Dawlish News
Devon rail lines closed during the notorious Beeching cuts of the 1960s could be reopened, the Transport Secretary has announced. The route from Okehampton to Exeter has been included in the proposal. The route could provide a vital alternative to the Dawlish line - which closes during storms and high tides. Read more... ...
Panto season is upon us. Oh yes it is! Time to take your seats and prepare for sly digs, saucy jokes, slapstick routines and, most important of all, to join in with the show. Exeter’s Northcott Theatre – now thriving and celebrating its 50 anniversary after teetering on the brink of closure seven years ago – is preparing to raise the curtain on its first pantomime since 2009. Director ...
A combination of a high tide and strong winds will make it unsafe for trains to travel along the sea wall at Dawlish today from 9:30 until 11am. Source: http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-news-traffic-travel-updates-813211
Teignbridge Council is being told it should to end its winter policy of 'free on Sundays' and cheaper winter parking at Dawlish Warren, and instead impose seven day a week charges at the much higher summer rates. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/no-decision-yet-made-shock-805684
Dawlish Warren’s outer car park is now home to the Exe Valley Cycle Hire and Veloshack Café while along the coast in Dawlish Salty Dog Kiosks has been set up on Smugglers Lane. Jon Sell and Nick Beer converted the loos at Dawlish Warren into new cycle hire and café facilities while Stephen Rowe transformed the toilets in Dawlish into his new business. Read more... ...
A judge has ordered a further psychiatric report on a man who is accused of threatening staff at a community centre in Exeter with an air pistol. Armour, who is currently being treated at Langdon Hospital, Dawlish, admitted a second charge of having a bladed article at the hostel in King William Street, Exeter, at an earlier hearing. Read more... ...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 21-year-old woman was victim to a robbery Tuesday 14November 2017. The incident occurred at around 8.20pm in Secmaton Lane in Dawlish. A man approached the victim, who was alone at the time of the incident, and took her bank card before making off towards Sainsbury’s. The suspect is described as male, around 30-years-old and over 6ft tall. He was ...
The new Great Western Railway IEP class 802 has been seen in Dawlish It will compete similar return journeys throughout the rest of Wednesday and Thursday as it undertakes a series of test runs. See more... http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/brand-new-great-western-railway-779303
Visitors to Teignbridge will be able to enjoy swimming in cleaner water than ever before thanks to huge strides made to improve water quality – with all seven beaches having been rated as having ‘excellent’ bathing water quality standards. The results are based on weekly water sampling by the Environment Agency who visit each bathing water beach from May to September every year to see what ...
There must be ‘something in the water’ as the famous black swans in Dawlish cannot stop breeding – with a record-breaking fourth brood of cygnets having hatched this year, The trio made their first appearance into the world on November 8 and the Dawlish Waterfowl warden said that the three new cygnets are doing well and can now be seen on the water with mum and dad. See more... ...
