Dawlish News

Concern has been expressed by a Judge after a decision by city magistrates allowed a convicted arsonist to roam the streets. Martin Cooper,33,of Meadow Road Dawlish admitted starting a blaze in Dawlish in 2006,he was given a community order with mental health requirement. Cooper appeared at ...

Stuart Glanville was last seen at his home in Luscombe Terrace Dawlish on Sunday. He had visited his father in Newton Abbot earlier that day. Stuart is 45years old, 5ft 8ins tall with brown hair and it is believed he was wearing blue jeans and a denim jacket. Anyone with any information should ...

An accident involving a car and a motorcycle has partially blocked the Exeter Road at Dawlish. The accident on the A379 outside Marine Garage is causing disruption to traffic in both directions.

A man from the Newton Abbot area has been charged with two offences of assaulting a police officer and one of public order. The incident occurred in a Dawlish pub on Tuesday. David Williams will appear before South Devon magistrates on Tuesday, June 24th.

Powderham Castle is to lose its licence to host weddings after its owner refused to allow two gay men to hold a civil partnership ceremony there. Lord Devon reportedly said the request for the marriage at Powderham Castle clashed with his religious beliefs. Devon County Council investigated and ...

Mark Stevens has not been seen since May 18th. He sometimes goes by the name of James Sparkes. Police are concerned for Marks welfare. The 33-year-old is white, 5ft 10ins tall and of medium build, he has short brown hair and a fair complexion. At the time Mark went missing it is thought he was ...

Exeter's Paris Street and High Street have been closed to traffic whilst shops are being evacuated after reports of an explosion at the Giraffe Restaurant in Princesshay. A force spokesman said firearms officers have been sent to the scene as well as specialist search teams. The spokesman added ...

Floodwater as deep as four feet closed attractions at the Lady's Mile Holiday Park in Dawlish at the weekend. Jason Jeffery the park operator is threatening to withhold his business rates after suffering his third flood in the space of a year. Mr Jeffery blamed inadequate road drains for the ...

The much anticipated £27,000 revival of the Manor Gardens play area at Dawlish opened this week. It's the end of a long voyage as the new pirate ship play equipment is installed after the two month journey from the U.S.A. to England. In an arson attack last year much of the play park was ...

Teignbridge Council granted itself planning permission for a scheme which is planned to alleviate flooding at Hazelwood camping and Chalet Park. The storm pumping station will turn itself on automatically when the Park is in imminent danger of being flooded. As soon as risk of flooding has ...

Friends and family of a missing Dawlish woman are appealing for her to make contact. Gillian Roberts, 54, was reported missing by friends on Tuesday evening after she failed to answer her door at around 9pm. She is described as 5ft 11in tall and of slim build. She has short blonde hair and ...

Tesco has confirmed it has dropped its controversial plans to build a store at Sandy Lane, Dawlish. The land at Sandy Lane which is used by Dawlish Town Football Club is no longer a consideration. The company has said it will be unveiling plans for a store at another site within the next few ...

An open evening next month will show Ideas for the development of Dawlish town centre over the next five to 10years. Consultancy firm Yellow Book was commissioned by the Dawlish Community Trust to carry out the study to develop a strategy for the future of the town. The master plan for Dawlish ...

A meeting with Network Rail and HM Railway Inspectorate to discuss access for emergency vehicles to Dawlish Warren was described as "exceptionally positive" by Teignbridge MP Richard Younger-Ross. At the moment the only access to the Warren is through a small tunnel which fire engines and ...

Dawlish is to have a open air ice rink for the three day May Day bank holiday from 3rd to 5th of May. The town council chipped in £1,000 towards the hire charge. The rink is organised by the Dawlish Chamber of Commerce at the cost of £4,000. It is hoped it will attract thousands of visitors to ...

A Revamp for Dawlish costing at least £200,000 has been earmarked by Teignbridge District Council as a "starting point" to revitalise the centre of Dawlish. The bandstand on the Lawn will be replaced by a multi-functional building which will be a performance stage, bandstand and information point. ...

Dawlish is on alert following the bird flu outbreak in Dorset and there are fears it could delay the famous black swans breeding programme. Mayor of Dawlish, Rosalind Prowse, said the town, famous for its wild birds and waterfowl including four black swans, would be on standby over the weekend.The ...

There are fears of a major slump in tourism if the sand on Dawlish Warren beach does not return this summer. The locals believe the sand has drifted across the estury to Exmouth, leaving just grit and bedrock. Shifting sands are part of the long-term erosion of the Warren, including sand dunes ...

Huge quantities of sand at Dawlish Warren's beach is thought to have been blown away and washed over to neighbouring Exmouth. It is feared it could leave the area vulnerable to flooding and also damage the local tourist industry. The Environment Agency said consultants were looking into the ...

A 62year old man was rushed to Torbay Hospital with a suspected fractured skull after a hammer attack which involved a 93year old man. At least six police officers, including a dog handler and a scene-of-crime officer attended the scene at 9.30am at the Lanherne Sheltered Housing Flats in ...

