Dawlish News
*UPDATE* Over the past year the Town Council has been working on an ongoing project on the maintenance and fixing of the Fountain on Tuck's Plot. Works were supposed to be undertaken in mid-March to bring the Fountain back to working order. Unfortunately, the contractor employed was unable to complete these works. We frequently get asked when the Fountain at Tuck's Plot will be fixed ...
THE SON of Dawlish D-Day piper Bill Millin has paid a visit to the town ahead of the 80th anniversary of his father’s historic bagpipe rendition. John Millin, 69, travelled to Dawlish Museum which has the original set of his father’s bagpipes and has a newly named ‘Piper Bill’ room in his honour.
Yes we know because were paying for them....
THE HUSBAND of a church leader from Dawlish who was stabbed to death by their son has paid tribute to his wife. Guy Huggins spoke after their son, Bradley, 25, was ordered to be detained indefinitely in a mental hospital after admitting the manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility of his mother Hazel.
We've just put the first of our new fleet of refuse vehicles on the road. The 12-refuse collection include 8, 22 and 26-tonne vehicles which are fitted with lower emission Euro-6 engines, and electric bin lifts which reduce noise levels for operatives and residents. The new vehicles are the first of a 56-vehicle replacement programme which includes kerbside recycling vehicles, ...
A Teignbridge school is to make students lock up their phones in a special pouch in a bid to enforce its no mobiles policy. From June 3, all students at Dawlish College will be required to secure their phones in a lockable ‘Yondr‘ pouch when they arrive at school.
SATURDAY May 11 saw a bright start to the Marina Bowling Club's annual taster day where anyone can come along to try bowls out. 24 people came to the club in Dawlish and 12 signed up for future coaching of four sessions- not to mention there were a couple of juniors amongst them including a four-year-old who thoroughly enjoyed herself.
We have a mental health pandemic and mental health services are cut to the bone. This sort of tragic incident is becoming more commonplace. I don't understand why people reading these reports are so surprised and never see the correlation between criminality and mental health conditions. Anyone who kills, especially their Mother is far from sane, yet he was living amongst the wider community ...
He will be out in a few years should be locked up for ever
It's #Sceptre week and an opportunity to surrender your weapons at police stations across the region NO QUESTIONS ASKED. Visit https://orlo.uk/uVI2I for police station address information.