Dawlish News
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
THE Taw and Exmoor branch of the British Naturalists' Association had another successful bird watching trip to the Exe Estuary. Some 79 different species of birds were seen from Dawlish Warren and Powderham round to the RSPB reserve at Bowling Green Marsh in Topsham. There was a large flock of avocets on the Exe, but close-up views were obtained on the River Clyst. Down at Dawlish Warren, the best ...
EXMOUTH is set to miss out on millions of pounds of potential business unless urgent plans are made to exploit the potential of the £7.2 million Exe estuary cycle route, a town transport group has warned. Currently, there is no provision in East Devon District Council's Unlocking Exmouth plans to utilise the 14-mile estuary cycle way. This will open in 2008 and will run from Exmouth to Dawlish ...
More than 230 people have taken part in a consultation process, launched a month ago, on the future of four care homes in Devon. Devon County Council's social services is considering closing the homes in Ashburton, Bampton, Cullompton and Dawlish as part of a services review. Social services managers will be at Cullompton Town Council's meeting on Thursday night to debate the plans. There will be ...
Staff at Dawlish Taxis, The Strand, were subjected to a sickening attack after telling a drunk there was a 30-minute wait for a cab on Boxing Day. The incident left an elderly driver with a deep cut under his right eye. Phone operator Hilary Pincott, a pensioner in her 60s, was punched in the chest and knocked down, and mechanic Paul Collins was struck in the head and chest. Peter Wareham, 71, is ...
A piper who played the bagpipes as the troops went ashore during the D-Day Landings has been honoured in song. Scot Bill Millin, who is now 82, has lived in Dawlish, Devon, for 40 years. Inspired by his musical past, north Devon folk singer Sheelagh Allen has written a tune for him called The Highland Piper. Mr Millin was nicknamed the Mad Piper for going ashore piping the Highland Laddie under ...
Cockwood Marshes at Starcross near Dawlish is appealing against a Teignbridge Council enforcement notice. The privately-run fishing ponds were refused consent for an engineering operation to form a new pond for wildlife and fishing.
