Dawlish News
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 ...
MARK Hodkinson has backed Dawlish Town to set the Premier Division alight next season after his side were hammered by the Division One leaders in south Devon. The Bradford boss was in awe of the passing and movement of the Dawlish players on a boggy surface saturated by rain at Sandy Lane. He said: "Sometimes you just have to hold your hands up and say we were beaten by the better team. Some of ...
The Teignbridge Sports Personality of the Year Awards 2005 take place tonight, with a host of dignitaries and sports stars gathering at the Langstone Cliff Hotel Dawlish Warren, for a night of prize-giving and celebration. This year's sporting extravaganza will be as big as ever, with Teignbridge District Council pulling out all the stops putting together a high-tech and intriguing evening. Hosted ...
A devon seaside theatre is the latest in a long line to apply for funds from a £60,000 cash pot set aside for community groups. The Shaftesbury Theatre, in Dawlish, is asking the Signpost Neighbourhood Fund for a grant of £2,500 to help bring it up to date. The Echo has teamed up with the Signpost Housing Group to encourage community groups to apply for a share of funding which will be divided up ...
Dawlish Town continue their seemingly unstoppable march towards the Toolstation Western League Division One title tomorrow with a trip to mid-table Clevedon United (3pm). Currently 13 points clear at the summit, the Seasiders have just nine games left as they aim to clinch promotion to the Premier Division and, with the team having gone 16 games unbeaten, things are looking good at the moment. ...
