Dawlish News
The new Black Swans kept safe in their enclosure.
THE famous black swans at Dawlish have been in danger of dying out after the loss of female swans this year. Rose, who has fed the swans for 25 years, has bought two ebony-coloured female swans to partner up with the existing two male swans living at the Brook which runs through the middle of the town to the sea. Read more... ...
Jamie Jones, Neil Groft and Thomas Papworth used an imitation pistol in the hold up in Newton Abbot in which they escaped with goods and cash worth just £170. Papworth’s girlfriend Kayleigh Ineson and friends James Carpenter and Craig Lee then tried to thwart the police investigation by hiding a safe where detectives thought they had hidden the fake gun. Mr Robert Linford, for Papworth, ...
The honour follows a year in which Trevor managed the fire service response to the flooding on the Somerset Levels and the impact of the severe weather at Dawlish last winter. As Director of Operations at Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service, Trevor has responsibility for all operational and resilience matters across the organisation. Read More... ...
Members of The Rotary Club of Dawlish Water coordinate the majority of the collections with local businesses hosting collection points. “And many thanks go to The Rotary Club of Dawlish Water for coordinating and arranging the majority of the collections as well as Cartridges Solicitors, Robert Williams Estate Agents and Langmaids news agents for again agreeing to be the collection points, not ...
So very sad. http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/UPDATE-Exeter-man-dies-cherry-picker-overturns/story-25712462-detail/story.html
Fire Control recieved several calls from Ambulance control and members of the public stating that a mobile platform vehicle, also commonly known as a "cherry picker" had overturned on Church street, Dawlish trapping its occupant inside of the platform cage. One male was eventually released from the cage with leg injuries using hydraulic cutting and lifting equipment and small tools. This ...
The Government has also allocated funding for the Dawlish Warren and Exmouth beach management scheme, which will see sand taken from Exmouth’s Pole Sands to shore up the Warren. This scheme previously included plans to replenish Exmouth beach, but environmental chiefs decided this was not yet needed. However, they say ensuring Dawlish Warren is not breached by the sea will protect Exmouth ...
FOUR days of severe weather are set to test South Devon's newly-repaired flood defences. While the weather bomb itself is heading to the north of the country, spin-off weather in the South West is expected to batter the region with big, powerful waves on the coast and an onslaught of heavy rain and gales, raising fears about the new Dawlish rail flood defences Read more... ...
PLANS have been submitted to demolish a coastal Georgian house in Dawlish and replace it with a luxury mini complex for older people. The former family holiday complex was put on the market last year with a price guide of nearly £2million. Plans to redevelop the site include demolishing the existing house and cottages and building 15 new cottages and 16 apartments. Dawlish Town Council ...
