Dawlish News
A DAWLISH man has been cleared of a bottle attack after the victim told a court that he did not know who had hit him. The violence flared near Dawlish Railway Station at the end of the first Friday night in which pubs were open after the first lockdown in 2020 and many of those involved had been drinking heavily. Read more... ...
He spent 12 minutes video calling friends and taking selfies on the tracks - even after a near miss He appears to be chatting to friends via video call, when, at around the two minutes and thirty seconds mark, he spots the sleeper train from Paddington and dashes from the tracks. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/man-almost-hit-train-dawlish-6698560
Tim Hawkins spent seven years being treated at the Langdon Hospital in Devon after being sentenced under the Mental Health Act in 2014 for trying to burn down a church in Somerset. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=122191&headline=Pyromaniac%20struck%20again%20two%20weeks%20after%20release%20from%20Dawlish%20mental%20unit§ionIs=news&searchyear=2022
The change, which comes into force from April as part of the new public space protection order (PSPO) for dogs, has been agreed by councillors and will see the maximum length halved from the current two metres. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=122158&headline=Dogs%20must%20be%20kept%20on%20a%20shorter%20lead%20under%20new%20rules§ionIs=news&searchyear=2022
Great Western Railway’s Night Riviera will be cancelled between Mondays and Thursdays due to a complication with engineering work Read more... https://guernseypress.com/news/uk-news/2022/01/20/london-cornwall-sleeper-trains-disrupted-for-eight-weeks/
It is safe to say that it has been an eventful week! I’d like to take the opportunity to address the events of this week but also, as usual, talk about some of the various things I have been up to. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/news-opinion/submitted-letter-no-confidence-prime-6520247
'Devastating accidents' in Dawlish spark demand for safer school crossing So far more than 660 people have signed the 's lowing down drivers near Dawlish College' petition launched by Daniella Jordan just five days ago. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devastating-accidents-dawlish-spark-demand-6505846
Sleeper trains through South Devon will be disrupted by the latest stage of work to protect the exposed coastal railway line at Dawlish, after engineers discovered problems with the ground alongside the line. Over the eight weeks, Network Rail will be working overnight to improve the railway line between Dawlish and Holcombe as part of its £37.4m resilience project to construct a 209m rockfall ...
Edward Serra got in with a notorious Dawlish drugs gang, court told A cannabis user has been spared jail after conquering his paranoia and making progress getting his life back together. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/man-caught-kilo-cannabis-smoked-6470075
We are petitioning to keep our children safe by asking Devon county council to install a variable speed limit along a short section of the main Exeter road in Dawlish, before and after the Elm Grove Road junction Read more... https://www.change.org/p/devon-county-council-slowing-down-drivers-near-dawlish-community-college?source_location=topic_page
