Dawlish News
THE completion of the eastern side of the Exe estuary cycle way moved a step closer this week after Devon County Council formally approved the plans for the £2.2 million Exmouth to Lympstone stretch of the route. But the council refused to back the proposed £2 million section between Lympstone to Exton amid concerns from residents. This part has been referred back to the council's planners and is ...
Brook street is cordoned off whilst Police investigate the scene of a stabbing that occurred in the early hours of this morning. The victim, a 38 year old male from Hampshire, was taken to Torbay Hospital after the attack, although it is not believed that his injuries are life threatening. Police are seeking a man seen leaving the area at the time.
The South West's main rail line will not be re-routed in the immediate future despite concerns over sea wall defences, the rail minister has said. Derek Twigg was responding to a Commons debate on Tuesday about the long-term viability of the line at Dawlish, which is just a few feet from the sea. Sea defences were not due to fail in the "foreseeable future", he said. Fears about global warming ...
SAILING: NINETEEN Exe SC dinghies assembled out to sea off Dawlish Warren on Sunday afternoon to enjoy some of the closest racing of the season. Race officer Frankie Upton set a short triangular course that provided many of opportunities for close, boat-on-boat racing with lots of position changes. While the sun was seldom seen, the force two-to-four west-north-westerley breeze was perfect for ...
The private equity-driven consolidation of Britain's caravan parks has moved up a gear with the £10m acquisition of South Devon Parks by the country's third largest operator Cinque Ports. South Devon Parks, a family business which operates at two sites in Paignton and Dawlish, is owned by a Mr and Mrs Wrathall. The deal follows the £130m acquisition of Cinque Ports by private equity group ...
On the bicentenary of the great engineer's birth, exhibitions and re-enactments abound and one or two Isambard Kingdom look-alikes are doing good business. The diminutive genius didn't mind a row, and it would be intriguing to know what he would make of the controversy surrounding one of his most picturesque creations - the stretch of the Great Western Railway between Exeter and Plymouth. ...
A Devon businessman who re-started a cannabis factory while awaiting trial after a police raid on his flower firm was jailed for six years on Thursday. The cannabis, with a street value of about £300,000, was found when police raided Williams Flowers in Starcross. Kevin Williams, 39, from Dawlish was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court. He was convicted at an earlier hearing of two charges of ...
Rail services have been disrupted following a burst water main near a line in Devon. The burst main at Newton Abbot affected services between the South West and London Paddington on Wednesday morning. The water has subsided, but several trees in the area are being removed after damage from flooding and mudslides.
Litter bugs, fly-tippers, vandals and irresponsible dog owners will be hit with on-the-spot fines under sweeping new powers which came into force last week. The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 gives Dawlish Town Council so much power, smokers can be immediately fined £80 for dropping cigarette butts. And dog owners who persistently offend can be controlled by new dog control orders ...
More than 1800 speed camera fines issued on the A379 at Starcross in Devon, UK will be refunded within the next six to eight weeks. Between November 2002 and March 2005, mobile cameras generated fines worth £100,000 (US $174,000) at a location with signage found illegal in a successful challenge at Totnes Magistrates Court last October. "The section of road where the speed camera van was situated ...
