Dawlish News
Part of the cliff at Ness Cove collapsed and blocked a pedestrian tunnel leaving the women, one of whom is pregnant woman, unable to leave. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service told BBC News the two women, who had a dog with them, were not thought to be injured. Coastguards were alerted to the incident at about 11:00 GMT. Teignmouth inshore lifeboat and Devon and Cornwall Police ...
Three drug warrants have been executed in the town in the last few weeks, all uncovered illegal drugs, including heroin. Officers are also looking into ways to crack down on anti-social behaviour. A public meeting in April which police are organising will mean residents can raise issues directly. Surveys will be delivered to addresses in the affected areas of Dawlish. The public ...
Dawlish Leisure Centre is set to rock to the sounds of swing when one of the South West's biggest bands comes to town. The Teignbridge District Council-owned leisure centre is putting on a charity concert featuring AJ Big Band on Saturday 6 April from 7.30pm. The event – the first of its kind for the leisure centre in eight years – will help raise money for Devon Air Ambulance ...
A SERIES of Flood Alerts was issued across South Devon on Thursday afternoon. The Environment Agency say flooding is possible for the Totnes, Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dartmouth and Torbay areas on Thursday and Friday. A Flood Alert has been issued for the South Devon Coast at Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Torbay and Dawlish. Low lying land and roads will be affected first. ...
Business people, landlords, retailers and community group representatives joined a workshop with town centre manager Emma Kay and came up with 100 ideas for improving the town's fortunes. The main themes revolve around improved marketing, parking issues, ways to use empty shop units and starting an online presence. Other suggestions included a children's play park, better signage to the mini ...
HOSPITAL staff are appealing to families and friends wanting to visit patients in Paignton and Dawlish hospitals to stay away to help reduce the spread of the winter sickness bug Norovirus. Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust, which runs community hospitals in the area, has put restrictions in place on two wards - one at each hospital - due to diarrhoea and vomiting. As a ...
1 Dawlish A visit to Dawlish and Dawlish Warren combines a beach day with a nature trail. Dawlish has the beach and Dawlish Warren has a nature reserve. Being part of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and home to over 600 types of flowering plants, it’s easy to see why it’s so popular with visitors and wildlife alike. Waders and wildfowl can be observed from the various hides which are ...
Motorists in Devon are being urged to drive carefully, with up to 8cm (3ins) of snow expected to fall in parts of the county on Monday. The Met Office has issued an amber "be prepared" warning for parts of the county for the morning. So far the most snow has been reported on Dartmoor. Snow has also fallen in South Hams, Newton Abbot, Kingsbridge and Torbay. A flood alert has been issued ...
People would draw up in their carriages to inhale the scent of violets wafting along the seafront, as porters loaded the ‘flower train’ that brought Devon violets from Dawlish to London Paddington and thence to Covent Garden. From the 1890s, nosegays of violets – selling for only a ha’penny locally – fetched premium prices in London and were Mothering Sunday favourites. Some 200 acres around ...
The town council have awarded the underwater hockey club £200 towards the cost of taking two junior teams to Rotterdam to the European underwater hockey open tournament to defend the title they won in 2012. Team South West Junior Underwater Hockey Club has more than 50 members, most from this area. Dawlish Dancers, formerly Dawlish Divas have also been awarded £200 from the council. ...
