Dawlish News
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.
A wet and wild start to Dawlish Carnival has not deterred thousands of visitors who are continuing to enjoy a host of festivities on offer this week. Some events at the weekend were postponed due to poor weather. But the carnival, celebrating its 40th anniversary, is now on schedule. The air show on Thursday (12.30pm until 5.15pm) is claimed to be the most exciting air show yet. It will include ...
BRITAIN’S water companies are this weekend revealed as the worst polluters of the country’s rivers and beaches - responsible for more than 300 offences in the past five years. Of the water companies, the most prolific polluter has been South West Water, which has been guilty of 47 incidents of unlawful pollution. It has been prosecuted for illegal discharges of sewage into the Taw Torridge ...
An accident involving a car and a motorcycle has partially blocked the Exeter Road at Dawlish. The accident on the A379 outside Marine Garage is causing disruption to traffic in both directions.
Exeter's Paris Street and High Street have been closed to traffic whilst shops are being evacuated after reports of an explosion at the Giraffe Restaurant in Princesshay. A force spokesman said firearms officers have been sent to the scene as well as specialist search teams. The spokesman added they could not not rule out the possibility of another device and said bomb disposal experts had been ...
Friends and family of a missing Dawlish woman are appealing for her to make contact. Gillian Roberts, 54, was reported missing by friends on Tuesday evening after she failed to answer her door at around 9pm. She is described as 5ft 11in tall and of slim build. She has short blonde hair and although it is not known what she was wearing at the time she went missing, she is habitually well dressed. ...
