In a £17,000 burglary at a detached house in Mamhead, near Dawlish, more than 40 items of jewellery were taken, including sentimental inherited pieces. A window was forced and the burglars made a very untidy search of all the rooms, including the nursery which was ransacked. Other items stolen included an Onkyo home theatre surround system and a Canon camera. For the full article see: ...
A Dawlish man appearing at Exeter Crown Court today for carrying out illegal dentistry practices has been warned he could face a possible prison sentence. Following an investigation by Devon County Council’s Trading Standards Service, Mr Stephen Sickelmore, 52, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to three offences under the Consumer Protection From Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 - illegally ...
PLANS are under way to make Teignbridge a premier cycling destination. Major players got together in an innovative new cycling forum aimed at promoting the district as the place to be for cyclists. The forum, led by Teignbridge Council, has been declared a success and more discussions are set to take place. The forum comes amid grand plans and cycling network developments within Teignbridge. ...
Bank United were edged out by the odd goal in three by Black Swan, Dawlish in an eventful Sunday League game. Bank made the perfect start when a move begun by James Armstrong saw Phil Sanders set off on a mazy ruin that ended with him crossing for Dan Jones to fire his side ahead. The home side then began to lose their discipline and there was a flurry of yellow cards handed out. Read More: ...
A DRAFT plan for the future of Teignbridge looks set to be published for public consultation in January following approval by Teignbridge District Council’s Executive. Known as the ‘Preferred Options Core Strategy’, the draft plan shows where new jobs, green spaces and other improvements could be located in the district, as well as the new homes needed. It is based on four years of careful ...
Gould, 28, of Parkham Road, Brixham, admitted affray and attempted wounding and was made subject to a hospital order by Judge Phillip Wassall. The judge told him: "It was a truly murderous and sustained attack. You were intent on stabbing him. It was a frenzied attack which was only unsuccessful because of the sheer extent of the fight PC Moore put up. The paranoid schizophrenic was sent to a ...
SHE was labelled the mother-in-law from hell after a vitriolic email she wrote about her son's "uncouth and ill-mannered" bride was sent around the world and became an internet sensation. But yesterday the couple went ahead and tied the knot without upper-crust Carolyn Bourne, who had castigated their big day as "brash, celebrity-style behaviour". Read more: ...
A DOG was rescued after a large team of firefighters were called to West Cliff, Dawlish last night. The incident, in which the dog fell six feet down the cliff, happened at 7.10pm. Read More: http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/Dog-rescued-Dawlish-cliff-fall/story-13798609-detail/story.html
Police are appealing for information about an assault that took place on Saturday, October 22 at around 9.15pm in the Dawlish Delights takeaway in the resort's Brunswick Place. During what police described as an unprovoked assault, a 27-year-old local man suffered a suspected broken nose after he was punched in the face by an unknown man. The suspect is described as a white man about 6’3” to ...
THE latest section of the Exe Estuary Trail will be officially opened by Devon County Council on Friday. The £460,000 stretch of the Trail covers one mile between Cockwood and Dawlish Warren. It includes 500 metres of shared footway and cycleway alongside Warren Road and one kilometre of Bridleway within fields parallel to Warren Road. Read more: ...