Dawlish News
Chancellor George Osborne announced infrastructure investment plans including £5m to develop options for a “more resilient train line in the South West” during the Budget on Wednesday. The cash will be used to bring forward plans to upgrade the storm-hit line at Dawlish once a study by Network Rail is complete. Read more... ...
NINETEEN more rail passengers have been fined a total of nearly £10,000 in another fare dodging blitz. The worst hit was 23-year-old Elliott Tucker, of Second Avenue, Dawlish, who was ordered to pay £649.60 after not paying his fare of £5.60 when he was caught in Dawlish having not paid for his ticket. Read more... ...
Dawlish Town Clerk Ann Tipper said that the ‘grey and fluffy’ cygnets are lovely and have already been for their first swim in the Brook. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Hatching-cygnets-leaves-Dawlish-delighted/story-28918173-detail/story.html#ixzz42vJnl4tx
A couple from Surrey have made the move to Devon to fulfil their life time dream of owning a café. Tracey and John Martin decided to bite the bullet and move almost 200 miles away after a family tragedy made them realise that life is too short. Read more... http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Couple-s-life-long-dream-begins-Devon/story-28924761-detail/story.html
Hatching in time for the weekend the Black Swan cygnets have proved a big attraction on The Brook, unwittingly taking part in numerous impromptu photo-calls as they appear and disappear under mum, much to the delight of locals and early Spring holidaymakers. Read more... ...
A FAKE Radio 1 Big Weekend Facebook page has been set up claiming to have free tickets to give away to the big event at Powderham Castle this summer. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Radio-1-Big-Weekend-ticket-Facebook-page-scam/story-28905164-detail/story.html
POLICE in Dawlish will board up a 'drugs den' used by squatters where they found a collection of needles. Officers from the South Devon Tasking Team together with neighbourhood police made the discovery at an address on Thursday. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Police-vow-close-Dawlish-squat-drugs-den/story-28899352-detail/story.html
An elderly man was led to safety by firemen after a blaze at Dawlish. Fire crews from Dawlish and Teignmouth were called to Marine Parade just after 5am after reports of a fire in a kitchen. Read more.. http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Man-led-safety-Dawlish-kitchen/story-28897146-detail/story.html#ixzz42UChvhxi
Kerry Davies threatened police and shouted he would become 'the new Raul Moat' after he became angry and upset while visiting Dawlish in May last year. Read more... http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Tourist-attacked-policeman-Devon-holiday-park/story-28875653-detail/story.html
There's the rattling, the shuddering, the bouncing and the occasional squealing. You don't have to be a trainspotter to know you're riding a Pacer. Read more... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35725299
