Dawlish News
Luke Friend's former guitar teacher has had two of his guitars stolen from his shop in Teignmouth.A blue Fender guitar and a rare Dean Dave Mustaine Mako Glory were snatched.Peter Williams, who taught X Factor star Luke for over a year, had stored the two instruments worth £750 and other music kit in his carpet store- Pellew Carpets and Flooring, Pellew Arcade when the theft occurred, ...
The Institute of Civil Engineer's South West Minor Project of the Year Award 2013 has commended the use of fibre-reinforced-polymer composite (FRP) in the footbridge structure, which was originally designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1830 and is grade II listed. Unfortunately, the station's steel footbridge, reconstructed in 1937, had deteriorated beyond economic repair and any replacement ...
THE £1.5 million regeneration scheme to revamp The Strand Dawlish came to fruition with the official opening on Friday. It coincided with the town's Christmas light switch on. The redevelopment project was a joint initiative between Devon County, Teignbridge District and Dawlish Town Councils. Devon County Council chairman, Councillor Bernard Hughes OBE, conducted the opening ceremony ...
On the Wednesday 26th Novemebr at around 20.00 a member of public found a load of fishing wire wrapped around the life guard hut in Dawlish Warren Beach . The owner of a dog and another member of the public got caught up in it. I would like to warn walkers, especially during the dark hours, to take care when walking in the area. PCSO Deborah Sleeman
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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 ...
