Dawlish News
Storm Bert chaos continues as residents fear the swell of the sea on the Devon coast is the biggest ever "seen." The storm has brought high winds and heavy rain across the South West, causing power cuts, travel delays and major flooding.
The trail connects Newton Abbot and Kingsteignton to Dawlish. A walking, wheeling and cycling trail along the Teign Estuary is getting a £1.45m investment from Devon County Council and Teignbridge District Council.
Storm Bert is continuing to hit Devon with heavy rain and strong winds. Coastal towns Dawlish and Teignmouth have been captured being struck with strong winds as the sea batters the coastal defences.
A severe weather front over the weekend, named by the Met Office as Storm Bert, has forced the cancellation of Christmas markets across Teignbridge. Dawlish Council has cancelled the Christmas market that was due to take place on the lawn on Saturday (November 23).
A petition demanding improvements to road safety in Dawlish has been signed by more than 200 people in less than 24 hours following a fatal road traffic collision last week. Police have launched an appeal for witnesses following the incident involving a blue Peugeot and a mobility scooter on the A379 Exeter Road in Dawlish last Wednesday (November 13) .
A pensioner who died after his car crashed into a tree near Torquay has been named as RAF veteran Wilfred Owen. The 84-year-old, of Dawlish , was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth on Remembrance Sunday, November 10, after the incident on the A379 between Teignmouth and Torquay at around 12.55pm.
The government has been warned not to take its eye off a long-term project to make South Devon’s railway links more resilient to bad weather. Read more... https://www.torbayweekly.co.uk/news/home/1650881/don-t-forget-south-devon-s-lifeline-rail-link-appeal.html
Owners of a South Devon holiday park can go ahead with the next stage of a multi-million-pound nationwide project. The Golden Sands holiday park at Dawlish Warren is one of more than 50 owned by the Park Holidays group around the country. Read more... https://www.torbayweekly.co.uk/news/local-news/1642999/pods-part-of-major-dawlish-warren-park-upgrade.html
The man in his 80s who died in a road traffic collision near Maidencombe on Remembrance Sunday has been named as Dawlish resident Wilfred Owen. Emergency services were called to the A379 Teignmouth Road at around 1pm on Sunday November 10 after a red Nissan Note was reported to have collided with a tree.
A woman in her 80s has died following a road traffic collision involving a mobility scooter in Dawlish on Wednesday 13 November. Emergency services were called to reports of a road traffic collision involving a blue Peugeot and a mobility scooter on Exeter Road, Dawlish, at around 11.55am.