Dawlish News
Kevin Gale appeared at Exeter Crown Court by video link from Langdon Hospital in Dawlish accused of the manslaughter of 39-year-old Lee Turner, who died from stab wounds outside the Tesco store in Barnstaple on August 3, 2018. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/judge-orders-psychiatric-reports-on-alleged-car-park-knife-killer-570000
Thousands of households across the South West that rely on domestic heating oil are still waiting for emergency payments to help with their bills this winter. Heating oil customer Amanda Barrow, who runs a small campsite at Dawlish in Devon says the money needs to be paid soon, before the oil price rises any further. Read more... ...
Former Dawlish patient Faisal Hassan left the warder with scarring on the surface of his eye which will require him to use eye drops for the rest of his life. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/former-patient-jailed-for-boiling-water-attack-on-warder-569817
A mother who shared a bed with her baby while on a caravan holiday in Devon found the child cold and unresponsive in the morning, an inquest heard. The six-month-old boy had been put to sleep in a pull-out bed with his mum and grandmother in a caravan at the Lady's Mile Holiday Park in Dawlish Warren. Read more... ...
For the 53-year-old who is from Dawlish Warren had taken part in the national sport since picking up her first bow back in 2007. But her breast cancer diagnosis left her feeling anxious that she would never shoot another arrow again. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/karen-takes-aims-at-cancer-569476
WORK has begun to install a new accessible footbridge and lifts at Dawlish railway station as part of the ongoing work to protect and upgrade the coastal route. Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/bridging-the-gap-across-rail-line-568732
AMBULANCE staff across Devon are from today voting on whether to take strike action. A union spokesperson said: ‘ Ambulance workers have been telling the Government for years things are unsafe. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/ambulance-workers-across-devon-vote-on-strike-action-569421
They have a couple of years to turn it around so all this nonsense about having an election will not happen. If a week is a long time in politics what is two years when everything could be so different.
I WRITE this on Monday [October 17] morning, in expectation of the latest statement from the latest chancellor. I’m not expecting any good news, and this time probably no cake for anyone. After a first month of chaos, the current government hasn’t much to crow about. Read more... ...
Julie Gay, from Gloucester, who was on holiday in Dawlish in August, has asked for help to get in touch with a mother, understood to be local to the town, after a rescue effort at the beach. Her appeal on social media is asking for information to find out how the mum and her children are now. Read more... ...