Dawlish News
POLICE were called to a railway station after a drunken city man yelled abuse at a female train guard, Exeter magistrates have heard. Oliver Bowen, 19, of Higher Summerlands, Heavitree, pleaded guilty to a public order offence of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour to the woman at Dawlish Warren train station. Bowen was given a six-month conditional discharge for his ...
A HIGH dependency Dawlish care home has been put on the market for £850,000 four weeks after it went into administration. Holcombe Hall Nursing Home Ltd, which cares for 24 residents with dementia and mental health problems, announced it was closing a week ago after attempts to place it under new management failed to materialise. Families now have until Monday June 20 to find alternative ...
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy was being treated in hospital after stabbing himself in the stomach in front of 20 other pupils. Students and staff at Dawlish Community College were left in shock and 'traumatised' following the incident, which left the youngster needing emergency surgery to remove the four inch kitchen knife. The schoolboy, who has not been named, was rushed to the Royal Devon and Exeter ...
The owner of a dangerous dog which bit a fellow dog walker at Dawlish Warren has been told the animal will be destroyed unless she keeps it muzzled and under proper control in the future. Fenella Braund, 48, admitted being in charge of a dangerous dog at Dawlish Warren on May 8. Torquay Magistrates heard that Braund, from Bristol, was staying in a flat at Dawlish Warren when her Staffordshire ...
A pensioner from Dawlish Warren used games to take advantage of two young children he allegedly sexually abused, a court has heard. It was claimed at Exeter Crown Court that Robin Pitts indecently touched a young boy and girl using a 'game' analogy. Prosecutor Andrew Oldland said Pitts, now 68, had told both of his victims to keep the abuse secret. Pitts of Warren Road, has pleaded not guilty ...
The man arrested in connection with Alison Langton's death after colliding with her car has been charged with her murder. Paul Cox, 33, of Bovey Tracey, is alleged to have murdered the 33-year-old mother of two from Dawlish. He appeared before magistrates in Exeter on the 17 November and was remanded in custody to appear before Exeter Crown Court on February 27. Ms Langton, who was on her way ...
Foodies were pitted against celebrity chefs in a kitchen cook-off for a cash prize. Bethan Donnovan, 26, from Dawlish, and team-mates Cherif and Lucy Elzik from Exeter, cooked up an Egyptian-style storm in a BBC2 programme Step Up to The Plate. The programme, on BBC2 at 4.30pm today, sees the South Devon food lovers test their culinary skills to the limit as they compete against celebrity chefs ...
The RAF's aerobatic team, The Red Arrows, have thrilled crowds almost weekly this month with their impressive manoeuvres. The group used Exeter International Airport as a daily base before flying to Salcombe, Dawlish, Fowey, Torbay, Dartmouth and Weston-super-Mare. The distinctive sound of the nine planes taking off and landing near the city is being heard for the last time this year when they ...
Police arrested a naked man under the Mental Health Act after he climbed a tree in Dawlish and refused to come down for more than seven hours. The nighttime stand off began after a member of the public phoned police and reported seeing the man walking through the streets of the town at about 9.40pm on Tuesday. The man, 44 and from Exeter, ran from officers when they approached him and climbed a ...
The Olympic flag will be raised at Dawlish Warren this weekend, marking its official hand-over to Britain as part of the Beijing 2008 closing ceremony. The event is part of a series around the country and Teignbridge District Council chairman David Weekes will be raising the flag for the district amid an afternoon of sporting fun at the resort.
