Dawlish News
Date: 10/07/2014 Time: 06:13 Location: A379, Station Road, Exminster Area: Central County: Devon Two appliances from Danes Castle and Topsham were mobilised to reports of an RTC at the above location. On arrival crews discovered an RTC with one vehicle overturned with all persons free and clear of the vehicle. Crews made the vehicle safe ...
Network Rail’s 300 strong team of engineers who worked to rebuild Dawlish railway line following ferocious storms in February have been awarded for their efforts. Newton Abbot MP Anne- Marie Morris attended Network Rail’s annual awards dinner where she presented the Special Award to the team, known as the ‘Orange Army’. Read more... ...
The winter storms moved about 100,000 tonnes of sand and damaged sea defences at Dawlish Warren. The work includes creating a new embankment on the warren, strengthening the seawall to protect buildings in Exmouth and moving about 25 million tonnes of sand back on to the beach. The Environment Agency hopes to start the project in the autumn and complete it by 2017. See more... ...
Teignmouth Coastguard and an ambulance crew were called to Coryton Cove, Dawlish after an eight year old girl got into trouble in the water on Saturday afternoon. The crews received the call out just after 4pm and she had to be pulled from the water. An ambulance was on hand for the youngster following the rescue. Source: ...
Dominic Biddlestone set up a tent inside a bedroom of his Dawlish flat where he installed lights, fans, and ventilation. Biddlestone set up a sophisticated cannabis growing operation at his flat to save himself £130 a week he was spending on his drug habit. A gas inspector working at a property nearby became suspicious of the strong smell and call the police. See more... ...
Bradley Daines-Degroot assaulted two victims aged seven and 12. Daines-Degroot was a teenager when the assults took place. He denied there had been any form of sexual contact with either boy. He is autistic and was accompanied by a psychologist in the dock and the witness box throughout his five day trial in April. He was jailed for seven and a half years by judge Jeremy Griggs who said ...
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Date: 04/06/2014 Time: 19:11 Location: Outside the Smugglers Inn, Teignmouth road, Dawlish Area: Western County: Devon The Fire Service attende a Road Traffic Collision in the above area. Two Fire Appliances from Teignmouth attended this incident. On arrival, crews confirmed this RTC to involve one vehicle with one female trapped within. ...
The minor injuries unit (MIU) is temporarily being relocated in June as essential maintenance work will be carried out to repair the hospital's roof. Work will be carried out from June 9-July7. Phase two, from June 30- August 11, will see the hospital's 18-bed inpatient ward temporarily relocated. See more... ...
Regions such as the south west of England could be disadvantaged by changes to the way the government funds road and rail projects, says the Transport Select Committee. In a report, the committee said a new system from 2015 would encourage private-sector funding. That could disadvantage regions with less private sector money, said the report. The South West receives the lowest spend on ...
