Two-year-old white German Shepherd Bailey was found dead by his owner who saw a blue van speed off towards Secmaton Lane in Dawlish. The owner said: “Bailey was only two-years and three-months old, still a baby. “He was a big soft teddy bear and we miss him loads. The place is empty without him. “If his death was an accident we can’t understand why they didn’t stop and say this is what ...
The campaign, which boasts cross-party and multi-industry support, calls on the Government to fund the long-awaited A303 gateway to the South West and underwrite a series of improvements to the railways that make trains serving the region quicker, more reliable and more comfortable. The parlous state of the region’s transport network – underlined by the mainline at Dawlish in Devon being ...
Brian Powell persuaded his 19-year old son Callum to tell him the security codes and draw a plan of the arcade in Dawlish Warren so he could reach the money. He was caught by detectives who realised his son must be the inside man because only three people knew the codes and the other two still worked at the Pavilion Amusements arcade. Read more... ...
AS you will see in the HE2 supplement, the Victoria St. Paignton Fruit and Vegetable store, which has long existed under the Stokes brand, is being re-launched under the name Devonfresh. This represents the first phase of the relaunch of five Stokes shops in Devon (Exeter, Teignmouth, Dawlish, Plymstock and Paignton) under the Devonfresh name. Read more... ...
Thanks for that link Judith. If you enlarge the picture you will notice a narrow gap in the wall which i believe was once used to let bags of coal down to the houses below.
Clifftop land with panoramic views in Dawlish goes under the auctineer's gavel. With a freehold guide price of £5,000 to £10,000. "This is the chance to snap up your own piece of the Devon coast said Graham Barton", auctioneer and a regular on BBC's Homes Under The Hammer. The plot is listed for sale by Clive Emson, the regional land and property auctioneers. The land is just off the Exeter ...
In-a-hurry Devon homebuyers spend 25.5 minutes viewing a property before making a decision - only seven minutes more than they spend buying a new pair of jeans. And the average decision cost per minute for house hunting in Dawlish equates to £9,098. The findings come in a report from Barratt Homes, which shows that 18 per cent of home buyers admit they made up their mind to buy their current ...
FIRST Great Western have been told by district council planners to remove a temporary car and coach park installed at Tiverton Parkway to cope with increased passenger numbers following the damage to the London to Paddington mainline at Dawlish. Following repairs to the track at Dawlish the mainline reopened before Easter and six months later the coach and car parking area remains in place, ...
FIRST Great Western is set to be awarded an uncontested contract extension to run the railway between Plymouth and London, with union bosses branding the decision a "stitch-up". Plymouth and the rest of the South West is waiting for a Government decision on the future of the rail line between Exeter and Newton Abbot after a Network Rail feasibility study, published in July, estimated it ...
The Government has faced criticism for cutting flood defence spending after the South West was battered the winter storms, leaving the Somerset Levels underwater for months and cutting off the Great Western railway at Dawlish in Devon. Defra says spending has gone up compared to the last Parliament. Read more... ...