Dawlish News
COACH drivers bringing day trippers to Dawlish are struggling to park as work continues on South West Water’s multi-million scheme to improve water quality. Previously, coach drivers would drop visitors in the town centre before heading out of town to park their vehicles at Sandy Lane.
THE family of a Dawlish Warren hotelier who has passed away at the age of 85 have remembered him as ‘a true gentleman’. Known to family and friends as Geoff, the Langstone Cliff Hotel’s Geoffrey Rogers sadly passed away on May 5.
STAYING active and a healthy lifestyle are credited for one Dawlish resident making it to the age of 105. Irene Sadler celebrated her major milestone birthday with a party at a Dawlish care home where she now lives.
People park on pavements all the time without any regard for people like this elderly lady using her mobility scooter. wheelchair users, parent with prams, etc. I hope the knobhead in the van was caught and the book gets thrown at them. It's illegal parking after all.
AN ELDERLY Dawlish woman is in hospital with serious injuries after falling from a mobility scooter. The 89-year-old was attempting to manoeuvre her scooter past a van which was parked across the pavement.
I hope the weather is kind for those that attend. I cannot attend as I am away otherwise I would have been there, having lost two to cancer recently.
STUDENTS, staff, parents and carers are celebrating after a Dawlish-based specialist education college received an Outstanding rating from inspectors. Ofsted has rated Oakwood Specialist College, which has its main campus in Dawlish, as Outstanding in all six areas.
A SPECIAL Walk and Talk event is being organised in Dawlish for any adult who has experienced loss through cancer. The hour and a half walk from Dawlish railway station to Dawlish Warren is being run by a charity The Loss Foundation which was set up to help those who have been bereaved by cancer.
Dawlish ice-cream shop, The Local Scoop, has had a bumper start to Devon County Show thanks to the blazing sunshine. There was a queue of customers for the award-winning ice-cream for most of the first day of the Show.
New food hygiene ratings have been awarded to two of Teignbridge’s establishments, the Food Standards Agency’s website shows. The Lansdowne, a pub, bar or nightclub at Lansdowne Hotel Park Road Dawlish Devon was handed a four-out-of-five rating after assessment on April 24.