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Dawlish News

Police need help finding a missing man who may be wearing slippers and a dressing gown. Keiron O'Sullivan has been missing from his home in Dawlish. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/missing-dawlish-man-slippers-dressing-2305842

Black swans, which originally come from Australia, have been raised so successfully in Dawlish that they have now become the town’s most recognisable feature and a major tourist attraction. John Nash, who emigrated from Dawlish to New Zealand, paid frequent visits home to the town and decided that the town needed something unique. Read more... ...

The chopper has been to call-outs in Exeter, Newton Abbot, Dawlish, Torquay and Kingsbridge Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/police-reveal-helicopter-called-multiple-2283767

Passengers were TRAPPED on a train at Plymouth this morning because salt water had apparently caused the doors to break. One passenger said they were stuck on the train for 10 minutes at the station, and the driver told them they did a 'CTRL ALT DELETE reset' on the train doors. Another person on board said: "What happens if there's a fire on board", while another commented: "This is pretty ...

Teignmouth Hospital would be sold off when a new £8m health and wellbeing hub is built in the town as part of the Brunswick Street redevelopment. Community clinics would also be provided from the Brunswick Street site, but the specialist outpatients service and the theatre service would be transferred to Dawlish Community Hospital. Read more... ...

The trainline at Dawlish has been closed to services being run by Crosscountry because of the weather. A spokesman for Network Rail said: "Forecasted severe weather at Dawlish is causing disruption to CrossCountry services between Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/trains-cancelled-dawlish-because-weather-2262807

A drug dealer has been found guilty of murdering an addict who he stabbed with an ornamental carving fork during an argument about money. He attacked and killed drug buyer Matthew Jackson, who had gone to Ablett's squalid bedsit in Teignmouth to purchase £30 worth of heroin. Ablett was well known as a drug user and dealer in Teignmouth and Dawlish, where he had previous convictions for ...

A spokesman said: "In winter, this includes all our car parks in coastal resorts (Teignmouth, Dawlish, Dawlish Warren and Shaldon). So it costs people nothing to park in our car parks on Sundays throughout the festive period and beyond. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/news-opinion/christmas-shopping-free-parking-heres-2192985

All CrossCountry services that use the main railway at Dawlish line have been suspended between 4.30pm and 9pm today (Friday, November 23). The services will not operate due to forecast high winds, which can cause waves to go over the exposed sea wall at Dawlish. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-updates-train-services-devon-2253364

Shocking footage shows a group of children dodging huge waves in Dawlish. The video was captured by a photographer earlier this week, in which five schoolchildren run along the seafront wall, getting soaked in the process. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/shocking-footage-shows-children-risking-2243156