Dawlish News
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
Compensation of up to £16m will be paid to train and freight operators following the destruction of the main railway line at Dawlish in the south-west of England. Network Rail said the money would be paid because services could not run through Dawlish in Devon due to the damage caused by storms. The track, which reopened on 4 April, was damaged in early February. Network Rail said the ...
A man who was being hunted by Devon and Cornwall Police after an axe raid robbery at a holiday park in Dawlish last summer has been arrested in Bath. Dean Smart, 27, of Southlands was arrested with another man after they were seen in a vehicle in Englishcombe Lane on Tuesday afternoon, 8th April. Smart is wanted in connection with a robbery at the Golden Sands Holiday Park in Dawlish Warren ...
TV GARDENER Toby Buckland is celebrating the best of growing, with a little help from his friends. The broadcaster ,who has his own nursery at Powderham Castle, is well used to broadcasting from the likes of RHS Chelsea. But this is the first time he is putting on a garden show of his own. The Toby Buckland Garden Festival takes place on May 2 and 3 and promises a garden party atmosphere ...
GARDEN festival organisers are on the hunt for the last patch of Dawlish grown Devon Violets. The team behind Toby Buckland’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle next month are telling the story of Dawlish’s heyday as the capital of Devon Violet growing at the turn of the century. Nurseries selling the fragrant spring flower sprung up all over the town with home gardeners even gathering up ...
It’s not just trains that get to experience the stunning – and wind-swept – Dawlish coast in Devon. The spectacular spot, still closed to trains after February’s storms, will soon be accessible via a brand new cycle route. The largely traffic-free Exe Estuary Trail follows the River Exe from Exeter, turning onto the coast at Dawlish Warren. But a mile-long stretch beside Turf Lock and Powderham ...
SPECIALIST fire crews are in Dawlish preparing to induce a landslide where workmen are repairing the rail network. High volume water pumps and specialist operations crews from across the region are working with Network Rail on Exeter Road. A spokesman for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said crews began assembling at 2.30pm on Friday. The plan is to pump sea water at a high ...
