Dawlish News
KINGSTEIGNTON Bowls’ Club had a couple of teams in action recently, starting first with the X Division Over 55s on Wednesday 17. On their travels to Dawlish Marina’s Green, it was a day to forget even though Captain John Saunders commented that the rinks were closer than the scores suggest.
New lift for Teignmouth’s Alice Cross Centre - and a room with a loo, too. Dawlish Water Rotary and Teignmouth Rotary Club also donated £500 each to help with the associated costs. ‘It will also enable us to make better use of the building by giving us options to alter the layout.
DAWLISH Marina Bowls Club held a fun Sunday afternoon on July 14 for the “Legends” born in 1954. Thanks to the hard work put in by Stephanie and Lin and their respective other halves who devised some great bowls games.
Wonder what a parent would think of the judges decision if a family member or anyone else died of an overdose due to this character not being locked up for the mandatory time.
JUST last weekend, Olivia Steer of Dawlish enjoyed the South West of England Championships. The talented runner won her heat in Birmingham by five seconds and went on to claim second in the final, achieving another Personal Best in the process.
A TEENAGER, part of a Dawlish drugs gang, was caught drug dealing for the third time and told police ‘I will always go back to what I know’. Finley Walsh was groomed by gangs from the age of 12 and has been arrested repeatedly while acting as a runner for them.
PLANS have been approved to give Dawlish railway station a facelift. Listed Building consent has been granted by Teignbridge Council for the maintenance project which will mainly involve repainting the Grade II listed station.
Network Rail is investigating an incident on the sea wall at Dawlish at the weekend in which a woman on a mobility scooter fell to her death. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon near Lady’s Mile.
AN 81-YEAR-OLD woman reported missing in Dawlish has been found, police have confirmed. Tiborne Palko was found safe by police after an appeal was put out earlier today to anyone who may have seen her.
1pm ish - FOUND SAFE