Dawlish News
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DEVON are sending a team of table cricketers to Nottingham this weekend for the first national finals of a disability competition – and most of them are from Dawlish. Table cricket – played on a table-tennis table with a mini bat and ball – has been around for about 20 years. It originated at Trent University in Nottingham and is played by the able-bodied as well. Cerebral Palsy Sport have ...
A mother and her young child have been rescued from a house fire in Dawlish. Devon and Somerset fire and rescue service were called to the blaze at 10am following a call from the distressed mother. She reported a fire in her kitchen and said her and her young child were unable to evacuate. Fire control remained on the phone with her and gave her fire survival advice, to get her and her child ...
THE British Transport Police is appealing for information to help locate people in relation to six incidents on Devon trains. Officers would like to speak to the man in photo one about an incident on board a train between Newton Abbot and Dawlish stations on Wednesday, October 30. A revenue inspector on board the train asked a passenger for his ticket but the man became abusive towards him, ...
Cofton Country Holidays has been awarded gold in the Devon Tourism Awards, held in association with Visit Devon. The four-star holiday park in Dawlish picked up the top award in the Holiday Park of the Year category in a ceremony at the Grand Hotel in Torquay. Helen Scott, director of Cofton, said: “We have recently invested a huge amount into the park which has dramatically increased ...
A 26 mile (42km) Devon cycle trail is a step closer to completion with the opening of a bridge at Topsham near Exeter. The £2.5m bridge over the River Clyst is the latest link in the Exe Trail between Exmouth, Exeter and Dawlish. It was built by Devon County Council as part of a national cycle route planned to link Kent with Cornwall. Council officers are working with landowners to ...
A man branded a slurry pervert after being repeatedly caught sexually pleasuring himself while surrounded by cow dung has been sent to jail following a psychiatric assessment. Following a spell in a hospital in Dawlish, Devon, a judge has ordered that David Truscott is sent to Exeter Prison prior to his sentencing at Exeter Crown Court. He carried on a six-year campaign of harassment against ...
Date: 13/11/2013 Time: 05:18 Location: Exeter Road, Dawlish Area: Western County: Devon The Fire Service received several calls to a car on fire in a car park at the above location. A Fire Engine from Dawlish was sent to this incident, then due to information that this car was in such close proximity to a property another Fire Engine was ...
A Devon brook is to be dredged to remove silt and help reduce the chances of future flooding, a council says. The two-week project to dredge Dawlish Brook, also known as Dawlish Water, would help protect the town centre, Teignbridge Council said. In August 2012, the brook - which runs through Dawlish town centre - burst its banks when water levels rose by about 2ft (60cm). Any material ...
The unnamed victim claimed he was sexually and physically assaulted by Shane Jenkins and two other men over a four-month period. A thug who blinded his lover by gouging out her eyes is to be questioned about alleged sex attacks at a psychiatric hospital. Shane Jenkin, 33, will be asked about claims a fellow patient was also throttled to the point of unconsciousness and had pins inserted in ...
