Dawlish News
Two fire appliances from Dawlish and Teignmouth attended a building fire in Dawlish, a further appliance from Danes Castle was mobilised for the use of Compressed Air Foam (CAFS). Crews on scene also requested an aerial platform attend to assist with fire fighting capabilities, this was mobilised from Taunton. Crews set to work using 4 breathing apparatus, 2 hose reel jets, a thermal imaging ...
A fire at baily's Chip Shop, several Fire Appliances in attendance.
Wasn't there talk sometime ago to relocate the museum? The old Woolworth's store was mentioned before the Co-op moved in. Would have been great. Teignmouth museum is brilliant, not sure how they managed to raise the money.
According to an Ofsted report Gatehouse Primary School needs to make futher improvements to become a good school. Inspectors said there had been too little good teaching in the school and students had not made the progress they should and there had been a high staff turnover. A more recent visit by Ofsted said the senior leadership team has now been strengthened, teaching improved and pupils ...
Unless cash can be found quickly Dawlish Museum could be forced to close. The museum which is home to the late Bill Millin's famous D-Day bagpipes made a loss of £5,000 last year, bad weather was to blame also the increase of utility and insurance bills. The heating bill for the start of this year is in excess of £2,000. The building is more than 200 years old and in poor condition, if the ...
A £30MILLION-plus commitment to protecting the main seafront rail line into South Devon has been made by Network Rail. Patrick Hallgate, western route managing director for Network Rail, revealed the commitment at a meeting of Torbay Business Forum when he gave details of the company's current plans for protecting and enhancing the region's rail network. He pledged to protect the main ...
Park Home residents are celebrating the Mobile Home Act 2013 which forbids owners of Parks from being able to prevent residents selling their Mobile Homes to whoever they want at a price the two parties agree. Unscrupulous operators have in the past intervened telling prospective buyers that the dwellings aren't fit for sale, then purchase the units themselves at knock down prices and put them ...
Elderly care home patients are having to pay up to £40 for private taxis to hospital appointments in Devon because of a change in policy. South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust trust said eligibility for transport services had been reviewed. Nigel Morris, manager of the Palm Court nursing home in Dawlish, said the situation was "awful" and "abhorrent". He said residents who used ...
Transmitter and relay stations are having frequencies adjusted on Tuesday and Wednesday. It is part of work to increase 4G mobile phone coverage. Satellite and cable viewers would not be affected, transmission officials said. In east Devon and west Dorset, areas affected include Beaminster, Bincombe, Dawlish and Preston. In south Devon, the changes would affect 134,000 households who ...
Police in Devon are seeking a 35-year-old man who is wanted for recall to prison following a conviction for drugs offences in 2011. Damian Pearce from Dawlish (pictured) is currently sought by police for breaching his prison licence when he was released. Officers says they are proactively following a number of lines of enquiry to try and find Pearce, and intend to arrest and return him to ...