The playing fields at Sandy Lane Dawlish are dear to the heart of many town residents. Tesco is considering putting forward planning application to build a supermarket there. A group of residents set up Dawlish Against Developing Sandy Lane (dads) in September are trying to stop plans going ...

An outspoken campaigner from Dawlish is quitting Britain claiming 'spy cameras' are driving him out of the country. Keith Sharp, 69, is moving thousands of miles away to Argentina saying he is tired of being spied on.The divorced author and retired journalist of Barton Crescent is planning a more ...

Following a report in yesterdays Express & Echo, a Dawlish man has written a letter stating the speed cameras were sited illegally therefore he and others were found not guilty. He also said Dawlish Town Council spent more than £80,000, not £60,000 on the surveillance cameras which do not work at ...

Dawlish will feature in a national documentary about the controversy surrounding speed and spy cameras. The documentary will be shown on channel five in the spring. Dom Joly recently visited Dawlish to film the two episodes. The first will look at the notorious speed camera in the neighbouring ...

Dawlish Town shocked Truro by putting 5 goals past them in their match at Sandy Lane to win the match 5-2. The result will help their ambition to finish in the top 2 places and gain promotion to the Southern League.

A 77-year-old Dawlish man was left bleeding on the pavement as yobs ran off. The man, who was on his way to work as Santa in a Torquay Department Store, was dressed in 'civvies' and was about to go into a convenience store in Dawlish when he was harassed by six teenagers outside the store. The ...

Both Tesco and Sainsbury's are going head-to-head in a bid to win the custom of Dawlish Shoppers. Tesco wants to build a store on the football pitch at Sandy Lane, while Sainsbury's has now announced it wants to build a store and petrol station on land next to the Shutterton Industrial Estate. ...

At the end of a two-day public consulation and exhibition held at the Langstone Cliff Hotel Dawlish Warren members of the public who attended made well aware their feelings against Tesco building a supermarket on the football pitch at sandy lane. A representative from Tesco's said that the two-day ...

Dawlish Town chairman Dave Fenner said a new stadium would be a boost for the club. Fenner said "we have spent quit a bit of time with local architects designing a stadium for the future which would get us into the conference. Dawlish may be handed the opportunity to move because Tesco's want to ...

Supermarket giants Tesco have unveiled ambitious plans for a store in Dawlish. But confirmation that the company hopes to establish a supermarket on playing fields at Dawlish Football Club in Sandy Lane have sparked complaints from residents. And Dawlish mayor Rosalind Prowse said: "This is the ...

A motorcyclist was taken to hospital after a collision with a car last night.The 22-year-old local man is said by police to have "potentially serious" injuries following the accident on the A379 road at Dawlish just before 7.30pm. Police have begun an investigation into how the Suzuki GSXR6 and ...

The Bank Holiday getaway descended into chaos for thousands of travellers yesterday after a gunman fired shots at a police car on a major motorway route. Motorists were stuck in tailbacks on the M5 for most of the day, with further misery caused by an overturned lorry on the popular stretch to ...

Fire crews have been pumping several feet of water from the basements of businesses and homes in the Torbay area as torrential rain caused flash flooding in Dawlish and other parts of Devon today. Affected areas include Dawlish, Torquay, Paignton, Brixham and Kingswear. This has resulted in the ...

According to a resident in North Curry, near Taunton, a Black Swan has been spotted on a nearby canal. "My husband and I have seen a black swan with other white swans on the canal below North Curry - near New Bridge. It is regularly there." "Perhaps it is one of the missing Dawlish swans - my ...

The RAF display team delighted crowds attending the Carnival on Thursday as Red Arrows turn the sky true union jack colours. Mary Mugford, of Dawlish Town Council, stated: "I don't think there is a carnival anywhere in the South West which has an aerobatics display like this one." "We have had ...

World famous Thai boxer Arjarn Sken Kaewpadung kept his audience 'spellbound' at a packed seminar hosted by Paul Drury's Black Belt Academy in Dawlish. Master Sken, who moved to this country from Thailand 30 years ago, passed on his skills to enthusiasts from as far away as Cornwall and Yorkshire, ...

Police have cancelled an £80 fine issued to a man in April for using a swastika on a leaflet. Keith Sharp, 68, from Dawlish, Devon, had been given the fixed penalty notice after putting 4,000 leaflets through doors complaining about a local increase in CCTV cameras. Police reconsidered after the ...

Police have arrested a 25-year-old man from Dawlish on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following a fatal collision at Ideford on Friday afternoon on the 10th August 2007. The collision, which involved two vehicles, occurred shortly after 2pm, and left a woman dead at the scene. ...

An unauthorised financial consultant who mishandled £40,000 given to him by a farmer who already had debts of more than £200,000 from the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak has been given a suspended jail term. At Exeter Crown Court 63-year-old Harold Bell, from Teignmouth, admitted four charges of ...

Devon's unseasonably cool and wet summer weather is starting to hit tourist businesses in the back pocket.Ice cream parlours and other businesses in Dawlish Warren say the persistent rain is keeping tourists away. This time last year, the resort was packed with visitors, but it currently resembles a ...