Dawlish News
District leaders were due yesterday to discuss plans to provide a new £2.5million country park in Dawlish. When EU protected wildlife sites such as Dawlish Warren are threatened by an increasing population, the law requires that steps are taken to reduce the impact. Because of the increase number of houses in and around the town there is a need for a new park where residents can relax and ...
Next month children's entertainment and live music will be laid on in Dawlish and Teignmouth in an aim to lure shoppers into the towns. Teignmouth's will be on a Wednesday, Tuesday's are being set aside for Dawlish, except for carnival week. The activities for Dawlish will be at Red Rock. On August 6th and 20th will be arts and crafts with artist Angie Jenner.August 27th face painting. ...
A man with a cow slurry fetish who threatened to kill a farmer who banned him from his land is to undergo a new psychiatric assessment, a judge ruled. David Truscott, 43, was remanded to Langdon Hospital in Dawlish, Devon, in May after admitting threatening to kill the Cornish family on whose farm he rolled naked in animal muck. At Exeter Crown Court, Judge Francis Gilbert issued a new ...
Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris has told town councillors she has received complaints from constituents about drinking on Dawlish Lawn, specifically around the tourist information centre. Tourists and local residents have complained about alcohol being drunk on and around The Lawn, putting off those who like to visit the town. Cllr Harrie Burrowes said that drugs were more of a problem in ...
AN INVESTIGATION is under way after a 47-year-old construction worker from Liskeard was crushed by a forklift truck. John Small died from injuries he sustained during the incident at a construction site in Dawlish, Devon, on Friday, June 28. A rapid response team, ambulance and air ambulance were all dispatched to the scene at Secmaton Lane at just after 4pm. Mr Small, who worked for ...
Teignbridge Council will not give permission for the carnival procession nor the pram race to take place without the training of 45 marshals ahead of the events. No volunteers have come forward despite repeated requests from the organisers. This year the route of the procession has been changed and will end at the viaduct. The carnival are hoping to secure a grant from Dawlish Town ...
An elderly woman has been taken to hospital with “serious injuries” after a being hit by an out-of-control car outside her home. Emergency services were called to the cul-de-sac at Gatehouse Close in Dawlish just before 12noon today. The air ambulance was called for and the victim, who is in her mid-70s, was conscious and breathing on a stretcher but initial indications were that her injuries ...
Date: 09/07/2013 Time: 11:53 Location: Gatehouse Close, Dawlish Area: Western County: Devon One appliance from Dawlish was mobilised to reports fo an RTC at the above location. On arrival an RTC was discovered involving one car that had gone into the side of a house. All persons were free and clear of the vehicle. Crews made the ...
Dawlish carnival organisers are appealing for more sponsors to come forward to support the annual event. Last year the carnival still lost £8,000 despite cutting cost to try to reduce the losses. The committee's efforts to keep the carnival in the black are not helped by red tape. The disco where the carnival royalty are chosen and cost £300 to put on was cancelled also the loss-making ...
The Fire Service were called to reports of a road traffic collision. Two appliances from Dawlish and Teighmouth were mobilised to this incident. Upon arrival crews confirmed no persons trapped and made the vehicle safe. See more... http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/news/newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=25151&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35
