Dawlish News
The only two airworthy Lancaster bombers in the world will be flying over Devon this summer. One of the four-engined World War Two bombers is flying in from Canada to join the Royal Air Force’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s own Lancaster and together they will fly at the Dawlish Air Show in August. Kevin Wills, Flying Display Director for Dawlish Air Show said: "As soon as the Air ...
A MEMBER of the public caused a coastguard alert when they mistook a patch of discoloured stonework at Dawlish for a person in trouble. The false alarm with good intent 999 call to Brixham coastguard came in at just after 8am on Bank Holiday Monday morning. A coastguard statment said: “Teignmouth Coastguard investigated a report of a person clinging to a breakwater at Dawlish. “The object ...
A HOLIDAYMAKER had to be pulled from mud after getting stuck at Dawlish Warren. The woman was reported to be in difficulties at about 5.30pm on Saturday. Teignmouth Coastguard team, assisted by firefighters, used ropes to get her out. A spokesman said: "She was stuck about 20-metres from the shore, close to the golf course. "People playing golf had been keeping an eye on her before we ...
Visitors have been flocking to a Wesctountry castle for a new garden festival. Horticultural experts will be giving talks and demonstrations throughout the two-day event at Powderham Castle. It is the brainchild of Radio 4 Gardeners’ World presenter Toby Buckland, who has a garden centre at the Earl of Devon’s riverside estate, on the road from Exeter to Dawlish. The festival offers ...
Network Rail has confirmed a time table of repairs for the Dawlish Warren to Dawlish and Teignmouth walkways that were battered by storms in February. Works are now being undertaken around train services, with Network Rail working in available periods to reopen the sea wall areas for the public as soon as possible. On the Dawlish Warren to Dawlish route, the walk way section from Boat ...
The remains of a lovely cafe'
THREE men are due to stand trial next month accused of committing a £12,000 robbery at a Dawlish holiday park last summer. Michael Kelly, 21, Karl Daniels, 36, and Dean Smart, 27, appeared at Exeter Crown Court on Thursday. They have each denied robbing a member of staff at the Golden Sands Holiday Park of £12,000 on August 27. Kelly, of Littiatt Lane, Bath, Daniels, of Wookey, Somerset, ...
It's at Coryton Cove, very sad.
The Fire Service were called to reports of something on fire next to the train station. One appliance from Dawlish was mobilised to this incident. Upon arrival crews requested a further appliance which was mobilised from Teignmouth. Crews confirmed the fire to involve a single storey cafe, which was well alight, crews got towork with 4 breathing apparatus, 1 hose reel jet. The fire was ...
Well done Dawlish Under 16's
