Dawlish News
A bankrupt man has been jailed for looting £200,000 from his grandfather-in-law’s bank account and losing it all on gambling. David Comer took control of 97-year-old James Wrighton’s finances after he moved into his home in Devon and stole all but £3,000 of his life savings. Read more: ...
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New pictures of the latest damage to the railway line, taken by the police helicopter crew. http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/New-pictures-Latest-damage-Dawlish-railway-line/story-20639545-detail/story.html Reopening of main Dawlish rail line delayed after storm. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-26224257
TEMPORARY containers protecting the sea wall at Dawlish have been breached tonight. It is understood around 30 people have been evacuated from their homes and are being looked after by Teignbridge Council. The line was originally washed away in the last fierce storms and will not reopen until at least March 18. Shipping containers filled with stones form a temporary sea wall. Read ...
PRIME Minister David Cameron has said the Government is committed to reopening the Dawlish line – rather than opening an alternative route that avoids the coast. The Herald and Western Morning News have been heading a GW2 campaign – calling for an alternative link to London that isn’t subject to sea storms off Dawlish – and the campaign has won widespread backing. Network Rail is said to ...
Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris has said the transport secretary has reassured her that the Dawlish rail line will reopen by mid March. Read more: http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Dawlish-rail-line-set-reopen-mid-March/story-20621728-detail/story.html#ixzz2tHmY3d7p
RESIDENTS of storm-hit Dawlish have rallied to help people evacuated from their seafront homes. The Dawlish Flood Appeal set up by the town council swelled to more than £6,000 in just 100 hours following an initial £1,000 contribution from the council. Read more: http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Resort-rallies-help-seafront-homeless/story-20613483-detail/story.html#ixzz2tHgPmL95
A robber not caught since he absconded from a prison in the Midlands last year may be in Dawlish, police have said. Daniel Walker, 28, went missing from HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire when he was released on temporary licence in May last year. West Midlands Police believe Walker, jailed for robbery in 2006, may be in the Dawlish area of Devon. Walker, originally from Willenhall, in the West ...
Residents in a Devon town have spoken of how they were evacuated from their crumbling homes after waves destroyed coastal defences as fearsome storms sweeped in from the Atlantic. Now another band of heavy rain is forecast to sweep across southern Britain today, with a separate area of low pressure bringing more rain and very strong winds on Saturday. Neil Jones and his son Issac were among ...
Parts of Britain are being hit by a powerful storm which has washed away a stretch of railway line and left thousands of homes without electricity. The Environment Agency says around 328 homes have been flooded since Friday evening - with more heavy rain forecast into the weekend. A section of the sea wall in Dawlish, Devon, collapsed and left the main railway line suspended in mid-air. ...
