Dawlish News
The Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust have closed the Dawlish and Totnes MIUs and are now referring anyone with a minor injury to the MIU at Newton Abbot Community Hospital. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/minor-injuries-units-two-devon-3969609
Barry Parkin moved into its new homes development in Dawlish in September 2017, and claims that when he bought his property, he was assured by Redrow that as soon as all the houses were built the roads and pavements on the estate would be addressed. After being approached by Devon Live, Redrow have confirmed the resurfacing works will be finished by mid-April. Read more... ...
Darren Chamberlain, managing director of Dawlish-based Garage Doors South West Ltd and an Exeter Chiefs season ticket holder, has made the gracious offer following the controversy during the Chiefs' win over Bath at the weekend. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/kind-businessman-offers-free-tickets-3934753
An underage drinker broke an autistic man’s cheekbone when he retaliated against having a soft drink thrown at him outside a convenience store. Thomas, now aged 18, of Kingsdown Crescent, Dawlish, admitted causing actual bodily harm and was ordered to do 120 hours unpaid community work and go on a thinking skills course by Judge Peter Johnson at Exeter Crown Court. Read more... ...
The Governing Body of NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group on Thursday afternoon unanimously approved the launch of an eight-week public consultation process over relocation of community, specialist outpatient clinics and day case procedures into a new health and wellbeing centre in Teignmouth or at Dawlish Hospital. Read more... ...
What does power mean, and who holds the most of it in Devon? When it comes to decisions over public services or how our cities and countryside will look in the future, then power remains in the hands of the traditional political institutions and big businesses, and their leaders. A former corporate lawyer, Morris was first elected in 2010 and in that time has set up two all party ...
Free Sunday parking in Teignbridge will be axed as part of budget proposals that have been approved. Teignbridge District Council’s budget plans for 2020/21, which also funding to employ a climate change officer and enhanced planning enforcement, were given the go-ahead by councillors on Monday morning. Read more... ...
A homeless teenager who was bullied into drug dealing by the notorious Dawlish Geordies gang has been jailed. Police who picked him up on Cathedral Green in Exeter found a message on his phone telling him to do as he was told or 'I'm getting my pals up from Dawlish'. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/teen-dealer-bullied-notorious-geordies-3890309
A wealthy family have swapped their luxury villa in Morocco for a 'poor holiday' in a caravan near Dawlish for a brand new reality TV series. Episode 2 will show wealthy Cheshire entrepreneur and former footballer's wife, Jude Cisse, who will be taking her four children and mum Christine to a caravan park in Dawlish, a little bit different to their privately staffed villa in Morocco. Read ...
It's been a tough year for the famous black swans at Dawlish - but within days of Storm Dennis washing the breeding pair's eggs and nest away the nine spirited survivors are nest-building again. Now the two Cobs (male swans) have moved down to Tuck's Plot and the wardens are clearing the surrounding paths of debris after the deluge. Read more... ...
