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A tragedy but totally ridiculous. Doesn't common sense tell you not to go too close to the edge?

Dawlish News
Dawlish News
yesterday at 18:49

Network Rail revealed today that a new risk assessment of the area is under way and ‘all options’ will be considered. Albina and her mother Inna moved to the UK after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and had settled well into life in the town, where Albina attended Dawlish College. Read more... ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is planning to implement monitoring of the bank accounts of all individuals receiving pension credit, universal credit, and employment and support allowance. Publishers Benefits and Work have reported that almost 9 million claimant bank accounts will be monitored.13 hours ago. The government's amendment is such that it would have the powers to access ...

see also https://dawlish.com/thread/details/48431

2 days ago

Risk to the wider estuary will increase due to the combined effects of climate change and the spit gradually losing its wave barrier function following the removal of structures prior to 2049 Risk Management Authorities, utilities, infrastructure providers and stakeholders need to be aware of risks and plan for this eventuality From; ...

See below for the reasons why these three fields were originally dismissed by TDC as not being suitable for development. Has anything changed re the reasons why they should not be developed? Not as far as I am aware. These fields only reappeared as being an option because the landowners and developers with an interest in developing land in Dawlish objected to them being left out given as no land ...

STAFF and students at Dawlish College have raised more than £4,500 for a charity which aims to tackle the rate of sudden cardiac death among young people. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/students-and-staff-take-aim-and-help-boost-charity-652985

Sefton Hall received the rating for their approach to care by Meaningful Care Matters, who praised the team for creating a homely environment and the care home manager for her 'second to none' leadership skills. Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/care-home-excellent-rating-652794

The second phase of the Dawlish sea wall's construction, which was completed in May , won two awards at the ICE South West Civil Engineering Awards. The project won the top Showcase Award, in addition to the Over £8m Re-engineered Award. Read more... https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2023/11/dawlish-sea-wall-wins-top-prize-while-facing-storm-ciaran.html

As well as signing the petition you could also make a comment about the need to protect this green space via the latest consultation on the proposed Local Plan. The consultation closes at 5.00pm on 22nd December. Due to the rules of this particular consultation you must start by saying " I support the correction of the settlement limit to the south of Dawlish and rejection of allocating ...