Dawlish News
Sweet Violets Bridge is part of a new road to help access about 800 homes planned for the area. A new bridge over a brook in Devon has been named. Sweet Violets Bridge, the name chosen by Dawlish Town Council, was to serve as a lasting tribute to area's "once-vibrant" violet flowers industry, it added.
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is updating its stores at Penn Inn in Newton Abbot and in Dawlish as part of a national drive to create more space for its fresh food ranges. Signs at both stores state: ‘Big things are coming.
EASTER fun is coming to Dawlish with a Great Easter Egg Hunt. Dawlish Town Council is organising the hunt and promises a visit from a ‘special guest’. The event takes place on Saturday April 19 from 10am to 2pm at Manor Gardens in Old Town Street.
DAWLISH College is about the launch its own community garden project. The college in Elm Grove Road will be opening the doors to its new garden space and welcoming the public for two days in April.
£4.9m government grant in other words taxpayers money to fix a problem that should have been resolved at the planning stage rather than after hundreds of homes had already been built!
SOUTH WEST Water has started work on its multi-million pound scheme to improve water quality in Dawlish. Engineers have moved onto the main green space, the Lawn, to begin work on the project which was due to have started in January.
THE ‘MISSING’ link road in Dawlish has finally been completed after more than a decade in the making. The multi-million pound road is designed to help access new land for housing on the outskirts of Dawlish and ease traffic congestion.
DAWLISH Indoor Bowling Club hosted an exciting finals weekend across March 22 and 23, played in high spirits across the board. In an extremely exciting and tense match, the Ladies Singles pitted Tina Rowe against Debbie Coyles.
The new owner of a health food shop in Teignmouth has big plans to promote sustainable and ethical living. They will continue operating Poppadums in Dawlish. Happy Bean Health will continue to sell the same items as Poppadums but will ‘squeeze in a few more products and ideas alongside’.
REPORTS of a lorry fire near Dawlish turned out to be a broken down vehicle, police have confirmed. Devon and Cornwall Police were called to reports of a what was suspected to be a lorry fire on the northbound carriageway of the A380 at Ashcombe, Dawlish, at around 8.05am today, Thursday, March 20.