Dawlish News
TWO years after the train line, sea wall, platforms and coastal path were destroyed, we look back at photos of the storm damage which cut off the Westcountry on February 4, 2014. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/pictures/GALLERY-Second-anniversary-Dawlish-storm-damage/pictures-28671490-detail/pictures.html
BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, which will take place at Powderham Castle, is traditionally a free ticketed event with a one-pair-per-person rule. Full ticket details will be announced on March 21. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/tickets-Radio-s-Big-Weekend-Powderham-Castle/story-28645891-detail/story.html
The 13-year-old Dawlish-based Exeter City academy footballer has already won both the Exeter and Devon Schools' junior boys' titles this winter, in addition to the South West clubs' title at Bicton College before Christmas. Read more... http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Devon-team-manager-Kirk-Salmon-plays-expectations/story-28654786-detail/story.html
This beautiful part of the Devon coast attracted visitors from Charles Dickens to Jane Austen, especially after the Great Western Railway made it accessible to all. Indeed, many of us have admired its dramatic red-brown cliffs, as we travel on the line from Penzance to London. Read more... http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Let-s-Dawlish/story-28656119-detail/story.html
The worst-affected areas were the Thames Valley in the south east, and Cornwall, Dorset, Devon and Somerset in the south west. In Dawlish (Devon), the sea wall under the railway line collapsed, leaving the track suspended in mid-air. In its report on the 2014 winter storms, The met office wrote “There is also an increasing body of evidence that shows that extreme daily rainfall rates are ...
More on BBC Local News at 10.30 pm tonight.
The leaders of Teignbridge and Exeter City Council have written to Ministers expressing their dismay at the Government's unwillingness to fund rail in the South West. They have also criticised the apparent decision of Network Rail not to carry out further work to the Dawlish sea wall until after 2019. Read more... ...
Ross Norman did not enter a plea and spoke only to confirm his name when he appeared at the preliminary hearing. Read more... http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Dawlish-man-appears-court-accused-Teignmouth-hit/story-28625177-detail/story.html#ixzz3ycOWrHY0
Dawlish rail funding pledge secured from PM by Bay MP Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Dawlish-rail-funding-pledge-secured-PM-Bay-MP/story-28617655-detail/story.html#ixzz3yWge0f5I
During a debate on Thursday morning into the future of the storm-battered line which passes through Dawlish, a government spokesman pledged that the line would be maintained and that any other routes would be considered as additional and not replacements. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/New-pledge-Dawlish-rail-line-future/story-28078282-detail/story.html
