Dawlish News

Headteachers today condemned the latest expansion of Government school league tables to cover results achieved by 14-year-olds as an “unnecessary irrelevance”. School standards minister David Miliband said that, for too long, too many pupils had “drifted” in the first three years of secondary ...

Dawlish Water Wheel Project has already come across the first unexpected problem. When lifting the wheel off the bearing housing it was found that both were broken in half. These will now need to be repaired, adding to the cost. This first phase should be completed early in the new year. The next ...

Opened in the early 80s, the factory made quiches, fruit pies and sponges that were sold to supermarkets, catering companies and hospitals. Last Friday, staff turned up at 9am as usual, only to find that they no longer had somewhere to work. Instead of going into the factory as normal they were ...

Spam – It’s the stuff that clogs up your inbox in the hope of selling you anything from the latest money spinning tool to plastic surgery. It's considered the biggest downside to the internet revolution. 90% of unsolicited email is from 200 spammers. 50-70% of email traffic across the world is ...

Owner of Black Country Properties, Simon Steel Perkins, said: `Black Country Properties Limited submitted the Planning Application on September 1, 2003, for the Regeneration of Shutterton Bridge after many months of pre-application local consultation, together with a considerable amount of research ...

Dawlish resident Jack Chadwick, raised more than £350 for the National Wheelchair Association, by leaping out of a perfectly good aeroplane.

The big 'Switch On' event was held on Monday evening, with the switch operated by Dawlish Carnival Claire Barnes and Dawlish Mayor Bill Forrow.

The town council planning committee gave several reasons for its refusal of the scheme by Joe and Margaret Adams for two houses and a garage in the garden of their property, at Channel View, off Fordens Lane. They said that the development would be dangerous on highways grounds, because of poor ...

The 31-strong fleet, now ranking amoung the largest in the South West, had been a family run business for half a decade employing 50 staff. But after a casual conversation between Neil Tomlinson, the prior owner, and John Weaver, the new managing director, the business is now in new hands. Mr ...

The manager at Dawlish Town Football Club is Chris Myers, a 34-year-old Torquay postman. "I'm very happy with this appointment," he said. Being ex-professional footballer whose has played for Exeter City, Torquay United, Dundee United and Dorchester he brings experience with me. Nigel Gooding the ...

The amendments to the order include deleting suggested restrictions at the west end of Barton Terrace, Barton Villas, Barton Crescent, and the retention of most of the parking at the east end of Barton Terrace and Stockton Hill. Spaces are being created in Brook Street, close to the Hedley Way ...

Local man Tom Ahearn rescues a girl from the sea near to Red Rock, while she was attempting to rescue her dog that had been swept in to the sea by a large wave. Tom was walking back from the Warren behind Miss Arwen Bird and saw she was lying face down in the water. took off his trousers, top, ...

Bryan Weston has interviewed people who lived in the village of Holcombe between 1900 and 1960. His new book, called Captured In Time - Memories Of A Devon Village, recounts the rural ways before 1965 when large-scale housing development trebled Holcombe's size and population. Mr Weston, 67, who ...

The capule contained a old 1p coin, The Dawlish Times 1881, The Methodist Recorder 1879 and The Western Morning News 1881. Mr Fey, the church steward, was delighted at the find and after spending some time studying the documents will pass them on to Exeter Library for archiving. The Dawlish ...

Water rates are at their highest in Dawlish, with many opting to switch to meters to try and reduce their bills, and others forking out over £1000 per year in rates. Whilst we are trying to conserve water, South West Water doesn't seem interested in fixing the leak in Westcliff Road. This has ...

The proposal has caused mixed feelings among locals with many sceptical about aspects of the proposal such as affordable housing. The southern part of the application site has had planning permission for over 10 years for employment use, but this has never been taken up, and overall the results of ...

Staff at Sefton Hall in Plantation Terrace called an ambulance shortly after 4.10pm on Sunday after finding the woman severely injured on the ground outside. She was later declared dead at the scene. Police think she may have fallen from an open window on the nursing home's third floor. A Devon ...

The proposal to extend double yellow lines along Barton Terrace has raised serious concern among residents and business owners. The difficulty of finding parking already and the implications on safety are the main concerns. Many residents have commented that parking acts as a natural speed control ...

The submission from Black Country Properties Ltd followed several months of consultation with the local community and statutory consultants (Environment Agency, English Heritage, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs , etc) and the result of this has been a plan with a mix of land uses ...

Situated in a large field adjacent to Warren Road, the Minisunburn music festival should have been the biggest event in the area for years with live bands, dance tents and specialised Mini cars on show, but the event ground to a halt on the second day of the three day event. (29 – 31/08/2003). ...

The Perseids are one of the best known annual meteor showers. Each year in mid-August, dust from the comet Swift-Tuttle falls on the Earth's northern hemisphere creating the light show. This year, the Perseids peak on August 13th. While the meteor shower is being somewhat obscured by the glare of a ...

The City Steam Jazz Band played to an ever growing crowd as their great repertoire pulled people in from all directions to the Lawn, Dawlish. Sweet Georgia Brown, Sweet Sue and Strutting with some bar-be-que were just some of the tracks heard by the enthralled crowd, with some breaking out in to a ...

Town Beach was briefly closed by Teignbridge District Council yesterday, since the water did not meet european standards for bathing. The beach was opened again Friday (15/08/2003) after the Environment agency passed the beach fit for bathing.

The weather predictions for the week show sunshine with some clouds. Next weekend (16th-17th), however, showers and storms are predicted. This may be a small setback for trade, but it will no doubt be a welcome break for asthma and alergy sufferers, some of whom have found the increase in air ...

The town’s beaches were packed with families soaking up the sun this weekend while the temperature has been rising ahead of the forthcoming carnival festivities next week. This years tourist season could be one of the best ever with the holiday parks, hotels and guesthouses fully booked. There are ...

A homeless couple, who were living in a tent in Dawlish until last week, are one of the first to acquire accommodation under a new scheme devised by the Teignbridge District Council. The council has always been concerned about the homeless in Teignbridge and until now has generally been able to ...

The Dave Rowlands fair which comes to town every year has been in Dawlish all week. The fair provides entertainment for all ages including crazy buildings to explore, a simulator and the rhythm dancer. Although the weather has continually threaten to turn The Lawn into a quagmire, the people have ...