Dawlish News
Controversial plans to split Exeter's Parliamentary seat along the River Exe have been scrapped, the Echo can reveal today. The Boundary Commission for England has abandoned proposals to cut a chunk off the city's seat west of the river. In a dramatic U-turn, the commission has ditched plans to hive off Alphington, Cowick, Exwick and St Thomas into a massive 'Mid Devon' seat stretching to ...
Exactly seventy years to the day that the county association (DCLBA) was formed and affiliated to the English Women's Bowling Association (EWBA) at an hotel in the town, a Devon President's team took on the England President's team at Courtenay Park. Seven past presidents of the DCLBA and section secretaries were among a bevy of officials in Margaret Shillabeer's side, while Devon's Sue Harriott ...
Ian Langler of Dawlish Coasters holds a narrow lead in the Fox River/Ironbridge Runner Devon Race Series going into the fourth round at Plymouth on May 30. The Plymouth Half-Marathon, for which entries have now closed, includes the next round of the popular series which has already seen fierce competition during the early races of the season. Langler was eighth Devon runner in the opening race, ...
Veterans Dennis Gibbs and Don Beesley both added to their silverware collections at the South Devon and Torbay Table Tennis League awards night at Torbay Hospital Social Club. Others to swell their trophy cabinets included Halwell's Kevin Nicholls and Sonja Wicks and Supa-Roofing's Shaun Gibbs. 2004 South Devon & Torbay Table Tennis League Roll of Honour Collins Cup (h'cap singles): 1 Kevin ...
Proposals to increase the frequency of connections to London and dual almost the entire length of the region's main track have gone down well with transport campaigners. One of the most exciting plans is to reinstate the line between Exeter and Okehampton and build a new station near the town. By re-opening the tracks south to Tavistock and onto Plymouth operators could provide a commuter service ...
A city mum who fled the violence in Zimbabwe is attempting to rebuild her shattered life in Exeter. Liz Bennie, 59, who now lives in Topsham, lost everything when supporters of President Robert Mugabe's regime seized her home and business. Today she spoke of her last traumatic 18 months in Africa, as members of Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party occupied the ranches of white farmers across the troubled ...
Flying cars, transparent cloaks, technology which can read minds and games played by brain waves - the stuff of fiction, surely? Not so, these seemingly far-fetched inventions - and more - are now reality. What lies beneath the cloak. For a vision of what the future holds, thousands of nay-sayers and believers alike have got an up close and personal glimpse at NextFest, an expo in San Francisco ...
A schizophrenic woman jumped to her death just 24 hours after "begging" psychiatric staff to allow her back into a health unit in Torquay. The family of Linda Hammond, 52, claim she had pleaded with staff at the Haytor Unit to let her return to the place where she felt safe. The following day she was dead after leaping from a parapet at the Sefton Hall nursing home in Plantation Terrace, Dawlish. ...
Dawlish Town manager Chris Myers will be helped in his quest to revive the club's ailing fortunes next season with an "attractive bonus structure" to offer potential players. Myers took over at Sandy Lane last autumn when Town were rooted to the foot of the table and morale was low in a team that couldn't compete in the Western League Premier Division. His influence steadily turned round Town's ...
The Information Commissioner is today warning UK businesses not to be mislead by bogus agencies who continue to send notices demanding money to register under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). Over 200 businesses a month fall victim to fake data protection agencies posing as official government bodies. The letters, which request sums of between £95 and £135 to register under the DPA, often use ...
