeter or Newton Abbot which will be introducing new charges to recycle. ...

After years of planning Sainsbury's has confirmed construction work on its multi-million pound store at Shutterton will start soon. It's hoping to be trading by autumn.Nine months later new business units will be available for tenants bringing with them prospect of desirable new jobs. It is thought ...

A Dawlish man who went missing 25 years ago was never found. Police have re-opened an investigation into his disappearance. 24 year old Martyn Tucker lived in Exeter Road at the time he went missing, he also ran the Marine Stores with his wife. Martyn was last seen at around 11.30pm at the ...

Three pets that were found dead beside their smashed-up hutch in the garden of a Dawlish home are being investigated by the RSPCA and the police. The rabbit and two guinea pigs were left for three days while the owner visited family. The RSPCA believes the animals may have been strangled, or ...

A new dental practice is to open on the Shutterton Industrial Estate, Dawlish. It's great news for people in the area who whant to sign up to a N.H.S dentist. If you want to sign up contact N.H.S Devon's dental helpline on 0845 002 0034 or email devondentalhelpline@nhs.net. Oh and don't forget ...

You can't kid a minister, even in Kidderminster! According to the Herald Express, Paul Drury has been asked to be president of the largest Taekwon-do schools in the country. Drury travelled to Kidderminster to carry out belt testings for two schools: the Taekwon-Do Schools of Excellence and Black ...

Devon County Council has bought 100 pay-and-display parking meters at a cost of £290,000, despite being in the process of a public consultation. A lot of the new meters would replace some old ones. Drivers would be allowed 30 minutes free parking before being charged if the plan is approved.The ...

Police are warning dog owners to keep their dogs under control after two dogs have been destroyed after livestock were killed in the Teignbridge area. Other sheep in the Dawlish, Kenton and Easton have also been mained on farm land.

Exeter Crown Court were told a diary claimed to contain details of a major cocain trafficking ring. The accused Mathew Deny aged 46 was said to have used his Dawlish based furniture firm as a front for the £1.8 million drugs operation. Gerard Kirwan, Jason Payne and John Morton with Deny were also ...

A 70year-old pensioner from Dawlish has had charges against him dropped. The man pleaded not guilty to possessing a knife in a public place in Exeter at an earlier hearing at the Crown Court in October. The defendant did not attend the latest hearing at the Exeter Crown Court due to poor health and ...

Maintaining the climate-change-threatened rail line thtough Dawlish and Teignmouth was being taken seriously by both the rail industry and the goverment M.Ps have been told. 9million pound has been spent in recent years and Network Rail which is responsible for the track was continuing to invest ...

A TOTAL of 33 jobs in Brixham, Paignton and Dawlish have been saved by the sale of greengrocers Stokes. Argyle Trading Limited has bought the three stores, together with two others, from the troubled independent chain which went into administration last week. Argyle Trading is effectively a vehicle ...

300,000 pounds has been invested from the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust to set up a new mobile eye clinic. The vehicle will use the Barton car park for its monthly visits, the first being November 22nd &23rd. Three members of the specialist nursing team volunteered to train for their ...

According to the BBC, a further nine Stokes greengrocers have closed across the South West after failing to attract a buyer. The Bristol, Exeter, Falmouth, Honiton, Sherborne, Tavistock, Torquay, Totnes and Wadebridge stores have closed resulting in 72 redundancies. The company has now closed 20 ...

A blue Fiat Punto which failed to stop for a routine check in the Mamhead area was chased by police. The authorised chase ended in Barton Terrace, Dawlish, where a 20-year-old man was arrested and released on police bail until December 9th. A quantity of herbal cannabis was allegedly found on a ...

Two girls age 15 and 16 were rescued after being swept into raging seas. They were walking along the sea wall at Dawlish and were caught by waves and swept into the sea. Their screams were heard by Matthew Gribble from his flat in Riviera Terrace, Dawlish. Matthew and his friend Andrew Riches ran ...

Street lights will be turned off between 12.30am and 5.30am after councillors agreed a six-month trial. Area's to be exempt are Old Town Street, Park Road and Queen Street. Dawlish will join 25 towns in Devon.

Armed police, detectives and a police helicopter were involved in a search for two masked men who attempted to break into a shop. The search around Dawlish Warren which included The Oakcliff Holiday Park after two men made their getaway from the crime in a black Volo, shortly after midnight on ...

Sergeant Adam Swift was awarded the Military Cross for two seperate incidents in which he charged at Taliban positions. In October last year, he and his men lay hidden just 20m from five insurgents so they could watch what they were doing and allow a trapped group of comrades to escape. Five ...

A Dawlish man and two boys from Teignmouth age 16 and 17 have appeared in court accused of 'physically and mentally' torturing a cat. It is alleged the one-year-old cat was put in a microwave oven, tumble dryer and freezer. The case was adjourned until October 8th. The cat is being cared for by ...

Over 100 revellers attended an all-night party last Saturday at Easton Plantation off Orchard Lane Dawlish. Police were called to break up the party after complaints of noise that could be heard by people living in Dawlish Warren and Starcross. Police returned yesterday and found 13 men linked to ...

Dawlish Coaches go into liquidation with a loss of 37 jobs. Paignton-based Majestic Tours have transferred all bookings with Dawlish Coaches to other firms. The directors "reluctantly decided that they had no alternative but to put the company into voluntory liquidation"