Dawlish News

THE Dawlish Airshow will be featured on national television during a new series next week. The airshow, and the problems of dealing with its huge crowds, will be part of Thursday's episode of the series The Railway: First Great Western on Channel 5 at 8pm. Read more:

A DAWLISH footballer had to pull out of the squad after he was bitten by a venomous spider. Steve Harris (pictured) , 22, was forced to undergo an emergency operation at Torbay Hospital after being bitten by a false black widow, one of the most poisonous spiders in the country. He said: "When I woke ...

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has approved plans for up to 350 homes on farmland to the east of Dawlish in Devon after ruling that the local council could not demonstrate a five year housing land supply in line with national policy requirements. See more...

Dawlish Barca 2, Honiton Troopers 1 Honiton Troopers Under-9s were edged out in a close encounter, writes Dave Haysom. Troopers started strongly with Lewis Clyburn, Peter Osborne and Harvey Haysom working hard in midfield and creating chances for Louie Stevens. With some solid defending from Jess ...

Fire crews were sent to Dawlish on Sunday after reports of a fire in Iddesleigh Terrace. The incident happened at 6.10pm. Read more:

On Saturday 28th September around 1945 5 youths were seen throwing nails onto the main road by Marine Garage and the turning down to Dawlish Warren. This is extremely dangerous and could easily cause an accident. Did anyone else see this? Any information regarding this please PM or call 101 Crime ...

It was a truly memorable end to the Triathlon Season at Dawlish on Sunday for the N1 Tri Club and all the emphasis was on teamwork. The race was in fact a duathlon comprising of a 4km run followed by a 21 km cycle and finally a 5.8 km run as the rough sea meant swimming was unsafe. The club attended ...

Please be aware of the adverse weather, the dip by The Smugglers is flooded and also other areas around Dawlish. These have been reported and hopefully should be getting sorted. Please drive at a sensible speed and increase your breaking distances.

An update on what's happening at Dawlish Community College. See more...

A DISHONEST maintenance man put the safety of tenants in Dawlish at risk by carrying out illegal gas safety checks. Adrian Hunt, 42, ran a property maintenance business, but carried out compulsory safety checks on rented domestic properties when he was not qualified to do so. He has been given a ...

Date: 16/09/2013 Time: 08:25 Location: Church Street, Dawlish Area: Western County: Devon The Fire Service received a call reporting a fire in a property at the above location.  One fire appliance from Dawlish and one fire appliance from Teignmouth attended. Fire crews confirmed a fire involving an ...

District leaders were due yesterday to discuss plans to provide a new £2.5million country park in Dawlish. When EU protected wildlife sites such as Dawlish Warren are threatened by an increasing population, the law requires that steps are taken to reduce the impact. Because of the increase number of ...

Hosted by Karen Duxbury-Watkinson ( @KDWScience ), Nann Stimpson (@NannStimpson) and our compere for the evening Mr Pete Reeves Our first Teach Meet is happy to announce the fabulous Nina Jackson ( @musicmind ) as our keynote speaker. Who will help launch your teaching into space. If you would like ...

The 113 bus from Tavistock to Dawlish in Devon takes passengers on a scenic route through Dartmoor, and runs just three times a year See more...

Fire appliances from Dawlish and Teignmouth were mobilised to a report of a fire in a first floor flat in High Street in Dawlish. Upon arrival crews crews gained entry and rescued two persons from the flat who were suffering from smoke inhalation from a fire involving an electrical cooker. They used ...

AQUARIUS DEVON UNDER 13 BOYS CUP First Round (to be played on or before September 15): St Martins Youth v Tiverton Town Youth; Roselands Youth v Waldon Athletic Youth; Okehampton Argyle Youth v Eastside Youth; Kingskerswell Colts v West Hill Juniors; Dawlish United Youth v Bovey Tracey Youth; Signal ...

Police say two men from the Teignbridge area are on their 'most wanted' list and warned the public not to approach them. Drugs dealer Damien Pearce 36 is known to have been living in the Dawlish area and has had class A dealing connections in Teignmouth. Another man Aaron Elliott-Smith, sought by ...

The Princess Royal met staff, patients, architects and construction workers on a 45-minute tour of the Dewnans Centre. The Princess opened the state-of-the-art medium secure unit at Langdon Hospital, Dawlish which cost £27million. Source: Dawlish Post

Date: 05/08/2013 Time: 09:52 Location: B3381, Black Forest Lodge, Mamhead nr Exeter Area: Central County: Devon Our Co-Responders from Dawlish, together with a fire appliance from Teignmouth, were mobilised following a request from Ambulance for our assistance to a one vehicle RTC, no persons ...

Next month children's entertainment and live music will be laid on in Dawlish and Teignmouth in an aim to lure shoppers into the towns. Teignmouth's will be on a Wednesday, Tuesday's are being set aside for Dawlish, except for carnival week. The activities for Dawlish will be at Red Rock. On August ...

Unless cash can be found quickly Dawlish Museum could be forced to close. The museum which is home to  the late Bill Millin's famous D-Day bagpipes made a loss of £5,000 last year, bad weather was to blame also the increase of utility and insurance bills. The heating bill for the start of this year ...

A man with a cow slurry fetish who threatened to kill a farmer who banned him from his land is to undergo a new psychiatric assessment, a judge ruled. David Truscott, 43, was remanded to Langdon Hospital in Dawlish, Devon, in May after admitting threatening to kill the Cornish family on whose farm ...

Teignbridge Council will not give permission for the carnival procession nor the pram race to take place without the training of 45 marshals ahead of the events. No volunteers have come forward despite repeated requests from the organisers. This year the route of the procession has been changed and ...

AN INVESTIGATION is under way after a 47-year-old construction worker from Liskeard was crushed by a forklift truck. John Small died from injuries he sustained during the incident at a construction site in Dawlish, Devon, on Friday, June 28. A rapid response team, ambulance and air ambulance were ...

An elderly woman has been taken to hospital with “serious injuries” after a being hit by an out-of-control car outside her home. Emergency services were called to the cul-de-sac at Gatehouse Close in Dawlish just before 12noon today. The air ambulance was called for and the victim, who is in her ...

An accident involving a 9 year-old girl and a car has occurred adjacent to the Tourist Information Office. The Air Ambulance is in attendance. Drivers are advised to avoid the town centre.

Date: 09/07/2013 Time: 11:53 Location: Gatehouse Close, Dawlish Area: Western County: Devon One appliance from Dawlish was mobilised to reports fo an RTC at the above location. On arrival an RTC was discovered involving one car that had gone into the side of a house. All persons were free and clear ...

Dawlish carnival organisers are appealing for more sponsors to come forward to support the annual event. Last year the carnival still lost £8,000 despite cutting cost to try to reduce the losses. The committee's efforts to keep the carnival in the black are not helped by red tape. The disco where ...

A fire at baily's Chip Shop, several Fire Appliances in attendance.

The Fire Service were called to reports of a road traffic collision.  Two appliances from Dawlish and Teighmouth were mobilised to this incident. Upon arrival crews confirmed no persons trapped and made the vehicle safe. See more...

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 ...