Dawlish News
Parts of Devon had the highest number of assaults on staff Among those who have shared their stories of being assaulted while on duty in a bid to raise awareness of the problem, and to remind people of the consequences is emergency care assistant Mark Walker. He and a police officer were spat at by a patient he was trying to treat in Dawlish, South Devon on May 25. Read more... ...
The England and Wales police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who died in custody in Devon. So far the cause of death has not been established and further tests are being carried out. Francis was jailed in 2017 for 20 months for stealing a car. He had previously lived in the south Devon seaside town of Dawlish but at the time of his sentence he was homeless. Read more... ...
The equivalent of around 500 wheelie bins full of discarded litter were removed from the district’s beaches and open spaces after the weekend Glass bottles and cans, disposable barbecue trays and even human faeces on a plastic picnic blanket at Dawlish Warren were left on Teignbridge’s beaches and open spaces over the weekend. Read more... ...
Work to rebuild and improve the sea wall at Dawlish has resulted in £3 million being spent locally in south Devon between June 2019 and May 2020 by Network Rail and its contractors. Network Rail’s Western route director Mike Gallop said: “I am delighted that we’ve spent nearly £5m with local suppliers and businesses in the Dawlish and Teignbridge area as a result of the first section of the new ...
A leading doctor has said the decision to ease lockdown restrictions without proper testing was "terrifying". Rosie Toom is a self-employed foot practitioner from Dawlish in Devon who was first tested on 3 May after developing symptoms. More than 10 days later she's still waiting for the results. Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-52667137
TEIGNBRIDGE is among the councils across Devon that have warned the £33 million extra from Government still isn’t close enough to plug their funding gaps with ‘a huge black hole of debt emerging and we are plunging headfirst into it. Read more... ...
Allan, 55, finished the £15,000 project during lockdown — 18 years after he started. A winch at the top of the 109ft track hauls a wagon carrying him and wife Rachel, 50, from the road to their three-bed bungalow in seven minutes. He dug out 150 tons of soil by hand and built retaining walls in Dawlish, Devon. Read more... ...
The size and scale of the new Dawlish sea wall can be seen as the recurve panels have begun to be the installed. The £30m scheme along Marine Parade aims to protect the railway for the next 100 years aims to improve the long-term resilience of the railway linking Devon and Cornwall to the rest of the UK. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/what-new-30m-dawlish-sea-4068725
£1.75 million mansion loses 80ft garden in landslip Prior to this, previous owner Nick Skilton who built the property also lost 80ft of land at the bottom of the garden when it fell into the sea in 2007. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/five-buildings-most-risk-cliff-4049763
Cllr Alan Connett is concerned about the ‘plan to spoil this beautiful country road with its amazing views across Kenton and Starcross and the Exe Estuary’. The road from the estuary village of Starcross rises up through the woodland of Mamhead and leads to the Haldon Hills, but has seen increased use, especially by heavy goods vehicles in recent years. Read more... ...
